Books can help us (QUARANTINE: DAY 71)

Books are always a good remedy for everything since they give you the knowledge to overcome difficulties in life and we are going to need loads of courage and knowledge in the near future!!!

Listening exercise  >>>> How can 'bibliotherapy' help us? (The soothing power of books)  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Good news for those taking B1 or B2 exams as freelance students at the Official Language Schools (EOI)  >>>>   I have just learned that if you fail the exams in Septemper or any part, there will be another possibility in October (this piece of news has been confirmed, although I haven't any document so far to show you, but I've been told that at the Official Language School).

 

Click here for further information about the Official Language School in Motril (EOI)

 

Here are some useful links to prepare for the exams: 

• In my site  Getting ready for the B2 

• Pruebas terminales de certificación (general)  //   INGLÉS   

• Ejemplos de pruebas realizadas   (EOI Málaga)    todos los idiomas     

  

Quarantine Scoreboard

Posts uploaded:  44

Students participating:  about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!

Comments written and corrected:    more than 700

Emails exchanged: more than 3700

PASEN announcements & messages:   almost 2600

Things handed in and corrected: almost 2000

 

Visits to blog and site during quarantine: almost 20,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)

Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):    20  (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials

 

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE

 Monday, 25^th May

1º ESO

Tasks for today:

• Unit 7 (page 94) >> Do all the exercises on the page and send me the answers to exercises 5, 6 and 7.

• Watch these New That's English episodes >>>

MODULE 2  (NOTES)        Unit 9A            Unit 9B           

 

4º ESO    CLASS    (<<<Click here)

Very good morning, ladies and gentlemen!!

 

I hope you are all well, safe and sound. Today we will be correcting the exams in our session: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/55c766d756b946bd8cf62f7443269e0b

  

Smart Planet Digital books

 

HOMEWORK for tomorrow and the weekend  >>>

• Let's go on revising REPORTED SPEECH by watching some other videos:      reference words   &    changing verbs    (Anglo-Link lessons) 

• Do exercises 1-3 on page 97 (Unit 9).

 

 

Describing an experience/experiment at our Science Week (Writing Exercise 15). An inphograph made by Francisco González (4º ESO A) about the robot EIRO >>>>

 

Fake news: Fact and fiction  >>>> How can 'bibliotherapy' help us? (The soothing power of books)  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

1º Bach     CLASS      (<<<Click here)

Very good morning, ladies and gentlemen!!

 

I hope you are all well, safe and sound.

 

Today we will start revising from 11 a.m. to 13 a.m. RELATIVE CLAUSES & REPORTED SPEECH, apart from finishing the PASSIVE VOICE & CONDITIONAL SENTENCES in our session, whose link is, just in case: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/c32436f87fda4ceea41aa7897f70a93b

 

Solutions to exercises in previous post  >>>>

Answers provided by Mihail Livaditis 1ºA Bach

154. TENSES. Put the verb in brackets into their appropriate form:

1. She went to the optician and (her eyes / tested) had her eyes tested.

2. These shoes need (clean) to be cleaned, because they are rather dirty.

3. I won't know the answer until I (see) see him.

4. She (play) has been playing volleyball for two hours.

5. When he was younger he (play) used to play football, but now he doesn't play anymore.

6. When I (get) got home, smoke (come) was coming out of one of the upstairs windows.

7. My grandfather can remember (go) going to the cinema with my grandmother.

8. Would you like (come) to come to a party on Saturday evening?

9. I'm looking forward (meet) to meeting you again next summer.

10. I (not take) am not going to take that bus because I have a meeting in Granada at 14.00 and I'm afraid I (not arrive) won´t arrive in time if I take that one.

155. Put the following sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE:

1. They are cleaning your house at the moment.

Your house is being cleaned at the moment.

2. We call Lieutenant Columbus only on special occasions.

Lieutenant Columbus is called by us only on special moments.

3. Someone stole all the jewels last night.

All the jewels were stolen last night.

4. Nobody will serve refreshments until the match is over.

Refreshments won´t be served until the match is over.

5. People think they make these artificial flowers of silk.

It is thought that these artificial flowers are made of silk /// These flowers are thought to be made of silk.

156. Put the following sentences into INDIRECT SPEECH:

1. "Bring me the newspaper, please", the father to the son.

The father asked his son politely to bring him the newspaper.

2. "Who put salt in my coffee?", he asked.

He asked who had put in his coffee.

3. "I'm going fishing with my mother this afternoon", said the small boy.

