The God's architect and awesome cathedral!!

 

We are about to leave the Spring season and get into the next season: SUMMER.

 

And that means that the Summer holidays are already here after a long exhausting school year, ready to recharge our batteries in spite of the heatwave. Remember "Any way you want it, that's the way you need it..." your English teacher will be always around!

 

Will our English teacher be back in Bachillerato? The ball is in the students' hands and efforts during this summer and we will keep record of all that in our... 

 

SUMMER SCOREBOARD

 

Learning English from the News:   World Cup excitment and concern  (BBC Learning English)  

 

Here are some articles for you to read and that may help you in the next Selectivity exam in 2027: 

• ‘Excited but wary’: fans in the 16 host cities share their hopes and fears before the World Cup (The Guardian)

• The World Cup is in desperate need of a vibe shift. The matches have arrived just in time (CNN)

• Can the US, Mexico and Canada set aside their differences as they co-host the World Cup? (BBC News)

  

 

A few days ago Pope Leo XIV was visiting Spain and he had the opportunity of blessing Sagrada Familia's final tower.

 

 

Here are some articles for you to read about this cathedral and the architect Antoni Gaudi, which may also help you in the next Selectivity exam in 2027:

• Crowds turn out in Barcelona for pope blessing Sagrada Família’s final tower (The Guardian)

• 'A place of legend': The ancient engineering marvels of the world's tallest church (BBC News)

• Sagrada Família, Gaudi’s eccentric homage to Catalonia – archive, 1983 (The Guardian)

• God's Architect: Antoni Gaudi's glorious vision  (Other videos: Real Engineering & BBC report)

 

 

 

Road towards success in the Selectivity exam.....

Here's another English exam our students have done this June:  2026_Admisión_Potlatch 

  

 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    Any Way You Want It by Journey. And here's the official video with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 

 

 

 

Easy English Conversations:   What can you do?  (BBC Learning English)  

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• English in a Minute:  Phrases with IDEA  (BBC Learning English)

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  Real Easy English: Talking about HOT WEATHER  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak:  Wrap it up!   (BBC Learning English)

• Listening exercise for you to do:   How advertisers make us spend money  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

The Listening Room:   Do collagen supplements really work? (BBC Learning English) 

 

 

English with Lucy... Native English speakers NEVER USE these 16 phrases!! 

 

 

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Improve your English with  Tom Hanks  - Funny interview

 

 

 Muhammad Ali’s Journey from Louisville to World Champion  (English Listening Practice)  Muhammad Ali

 

 

Our students in Ireland in their study trip to the British-Irish Isles 

 

 

 

 

Teenagers' bedrooms: the key to success?

 

 

Are our teenagers' bedrooms suitable for what they have to do? Can they study properly? Can they sleep well? I'm afraid not. And that is the main cause of the problems they have nowadays to concentrate, to rest, to study... What is your bedroom like?

 

Work in the future:   Does office design affect your work?  (BBC Learning English)

 

Don't take my word for it and read some articles about the issue:

• These teens turned their rooms into tech-free zones. This was the result (BBC News)

• Teenagers' sleep quality and mental health at risk over late-night mobile phone use (The Guardian)

• Teen Sleep: What Is It Good For? Absolutely Everything (TED talk)

•  Get out of my room! The truth about a teenager's bedroom (BBC Radio Four)

 

Learning English from the News:   Iran protesters killed  (BBC Learning English)  

 

 

 

The Reading Room:   Britain celebrates 200-year anniversary of passenger trains   (BBC Learning English) 

 

 

  It's been a long day without our great master and we all hope to see him in a better place one day:    See You Again by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 

  

 

Learning English Grammar (ask someone out, had been broken into, get on with someone, hit it off):   First dates  (BBC Learning English) 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Listening exercise for you to do:   Is social media dead?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)  

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  Real Easy English: Talking about DRINKS  (BBC Learning English)  

  
  

• The Listening Room: Can people be freed from peanut allergy?  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: Phrases with 'grass'  (BBC Learning English) 

     

Extra activities for my students in...

....1º ESO

5.- Translate into English :

 1) ¿Cómo es la señora Harrison? Es gorda y fea.

 2) Tengo mucha sed.   

 3) Aquellos vasos están en la estantería,¿dónde está el vino?

 4) Hay carne en el plato,pero no hay leche en el vaso.

 5) ¿Tienes buen vino? Sí,tenemos un vino muy bueno.

