Any couch potatoes around?

What do you mean by 'a couch potato'? What kind of people are you talking about? Are you a couch potato yourself? What do you have to do if you are a couch potato? Do you feel well? (what is the noun that comes from the adjective 'well'?

Related articles to read about the issue:

• The lazy person’s guide to getting (a bit) fitter (The Guardian)

• Is there a short-cut to getting fit? (BBC)

• They offered to pay people to go to the gym. Guess what happened? (The Washington Post)

Activities for my 2º ESO studens: What do you usually do to keep fit? How much television do you watch? Do you do sport alone or in group? What does 'couch potato' mean? Look it up in a dictionary.

Here's a listening exercise to do: Why more of us are getting fitter together? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Let's learn 10 English Expressions with HAVE - phrasal verbs, idioms and slang sayings with Lucy.

Revision for SELECTIVITY & 2º Bachillerato.

67. Put the following sentences into the ACTIVE VOICE :

     1. Food won't probably be needed next year in Somalia any longer.

     2. The men were taken to Manila by the submarine.

     3. The message had not been delivered yet.

    

68. GERUND , INFINITIVE or PRESENT PARTICIPLE. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form :

1. We suggested __________ (sleep) in hotels but the children were anxious __________ (camp) out.

2. I don't feel like __________ (study) English this evening, I'd rather __________ (spend) the whole time __________ (watch) television.

3. Albert would like __________ (pass) every student, so we wouldn't have __________ (come) in September, but unfortunately there's no point __________ (dream) such silly things.

69. Join the following sentences together using a Relative Clause :

      (a) John and Paul were working on the roof. They left the ladder against the house.

      (b) Bill's fingerprints were on the screwdriver. He was later caught by the police.

      (c) The bed has no mattress.I slept on this bed.

      (d) Tom had been driving all day.He was tired and wanted to stop.

      (e) He spoke in French,but the people didn't know French.He was speaking to these people.

    

70. Write sentences using the following lexical items in two different contexts and with two different meanings :         COURSE    ,          ASK     ,          STILL

71. Write the following sentences in Indirect Speech :

      (a) "Could you pass me the salt, please?", she asked me.

      (b) "She is not the right woman to do this", Jim answered.

      (c) "I can't find the road in the map", the driver said.

      (d) "Shall we have dinner somewhere after the theatre?" said Peter.

          "Yes,let's," said Ann. "What about going to that place Jack is always talking about?"

      (e) "Jack's parents have asked me to supper tomorrow night," said Ann. "What shall I wear?"

     

72. Translate the following sentences into English :

      1. Prefiero conducir a viajar en tren si no te importa.

      2. Según ciertas personas, muchos padres preferirían que sus hijos tuvieran menos deberes.

      3. Cuando fuí a Inglaterra no estaba acostumbrado a desayunar tan temprano, pero poco después me
          acostumbré a levantarme y desayunar temprano.

      4. No vale la pena preocuparse por el dinero porque nunca sabes lo que va a pasar mañana.

      5. Casi nos hemos quedado sin gasolina. Sería mejor que parásemos en la próxima gasolinera a llenar.

      6. May, que es la nueva Primera Ministra británica, también declaró que ya es hora que se haga algo 
          sobre la contaminación y el problema bosnio.

      7. No ví a nadie entrar en casa, pero podía oir cómo alguien andaba por la segunda planta.

      8. Al principio ella no queria cenar con Alberto, pero al final él pudo convencerla.

      9. Él debe haber salido porque llevo telefoneándole desde las cinco y nadie contesta. ¿Crees tú que 
          me podrías echar una mano con mis deberes de inglés?

      10. Tenemos cantidad de tiempo , así que no hace falta que nos demos prisa.

     

Solutions to the exercises in the previous post:

63. (a) She did not intend to be unhappy about him as they had all agreed he had to marry someone rich.   (b) He told her he loved her so much.    (c) He behaved like that because he was very nervous about what he was about to say.  

64. (a) What did Elisabeth do?     (b) How did she answer him?      (c) How long did he sit down?

65. FORTUNE.- large amount of money, HALF EXPECTED.- when someone is almost sure something is going to happen & TO STRUGGLE.- to fight, to have much difficulty in doing something 

66.    1. The power of poetry cannot be understood.   2. It is said..... ///   The audience is said to have enjoyed very much the play.    ///   The play is said to have been enjoyed very much.  3. The King's father is trying to be cured.

 

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