The small boy said that he was going fishing with his mother that afternoon.

4. "What was she wearing when you saw her last?”, the policeman asked me.

The policeman asked me what she was wearing when I last saw her.

5. "I'll sit up till she comes in, but I hope she won't be late", said Mrs Pitt.

Mrs Pitt said that she would sit up until she came in, but Mrs Pitt hoped that she wouldn't be late.

157. Give a piece of advice to each problem:

1. I find it really difficult to get up in the mornings.

You should go to bed earlier /// How about having some hot milk before you go to bed? /// You shouldn´t stay up so late in the night.

2. My car is not going very well lately.

You should take it to the garage, so that you can have it repaired /// Why don´t you buy a new one?

 

INSANE Trick Shots In Tennis 

 

Here's the third song connected with FREEDOM I present you. This one is by Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton:

Freedom by Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton OFFICIAL LYRICS VIDEO

 

 

 

What's the future...? (QUARANTINE: DAY 67)

...of our students, most of whom are so dishonest and irresponsible? First, we've got all those students who haven't shown up in weeks and, then, we've got those who are not doing things in a fair way. 

 

And what about the future of our society? Every evening when I go out to do some exercise I can see streets full of people with flocks of teenagers wandering about without any respect for the measures we have to follow to fight the Coronavirus. I can all see crowded bar terraces. Are they so necessary when schools are still closed for security measures?

 

We've got a big problem to solve until a vaccine against COVID-19 is found, tested and ready to use. Among other things that are affected, we've got the issue of live music. What's the future of concerts? Would this be the end of this kind of entertainments? 

 

Here's something for you to see and think about:

News Review  >>>> Covid-19: The end for live music?   (BBC Learning English)

 

 

6 signs that the future of work is here today (This article is originally posted on Gigster)

 

 

 

 

Good news for those taking B1 or B2 exams as freelance students at the Official Language Schools (EOI)  >>>>   I have just learned that if you fail the exams in Septemper or any part, there will be another possibility in October (this piece of news has been confirmed, although I haven't any document so far to show you, but I've been told that at the Official Language School).

 

Click here for further information about the Official Language School in Motril (EOI)

Quarantine Scoreboard

Posts uploaded:  43

Students participating:  about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!

Comments written and corrected:    more than 700

Emails exchanged: more than 3600

PASEN announcements & messages:   almost 2600

Things handed in and corrected: almost 1800

 

Visits to blog and site during quarantine: almost 19,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)

Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):    18  (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials

 

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE

Thursday, 21^st May

  Homework for today:

• Let's watch first two videos about the Simple Past of the verb TO BE & THERE WAS/WERE         

• Then do the exercises 6 to 9 on page 93 (Unit 7)   

 

 

 

Smart Planet Digital books

 

HOMEWORK for tomorrow and the weekend  >>>

• Let's revise first REPORTED SPEECH by watching some videos: The Grammar Gameshow  &   introduction   (Anglo-Link lessons) 

• Do exercises 1-3 on page 96 (Unit 9).

 

REMEMBER THERE WILL BE NO POST IN THIS BLOG FOR YOU TOMORROW.  

 

 

  HOMEWORK FOR TODAY:

• Keep finishing all the things you still have to hand in.

• Start revising for the final exams   >>>>

154. TENSES. Put the verb in brackets into their appropriate form:

     

1. She went to the optician and (her eyes / tested) ____________________________ .

2. These shoes need (clean) ________________, because they are rather dirty.

3. I won't know the answer until I (see) _____________ him.

4. She (play) ______________________ volleyball for two hours.

5. When I was younger he (play) ________________ football, but now he doesn't play any more.

6. When I (get) ________ home, smoke (come)________ out of one of the upstairs windows.

7. My grandfather can remember (go) _____________ to the cinema with my grandmother.

8. Would you like (come) ___________ to a party on Saturday evening?

9. I'm looking forward (meet) ______________ you again next summer.

10. I (not take) ________________ that bus because I have a meeting in Granada at 14.00 and      I'm  afraid I (not arrive) _______________ in time if I take that one.

155. Put the following sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE:

1. They are cleaning your house at the moment.  

2. We call Lieutenant Columbus only on special occasions.

3. Someone stole all the jewels last night.   

4. Nobody will serve refreshments until the match is over.

5. People think they make these artificial flowers of silk.

                                                                                                                                            

156. Put the following sentences into INDIRECT SPEECH:

1. "Bring me the newspaper, please", the father to the son.