 

19. TENSES. Put in the verbs into their correct tenses.

"I (write) ______ a book about voodoo," she (say) ________. "Everyone here (talk) ________ about you. They all (say) ______ you (be) ________ the best houngan in Haiti. They (say) _____ you (be) ______ a very strong and good houngan, and that you always (help) ________ people." he (say) ________. "(come) ______ into the house, Dr Jackson. Let me get you a drink and we can talk."

41. Make sentences in the PRESENT SIMPLE (routines) or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS (actions happening now)with the clues given:

1. How often / your brother / play / basketball ?   

2. He / play / basketball / twice a week    

3. you / study / English / now ? No, I / not study / English / now.

4. Teenagers / not get up / early / on Sundays.   

...2º ESO 

45. Fill in the gaps with the comparative forms of superiority or the superlatives of the adjectives in brackets:

1. Mike is (old) .......................... than Pete. In fact he is (old) ............................... of the four.

2. Pete is (slim) .......................... than Mike, but Kate is (slim) .............................. of the four.

3. Kate is (tall) ........................... than Pete and Trig is (short) ............................... of the four.

4. I think Kate is (intelligent) ...................................... than the boys. In fact Pete is (silly) ........................................... of the four.

5. Trig looks (happy) .............................. of the four, but it isn't (happy) ........................ than me.

22. Fill in the gaps with one of these words:  dangerous, best,  worse, most,  than, more, longer

1. Big cities are ______________ polluted ___________ small towns.

2. Rock music is the ____________ exciting music in the world.

3. Snakes are more  ______________ and ______________ than cows.

4. I think Ronaldinho is the _______________ footballer in the world.                         

42. Fill in the gaps with: TOO  ,   SO   ,   ENOUGH  and then add exclamatory sentences using the information given.

1. That book is ____________ high. You are not tall _____________.

2. Mbappe is __________ fast, but he hasn't got ______________ golden balls!

3. Albert is ___________ strict and he is not kind ____________, but he plays tennis _________ well.

4. There is __________ ice-cream for all my cousins and it is ________ hot today.

5. Those trousers are _________ long for you, I need some shorter ones.    

43. Complete the sentences with the comparative form or the superlative of the adjectives in brackets.

 

1. My mother is usually the _______________ person of my family when I don't make my bed, but I am often _________________ than her when she tidies my bedroom. (angry)

2. Asensio was not the ______________ player in the Olympics, but I’m sure I am not _______________ than him. (fast)

3. My holidays this summer are _______________ than when we went to Honolulu, but I think next year our holidays will not be the _______________ holidays in our lives.(boring)

4. Bob is ___________ than Corvax, but who is the __________________ student in your class? (brave)

5. The Queen is _______________ than the Princess, but Muzzy is ___________________ creature in this cartoon. (fat)

 

52. Write sentences with the words below using the COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY and INFERIORITY.

1. Pete is 1m60 tall. Frank is 1m60 tall  _____________________________

Joe is 1m55 tall   _________________________________________

2. Ann got a 9 in the exam and Jane a 7.

(lazy) __________________________________________________

(hardworking)   _________________________________________          

53. Complete the sentences with the adverbs that come from the adjectives in brackets.

1. Did you sing (bad) _________________ ?

2. I rode my bike (careful)   ___________________ because it was raining (heavy) ________________ .

3. We are doing quite (good) _______________ in the test because we studied (hard)   _______________________ at the weekend.                               

 

 

 

English with Lucy: If you can understand this FAST English,   your English is ADVANCED (C1-C2 Listening Test)  

   

 

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with    Zootopia   

 

 

John McEnroe vs Jim Courier  Iconic Full Match | 1992 US Open Round 4  

 

 

 

Project on A Christmas Carol by Martín Toledo (4º ESO A)

 

 

The Australian Open has just started!!! 

And here's Álcaraz winning his first match.

Carlos Alcaraz vs Adam Walton | Round One | Australian Open 2026 Extended Highlights 🇦🇺

The students finally twigged their English teacher was right

 

 

Discussions, arguments, controversies... Students and teachers never seem to come to an agreement until it is already too late... usually for students because we must always remember the story of the old wise owl ( I told you! )  

    

The English We Speak: Twig (BBC Learning English)

 

 

In my case, it is the same! It is just worthless when years later, one day on the tennis court and me struggling to move on a tennis court, they tell me: "If we had listened to you..., now we wouldn't have this or that problem". It is really a shame!

