We don't want our students to be one-hit wonders, but to succeed in life and their future careers (professional lives). However, do you know what a "one-hit wonder" is? Think about it for a minute.
Well a one-hit wonder is a singer or a group who had a big hit in music, but that is all we can remember of them. For instance, can you remember this song? and do you know any more songs by this singer?
Here are some activities for you to do:
- English in a Minute: How do we use the word 'EXECUTIVE'? (BBC Learning English)
Tenses with Georgie: When and How to use the PRESENT CONTINUOUS (BBC Learning English)
Office English: Making calls and instant messaging at work (BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: Cash in on something (BBC Learning English)
Newsreview: Women working more, men working less (BBC Learning English)
It is said that since the pandemic women have been working much more. Is it true? Women are not certainly one-hit wonders!!!
Women working more hours in Covid crisis than first thought, study finds (The Guardian)
Women work 39 days a year more than men, report says (BBC News)
Getting ready for Bachillerato.....
Activities for students in Bachillerato >>>
205. CONDITIONALS. Complete the sentences with the appropriate tenses (___) and with the following words (...) : unless, if, when, provided/providing (that), as long as
1. Your girl (BE) __________ safe .............. you (FOLLOW) __________ our instructions.
2. I'll buy a sandwich at the school canteen ............ the class (FINISH) __________.
3. We can go to the playground ............ the History teacher (NOT COME) ____________ today.
4. ............ we (STUDY) __________ more, we (NOT PASS) __________ our English exam.
5. ............ you (COME) __________ home before nine, I don't care where you go.
6. ............ I had a Ferrari, nobody in Salobreña (DRIVE) __________ faster than me.
7. ............ Indurain (NOT RETIRE) _______________________, he (PROBABLY WIN) ____________________ the Tour de France for the sixth time.
Now write three sentences using the following words and expressing these two ideas (make any changes if necessary): I'll finish the job today. You give me £1,000.
PROVIDED (THAT) ______________________________________________________
IF ____________________________________________________________
UNLESS _______________________________________________________
206. PROBABILITY. Complete the following sentences:
1. I __________ be getting a new job. I don't know yet.
2. "Here's a letter for you" "It's from Greece. It __________ be from Sonia. I don't know anybody else in Greece"
3. "I'm afraid I've crashed your car" "Oh, no! I __________ believe it"
Now think about Jude Bellingham and Taylor Swift. Let's suppose they get married and that they are going to have a baby. What do you think the baby will be like? You can write about his/her possible physical appearance or any other aspect of his/her personality you think of using as many probability structures as you know.
207. Suggest doing something next weekend using different structures.
208. COMPARATIVES. Fill in the gaps with the comparatives of superiority and the superlatives of the adjectives you are given in brackets:
1. It's terrible! The petrol is becoming (expensive) ________________________________ .
2. I think Saudi Arabia is one of (hot) ____________________ countries in the world.
3. (much) _______________ you write, (good) ________________ for you.
4. This is (bad) _______________ football match I've ever watched.
5. I love you (much) ______________ than yesterday and (little) ____________ than tomorrow.
Translate the following sentences into English:
6. Ella no llegó tan tarde como de costumbre. ________________________________________
7. Había menos gente en la fiesta que en la iglesia.______________________________________
8. Para más detalles debéis preguntarle a su hermano mayor.
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9. Es el libro más interesante que jamás haya leído en mi vida.
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10. Juan es tan alto que puede tocar el techo. _________________________________________
209. Put the following sentences into REPORTED SPEECH:
1. "I'm going out now, but I'll be in by nine", he said.
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2. "My young brother wants to be a tax inspector", said Mary. "I can't think why. None of my family has ever been a tax inspector". (use the suitable connectors to link the three sentences)
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3. "Who has been using my typewriter?", said my mother.
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4. "Please, please, don't do anything dangerous", said his wife.
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5. "Do you want to see the cathedral?", said the guide.
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210. Insert the second sentences into the first ones by means of a RELATIVE CLAUSE.
1. The man was sitting at the desk. I had come to see this man.
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2. I saw several houses. Most of them were quite unsuitable.
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3. This is Mrs Jones. Her son won the championship last year.
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4. This firm is sending me to York. I have worked for this firm since 1987.
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5. I was given his address by a man. I met this man on a train.
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211. Put the following sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE:
1. Someone left this handbag in a classroom yesterday; the cleaner found it.
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2. They haven't stamped the letter. ________________________________________________
3. Visitors must leave umbrellas in the cloakroom. _____________________________________
4. They are repairing my piano at the moment. ________________________________________
5. We had to give the books back; they did not allow us to take them home.
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212. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. ¿Sabes cual es su nombre? ______________________________________________________
2. Tanto mi mujer como yo tenemos los ojos azules, pero ninguno de los dos somos rubios.
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3. Hoy ni es lunes ni viernes. ______________________________________________________
4. El es suficientemente fuerte para llevar dos maletas.___________________________________
5. El quería saber si te había visto hoy. _______________________________________
Here's my musical hint for today: Lemon Tree by Fools Garden, and this is a version with lyrics for you to sing along!
Can you tell me about other one-hit wonders? Here's a playlist with some of these famous one-hit wonder songs.
Has streaming killed the one-hit wonder? (The Guardian)
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
