Our lovely pets become a real problem during the summer time!!! Puppies, kittens, birds, goldfish... What can we do with them if we can't take them with us?
Some articles for you to read about the two issues dealt in the exam and that you should read before doing the exam:
Owners urged to keep pets healthy in hot weather (BBC News)
‘You feel sorry for the person as well’: why are so many pet cats being abandoned? (The Guardian)
Alarming rise in abandoned pets sparks 'crisis point' (BBC News)
Women's suffrage - February 1918, first women gain right to vote in parliamentary elections (The Guardian)
How women's rights evolved in Germany (DW)
The black and Asian women who fought for a vote (BBC News)
Suffragettes: 100 years since women won the right to vote - BBC News
Learning English from the News: War in Gaza 'must end now', 28 countries say (BBC Learning English)
HIGHWAY TO B2.....
Solutions to VOCABULARY exercises in the previous post.
A 1. to take someone in/to deceive; 2. a crook; 3. to pass yourself off as; 4. to cheat; 5. cunning; 6. a trick; 7. to deceiveB 1. crooks; 2. been deceiving; 3. pass himself off as; 4. cunning; 5. cheats; 6. take you in; 7. betrayed; 8. tricks
22. LANGUAGE IN USE. Complete these conversational exchanges.
"See you at about two o'clock" ______________________________
"I don't want to go out tonight." ______________________________
__________________________ ? "I'm an English student."
23. Say what these people "saben" or "no saben hacer".
Lebron James _______________ basketball very well, but he ___________ sing.
Vinicius jr ____________ Portuguese, but he _____________ Chinese.
I ______________________ , but I _____________________
24. Put the adjectives in brackets into the COMPARATIVE or SUPERLATIVE form.
My sister's much (tall) ____________ than me.
She's (intelligent) ______________ person in our family.
English is (easy) ___________ than German.
He's (slim) _________________ person in the class, he only weighs 30 kg.
25. Write sentences with "el mismo" or "diferente".
(your nationality and your parents' nationality) ______________________________
(your parents' house and President Trump's house) __________________________
26. Fill in the gaps with "look(s)", "look(s) like" or "like".
Alice ___________ her mother, but he isn't at all _________ her in personality.
Your cousin ___________ very happy.
What's your job _________ ? Boring.
27. Rewrite these sentences in their right order.
does Wagner work where Mrs? ______________________________
fast does George like cars? ________________________
eating girl that what is? ____________________
for does what wife breakfast have your usually? ______________________________
28. Tell a friend what the members of your family "están haciendo" now and what they "van a hacer" this afternoon.
______________________________
______________________________
And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO
SUMMER REVISION >> Activities for my students in 3º ESO:
76. TENSES. Put the verbs in brackets either in the PRESENT PERFECT or the SIMPLE PAST. Then fill in the dotted blanks with: SINCE , FOR , AGO , STILL , YET , ALREADY:
1. ______________ your sister ___________ (COME) out of hospital .......................... ? No, she is ................... there. I __________ (VISIT) her yesterday and she __________ (NOT BE) very well. She __________ (BE) in hospital ................. May and the doctor ....................... ___________________ (NOT TELL) her when she is going to go home.
2. We _______________ (NOT DRINK) whisky in our lives.
3. How long ________________________ (YOU, HAVE) that watch? I __________________ (BUY) it five years .................... in Andorra, so I ______________ (HAVE) it ........................ 1989.
77. TENSES. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tense of the verbs given in brackets:
1. The fortune teller told me: "You ______________ (MARRY) a beautiful woman and you ___________ (HAVE) many children.
2. Wait a second! I _____ just _________ (FINISH) this exercise.
3. What _________________ (YOU, DO) this summer? I ___________ (TRAVEL) around the world.
4. What _____________________ (YOUR FATHER, DO) ? He __________ (WORK) in a factory.
5. _____________ (NOT SPELL) children with an 's' at the end.
78. LANGUAGE IN USE. Write the missing questions and answers.
1. ___________________? Yes, I've been to the United States twice.
2. ___________________? I'm just looking.
3. Who did you see at school this morning? __________________
4. How do you usually come to school? ______________
79. Reply to your friend SHOWING INTEREST and then AGREEING or DISAGREEING.
1. "I must study" >>> "___________? And ___________ my son."
2. "I didn't buy a Christmas tree." >>>> "__________ ? I ______________"
3. "We haven't finished the exam." >>>> " __________? And ______________ my sister."
4. "My mother is cooking paella on Sunday." >>>> "___________? My parents ____________"
80. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives. Then make a sentence with each one.
TIRING ______________ ______________________________________________
______________ ______________________________________________
UGLY ______________ ______________________________________________
______________ ______________________________________________
THIN ______________ ______________________________________________
______________ ______________________________________________
1. He drives very ___________________. 2. You speak very __________ English.
3. Paco de Lucía played the guitar very ______________ 4. My __________ car is parked outside.
82. Translate the following sentences into English :
1. La población en España está bajando y el número de soldados está aumentando.
2. ¿Has conducido alguna vez? No, pero me encantaría.
3. Casi siempre el examen es demasiado difícil.
4. ¿Le importa si me siento? No, pero deje de fumar porque estoy resfriado.
5. Todos ellos son más altos que nosotros, pero ninguno es mejor al baloncesto que nosotros.
6. ¿A qué hora suelen tus padres almorzar? Ninguno de los dos almuerza más temprano que yo.
7. Ambos son mayores que yo, por supuesto.
8. Si comes rápido, tendremos tiempo de ir al cine.
Here are some more activities for my students:
Listening exercise for you to do: How can we help wild bees? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
English in a MINUTE: How to use DURING (BBC Learning English)
Real Easy English: Talking about summer plans (BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: Up to my eyes in (BBC Learning English)
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
Learn English with How I met your mother - The best burger ever
...and also with MIND YOUR LANGUAGE Teaching vowels