2. "Who put salt in my coffee?", he asked.

3. "I'm going fishing with my mother this afternoon", said the small boy.

4. "What was she wearing when you saw her last?", the policeman asked me.

5. "I'll sit up till she comes in, but I hope she won't be late", said Mrs Pitt.

157. Give a piece of advice to each problem:

1. I find it really difficult to get up in the mornings.

2. My car is not going very well lately.

  

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 200520 / 20 May 2020    >>>  Fixing up old bikes for health workers (Recycling bikes for health workers)  -    Language related to 'repairing'.  Need-to-know language: resurrected, second-hand, refurbished, breathing new life into sth & schemes.

mmmEnglish teaches us How to make GREAT Small Talk | English Conversation Practice

 

FOLLOW ME...and I will drive you bananas!!

 

Have you driven yourself bananas (to drive someone bananas) yet with all Christmases coming at once (The English We Speak: "to have all your Christmases come at once", BBC Learning English)?

Some Brainless Tales.

I have just come across this SUPER ENGLISH COURSE I used to watch when I was a teenager:    FOLLOW ME   (and here's a link to my site where I will be compiling all the links to every episode and later some notes)

 

  And now follow Anabel to Britain:

Project about A Foreigner in Britain by Anabel Prados (1º Bach A)

In less than a week we will be coming back to our beloved rotuines and most of you will be feeling sleepy. Here's an interesting listening exercise for you of what may happen (I hope not) in our classes during the first days  >>>   Yawning: Why is it catching?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

2020 New Year Concert Vienna * Neujahrskonzert Wien * Concert Nouvel An Vienne * Complete            BBC 2

News Review: Looking back at 2019 (BBC Learning English) What is the most paramount vocabulary we see in this episode?

mmmEnglish   >>>   How To Say Common English Expressions! | 💬 Small Talk PART 1

 

Friday phrase: to pat yourself on the back (BBC Learning English)

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 200101 / 01 January 2020    >>>  Your daily dose of cuteness: dog garden:   Language related to 'rehabilitation'.  Need-to-know language: sensory, stimulation, rehabilitate, enrich & socialise.

Small talk

What do you think 'small talk' refers to? We're shortly going to York on our VII Study trip to the British-Irish Isles and we may be in this kind of situations many times. What can we do?

Here are some articles to read about the topic which may give you a clue about what to do:

• 5 tips for better small talk (The Guardian)

• 10 big rules of small talk (CNN)

A few things to learn about making small talks: How to make small talk during greetings  

and a listening exercise  >>>>

Subjects to avoid in British small talk: Salary (BBC Learning English)

Let's deal now with some big talk >>> VEGANISM

Listening exercise for you to do: Debating veganism: How to change someone's opinion (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English

 

Some selectivity exams to do: Orthorexia & Wonder Woman (2018)  

International Women's Day marked across the world (The Guardian)

  

 

Revision for 4º ESO (PASSIVE VOICE)  >>>

 

Unit 6. Extra-exercises

Rewrite these sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE:

1. Bakers make bread from flour.
2. They offered Jane a wonderful job.
3. Somebody has sent me a strange letter.
4. Alexander Bell invented the telephone.
5. A woman was training the guard dogs.
6. People of all ages can play Trivial Pursuit.
7. People sell fresh eggs in Vélez Benaudalla. 
8. She has packed the books.
9. Someone types letters for my boss.
10. Israeli troops have attacked the town several times since the beginning of the war.

Rewrite these sentences into the ACTIVE VOICE (remember you will sometimes have to invent a subject):

1. The castle was built in 1546.
2. The letters were being written in English by Jane.
3. The parcel has been sent from this post office.
4. Mobile phones mustn't be used during the speech.
5. These exercises can be done without using a dictionary.
6. John was asked a lot of difficult questions.
7. The jewel was taken from this box.
8. This site is visited by many students in Salobreña.
9. The job is going to be finished before midnight.
10. Diana was given a camera.

 

Lately we have been talking in 4º ESO about medicine and warts, here's an expression "warts and all", watch the video and tell me what it means:

Who was Oliver Cromwell, by the way?

Here's a good expression to learn:   to put someone on the map (The English We Speak)

Stop Saying "I'm Hungry!" - Learn English expressions

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 190306 / 06 March 2019    >>>  Why are we ticklish? -  Language related to 'the body's reactions'.  Need-to-know language: tickling sensation, nerve endings, electrical signals & defence mechanism.