That's all I know about...

 Knowledge is very important for our students and I try to transmit them as much as I can, but this is an endless task as I know so little regarding to all the knowledge they have to learn!!!

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today:   That's All I Know About Arkansas by John Leventhal ft. Rosanne Cash, and this is a version with lyrics  for you to sing along!

 

 

How do you pronounce 'Arkansas' (state in USA)? 

 

 

 

Activities for my students.....

 

in 2º ESO:  Make people agree >>>>   1  2  3    and some extra-exercises disagreeing and agreeing:     1 

in 3º ESO:  Two quizzes  >>>   For or since?   //   Just, already or yet?   

 

       

 

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

• English in a Minute: Meanings of 'PERSPECTIVE'   (BBC Learning English)
  

• Tenses with Georgie:   When and How to use the PRESENT PERFECT  (BBC Learning English)

• Office English: Learn how to speak in meetings  (BBC Learning English)

•  Newsreview:   Elon's Musk brain chip   (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted its first brain chip in human (The Guardian)

Elon Musk says Neuralink implanted wireless brain chip (BBC News)

 

Language Quiz on the Present Perfect   (BBC Learning English) You can check your answers in my site.

Answer these questions with information from the webpage.

1. Which preposition is commonly used with the present perfect tense to indicate duration?

a. on      b. for      c. in

2. Which of these is NOT a use of the present perfect?

a. Actions that started in the past and continue to the present

b. Activities happening at the moment of speaking

c. Life experiences without specifying when they happened

3. What is the correct negative contraction for "He has not studied for the exam"?

a. He haven't studied.      b. He'sn't studied.     c. He hasn't studied.

Fill the gap. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct form of the verb in the present

perfect.

Example:  Mary ____already______ (leave) the house. Answer: Mary has already left the house.

1. She __________ (travel) to many countries.

2. They __________ (not/visit) that museum before.

3. I __________ (never/eat) sushi in my life.

4. The team __________ (lose) three games this season.

5. He __________ (work) here for ten years.

Make a question. Convert these sentences into yes/no questions. There might be more than one

correct answer. (Then make a follow-up question)

Example: The managers have finished their meeting.

Answer: Have the managers finished their meeting? (When did they finish it?)

1. She has completed her degree.   ______ ( _____ )   

2. We have visited that new restaurant downtown.  ____ (___)

3. He has lived in three different countries.  ____ (___)

4. They have not finished the project yet.  ____ (___)

5. You have met my sister before.  ____ (___)

Writing. Now, write your own sentences using the present perfect.

1. What have you just done? e.g. I have just drunk a cup of coffee.

__________________________________________________

2. A life experience e.g. I have climbed Kilimanjaro.

__________________________________________________

3. Something that started in the past but continues to the present e.g. I’ve played the guitar for years.

_____________________________________________________

Listening exercise for you to do: How the language of menus matters   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

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

 Learn English with MOVIES:  "Aladdin" with Will Smith 

 

 

Pronunciation: SCHWA  (BBC Learning English)

 

This guy is relentless, always on the go!!

 "Is he going to play every point like that?"   Well, you have to be like Rafa Nadal if you want to aim at high achievements and become a high flier!! 

What is a high flier? It is not a person who can fly high, but someone who has great expectations in life and works hard for them because he is highly motivated. (Note the use of high as an adjective and as an adverb, do not confuse the adverb with 'highly', which is an intensifier)

 

The English We Speak: On the go   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

  

Here are some activities for you to do:

• Listening exercise for you to do: Addicted to sugar   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
  

• Tenses with Georgie:   When and How to use the PRESENT SIMPLE  (BBC Learning English)

• Office English: Learn to write Emails  (BBC Learning English)

•  Newsreview:   US & UK strike Houthis   (BBC Learning English)

mmmEnglish teaches us how to some common mistakes with English adjectives: -ed vs -ing adjectives .

 

 

 

Here's an article for you to read and a video to watch about 'DEEPFAKES':

• What are deepfakes – and how can you spot them? | Internet | The Guardian

• Deepfake technology: Can you spot what’s real? - BBC My World

 

 

Activities for my students.....

 

in 2º ESO: You can do this exercise on the PAST CONTINUOUS >>>>     EXERCISE ON THE PAST CONTINUOUS   

in 3º ESO:  Some excercises on YET, ALREADY & STILL:    1   ,  2    ,  3   ,   4         

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

 Another relentless guy: POPEYE the sailor      

The Big Chop for my 2º ESO students

 

Be careful, you're not looking too clever!

There are 3 photographs in this post. Which one is the most suitable for the expression we are dealing with?

Don't get annoyed!! I am not insulting or teasing you or doubting about how intelligent you are. 

 

Have a look at this simple explanation given in The English We Speak section of BBC Learning English. As you may have found out it is more related to your health.

 

Anyway, did Santa visit you?