 

 

European football: Bellingham says his red card was wrong after Madrid draw (The Guardian)

 

 

Spanish coach Unai Emery talking about VAR (Video Assistant Referee) mistakes and having problems with English. Time has passed, his English is not so bad any longer.... (Jürgen Klopp talking about Unay Emery)

 

 

SCANDAL! VAR DENIES LIVERPOOL A CLEAR PENALTY – REFEREE UNDER FIRE! (Sky Sports)

 

 

Real Easy English: Talking about nature (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Here are some activities for my students:

in 1º ESO on ALSO / TOO / EITHER

in 3º ESO on  HABITS IN THE PAST >>>> ANY LONGER, NO LONGER, ANY MORE, NO MORE

 

Examples:  PLAY WITH MY FATHER ... when I was five years ago.   >>>       YOU: "I used to play with my father when I was five years old. However, now I don't play with him any longer because I prefer playing with my friends"

1. My brother ....  study at this school three years ago. However, now...

2. I   .....  study before dinner when I was 10 years old. However, now...

3. My grandparents ..... listen to the radio fifty years ago. However, now...

4. My grandmother ...... do the washing in the river. However, now...

5. My grandfather ..... work in the paper factory. However, now...

6. My parents ..... study French at school. However, now...

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today: Back for good by Boy Band Take That and here are the lyrics for you to sing along (Some years later). Can't you identify any other of the members apart from the lead singer? Do you happen to know the meaning of the name of the song. (Solution at the bottom of this post)

 

Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)

 

Rephrase/Rewrite these sentences by using another suitable structure:

 

91. If your boyfriend doesn’t arrive before eight, we will have to leave.  - Unless

92. The children couldn’t go out to the playground because it was raining.  - As

93. The last time we saw that movie was six months ago.  - We have

94. Smoking is forbidden in most restaurants.  - You

95. The shop assistant didn’t give us the ticket.   - We

96. Al swims faster than Peter.   - Peter

97. I saw Frank two months ago.    - I haven’t

98. He forgot to phone his wife yesterday.  - He didn’t remember

99. They are servicing my new car next week.   - I

100.If we don’t meet this month, it will be too late.   - Unless

 

Solution to the exercises in the previous post

 

Rephrasing

 

81. (Reported Speech)  - He said that he had never seen anything so beautiful.

82. (Wish) - Mary wished she hadn’t eaten so many cakes.

83. (Conditionals)  - If I had studied enough, I wouldn’t have failed all my exams at the university.

84. (Gerund/Infinitive) - I didn’t remember to phone Lisa on her birthday.

85. (Comparatives)   - Sheila is less tall than her brother.

86. (Contrast Connector)   - In spite of being cold, we went to the countryside.

87. (Have sth. Done)  - I had my hair cut yesterday morning.

88. (Relative Clauses)  - This is the man whose dog bit my brother in the park.

89. (Conditionals)  - If my foot hadn’t hurt, I would have gone to the gym.

90. (Reported Speech)  - The teacher said that we had to hand our papers in at the end of that class.

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

• Learning English from the News:   Gaza ceasefire at risk  (BBC Learning English)
  

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  The English We Speak: Wishy-Washy  (BBC Learning English)

• My song, my home. Podcast: Grace in Liverpool  & Video (BBC Learning English) 

• A listening exercise for you to do:   Why smells make us feel at home  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

   

   

 

 

Quizz:   Which is correct?    (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

 

English with Lucy tells us about 12 Confusing English Verbs    

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with  6 British TV Series to Learn English      🇬🇧

Rafael Nadal: The Return of the King (Emotional tribute to his 22nd Grand Slam Title)

NOTE: Finalmente los alumnos cayeron en la cuenta de que su profesor de inglés tenía razón.

Lila Canipel (1º ESO B) presents her comic of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS!!

Amin Briouel (3º ESO B) presents his project on England    

Exploring the Rich Culture and History of England de Br6023

 

 

Andrea Romera (3º ESO B) presents her project on England    

 

London is the place for fashion in England. In England, you can find amazing shops, especially in London with places like Oxford Street and Covent Garden offering bustling stores and unique boutiques. The fashion is stylish and diverse, with both de Andrearomeranoguera2010

 

Solution: another of its members is Robbie Williams, who later became a famous solist singer!  //  De vuelta para siempre.   El cantante la quiere a ella de vuelta y para siempre.