News Review: A real-life secret Santa  (BBC Learning English)

 

Dramas from BBC Learning English  (Intermediate and above level)

A Christmas Carol - Part 1: Marley's ghost   01  , and more episodes:  02 , 03 , 04 , 05 

 

And talking about Christmas, here's a delicious recipe, where you will learn 10 cooking verbs: Rob's Christmas cookies  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Here's my musical hint for today: Parallel Line by Keith Urban (you can have a look at the lyrics and guess what the word 'misplace' means). 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Learn English with Papa:   How to use 'BOLLOCKS' in English   

• News Review: Omicron: Lockdown in the Netherlands  (BBC Learning English)

• International Law : What happens if you break an international law?   (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: Could diamonds prevent climate change? (BBC Learning English)

 

English with Lucy: JUST ALREADY STILL YET - English Grammar Lesson

 

 

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 211215 / 15 December 2021    >>>  Most advanced polar ship heads for Antarctic   -   

  Language related to 'seeing things'.  Need-to-know language: set sail, top deck, living quarters, crew & vessel.

 

 

Vintage tennis... Some players to remember >>>

MAC ENROE-SOLOMON Final at WEMBLEY 1979

Guillermo Vilas vs Ilie Nastase Masters 1974 Final (Highlights)

Stan Smith v Ilie Nastase W 1972 Final

 

 

Anything on your to-do list you still haven't done?

Our students are working hard these days (Below I present you some of the projects they have been doing), but there may be still many things to do. Have you ever written a TO-DO LIST?

 

Here are some articles for you to read and a listening exercise:

• How to stop to-do lists ruining your life (The Guardian)

• Why you only need five things on your to-do list (The Guardian)

• Do You Have a Not-to-Do list? Here's Why You Should (Inc.)  

Listening exercise for you to do: What's on your to-do list?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English).

Let's revise these three words: STILL, ALREADY & YET  

However, our students can!!!

Learn three ways to use 'CAN': 3 USES OF 'CAN'  (English in a Minute)

Birthday party by Lucía Espinosa, Lucía García, Nuria Díaz, María González & Alicia Ortega

 

 

Do you like trekking? Here's the leaflet designed by Mihail Livaditis on trekking >>>>

 

5 Stephen Hawking Predictions That May Come True

 

 

Roger Federer, the most talented tennis player of all times?

Indeed he is Roger, the GR-eight, the King of Grass!! What a superb return he has made this season after winning in the Australian Open and in Wimbledon!!!

Some related articles to read:

Roger Federer stands tallest of all as Wimbledon’s history man (The Guardian)

Roger Federer, at 35, wins Wimbledon for a record eighth time (The Washington Post)

After winning 15 majors, people said...

Now that he has won 19 majors... here's

John McEnroe poem about Roger Federer Comeback 2017 

Wimbledon 2017 Federer Tennis Channel interview 

 

And our Spanish Queen of Grass >>>

Garbiñe Muguruza banishes nerves to write her name in Wimbledon gold (The Guardian)

Very interesting grammar point to revise: How to use 'yet' (Learners' Questions, BBC Learning English) 

Pay attention to the little difference between these two sentences:

"I haven't been to Scotland yet"     and      "I still haven't been to Scotland"

 

REVISION EXERCISE for 1º Bachillerato  >>>   

87. TENSES. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (the last sentences are conditionals):

1. I hope I (pass)_________________ this exam.

2. One day the tape recorder (break down) ________________ when I (listen) _______________ to the tape of the Hound of the Baskervilles.

3. I (study) ______________________ English for two hours every day this summer.

4. I always (come) ____________________ to school by  bus when it (rain) _______________.

5. The injured man couldn't walk and had (carry) ___________________ away.

6. If you (go) ________________ away, please write to me.

7. If you (be) __________________ at home when I went, I would have given you a cake.

8. If you didn't speak so loudly, I (listen) _____________________  perfectly to the radio.

9. If the exam (be) __________________ not so difficult, I would do it.

88. Insert the second sentences into the first ones by means of a RELATIVE CLAUSE.

1. The post is about Roger Federer's eighth title in Wimbledon.  This is the only major tennis tournament on grass.

2. I've just read an article about Roger Federer. His family was watching the Wimbledon final.

3. Have you ever been to the lake? Nessy usually swims there.

4. Queen Elisabeth II lives in Buckhingham Palace.It is just 300 metres far from Trafalgar Square.

5. The detective was questioning the men. I had been speaking with them the day before.

Solutions to exercises 85 & 86 in the previous post
Ex 85  >>>  1. heavier and heavier    2. the most famous player in the NBA  -  so good as   3. the worst
4. elder/eldest

Ex 86   >>>>   1. Stop talking and let me finish the story.   2. My girlfriend wants me to take her to the cinema.  3. I've got the same age as you. / I'm as old as you.   4. If I were you, I wouldn't go.

5. What an easy exam!  6. She is believed to work for the government / It is thought that she works for the government.