For the moment being

 'For the moment being' (look up this interesting expression in LINGUEE) and try to use it in your comments.

 

For the moment being, the return to school has presented no problems at all. We will just have to still comply with all the Covid protocol and regulations and I am sure we will all sort out any difficulties we may come across. Anyway, the flock or herd imminuty required to reach a high level of safety is closer and closer with the vaccination of the younger population.

 

Again fantastic news!!! I have just learned that Mª Trini Ortiz (2º Bach last year) has passed her B1 exam  (Cambridge) CONGRATULATIONS to her!!!

 

 

Understanding a native speaker, two hints by: 

• mmmEnglish  
  

• and English with Lucy   
  

 

However, here are also some bad news...

 

 

News Review: LA PALMA: Volcano erupts   (BBC Learning English)

  

 

Here are some articles for you to read about the issue:

• More towns evacuated as volcanic eruptions on La Palma intensify (The Guardian)
  

• Canary Islands: Airport closed as volcano intensifies (BBC News)

 

 

 

Long-dormant volcano erupts on Spanish island of La Palma | DW News

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Upper-intermediate grammar reference:   IF & WHETHER   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• News Review:   ABBA: pop superstars are back    (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: Chimps make coalitions and seek power  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Drama, Father and Son : Episode 6: Meet Arthur Montgomery    (BBC Learning English)
  

Here's my musical hint for today:  You Got It by Roy Orbison. Here's the song with the lyrics: & official video in 1988:

 

 

Vintage NBA basketball: On this day Dr J walked on air 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 210922 / 22 September 2021    >>>  Cancer blood test trial   -    Language related to 'medicine'.  

Need-to-know language: blood samples, tumours, early detection, invasive procedures & symptoms.

Back to school!!

Tomorrow we will be back to school and the new school year is just about to start. I wish you all a safe year full of luck and success!!!

 

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Breaking news!!! I have just learned that María González (2º Bach) has passed her B1 exam at the Official Language School (EOI)

Some articles for you to read about the return to schools:

• How do we keep schools open? What if my kid hates masks? Parents’ questions answered (The Guardian)
  

• Back to school: How are pupils being kept Covid-safe? (BBC News)
  

• Prepare for back-to-school Covid surge, Sage experts warn (The Guardian)
  

• Millions of pupils return to school amid Covid spike concern (BBC)

 

Here's my musical hint for today:  Go to School, back to school , the perfect song to begin our school year:

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Upper-intermediate grammar reference:   PASSIVE reporting structures   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• English in a Minute:   STEAL vs ROB    (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: Is technology harmful to youngsters?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Drama, Father and Son : Episode 8: Was it suicide?    (BBC Learning English) 

  
  

   

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 210901 / 01 September 2021    >>>  'Paintings' for people with visual impairment   -    Language related to 'senses'.  

Need-to-know language: texture, contrast, tactile, sighted & triggers.

 

 

News Review:   Emma Raducanu wins US Open    (BBC Learning English)

 

US Open 2021: Daniil Medvedev vs Novak Djokovic Highlights 

 

 

Boys' Singles Final | Juncheng Shang vs Daniel Rincon Highlights | 2021 US Open

Summer nights... and days are nearly gone

 

So tell me more, tell me more about all what you have done and the people you have met. What good memories!!!  and we will keep them for ever.

 

Anyway, some students have done a great job during the summer time (check the SUMMER SCOREBOARD ) and ready for new challenges.

 

 

Here's my musical hint for today:  Summer Nights (from the film Grease) , the perfect song when summer is almost gone and we have to go back to school. Here's the bit from the film and the lyrics:

 

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Upper-intermediate grammar reference:   UNLESS   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• English in a Minute:   RAISE vs RISE    (BBC Learning English)

  

• A listening exercise for you to do: What's behind counting people in a country? (Making sense of the census)  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Drama, Father and Son : Episode 5: What does Jamie Phelp's brother know?    (BBC Learning English) 

  
  

   
  

  
  
  

  

  
  

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 210901 / 01 September 2021    >>>  Meet the robot artist   -   

• Language related to 'art'.  Need-to-know language: self-portraits, creative, painting & artwork.

 

 

 

Project about Jane Eyre by María González (2º Bach A)

 

Don't miss the last train...

 

Don't miss the last train... to success!!!  You've still got some time left to revise and prepare for the coming school year. 

The more you do now, the easier it will be for you to handle with the hurdles you are going to find on the way. Some of your colleagues have done an excellent job during the summer time and are ready for the new challenges.

 

Check the SUMMER SCOREBOARD so far!!!

 

Here's my musical hint for today:  Last train from Gun Hill , which was the soundtrack of a famous western film. Here's the trailer of the film:

 

Last Train From Gun Hill (1959) Trailer

 

 

What was your summer like? What would you have done if you had been able to?

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• A listening exercise for you to do:   A future without doctors?   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Shakespeare speaks: All that glitters is not gold (BBC Learning English) 

• Another listening exercise for you to do: Are you afraid of maths? (the fear of numbers)  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Drama, Father and Son : Episode 4  &  Meet people who knew the missing man (Episode 5,1)  (BBC Learning English) 

  
  
  

 

Solutions to USE OF ENGLISH exercise in the previous post:

21.  D   22. B  23. B   24. D   25. B   26. C   27. D  28. D  29. A  30. C   31. A  32. C  33. C  34. B   35.  B   36.  B   37.  C   38.  A   39. B   40. A

REVISING FOR 2º ESO STUDENTS

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE   //   FOR & SINCE

Some exercises to practise:   1    2    3   

Some exercises to practise with the difference between FOR & SINCE:   1   2   3   

 

mmmEnglish shows us 4 Simple, Everyday Habits To Improve Your English... Every Day!  >>>>

Our students handing in some projects at the very last minute:

Project on A Foreigner in Britain by María González (1º Bachillerato)

Project on The Hound of the Baskervilles by María González (1º Bachillerato)

 

 

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

Monty Python Communist Quiz sketch

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 210825 / 25 August 2021    >>>  Meet the robot artist   -    Language related to 'art'.  

  Need-to-know language: self-portraits, creative, painting & artwork.

Respect for everybody

We should respect each other and that is the basis for coexistence, family harmony, co-existence rules and for the world peace. 

 

RESPECT is such an important word nowadays in our world regarding other races,  or women, like in the two next instances I present you:

• Afghanistan: Taliban retake Kabul (News Review, BBC Learning English)

• The song RESPECT by Aretha Franklin (official trailer)
  

 

Jennifer Hudson brings "Respect"  

 

 

Here are some previous posts related to this incredible singer Aretha Franklin:

• Are we a chain of fools? 
  

• Covid-19 stories to tell (QUARANTINE: DAY 73)  
  

• Time to shake your body!!! 
  

• We say a little prayer for you  
  

Here's my musical hint for today:  RESPECT by Aretha Franklin (with lyrics)

 

 

 

 

mmmEnglish shows us How to show respect in English  >>>>

 

 

Some articles for you to read about the withdrawal of UN troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban regime:

• ‘We lost everything’: Afghan wheelchair basketball team captain speaks out (The Guardian)
  

• Afghanistan: Where will refugees go after Taliban takeover? (BBC News)
  

• Afghans watch nervously as Taliban regime takes shape, and US and its allies continue frantic exit (CNN)

 

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

USE OF ENGLISH. Multiple-choice exercise. Choose the appropriate option:

 

21. ".................?" one shouted to the other.   (A  Shall you come    B   Do you come   C  Come you to   D   Are you coming  )

 

22. "It's too late .................. !" the other shouted back.    (A  for running   B   to run   C  to be running   D   that we run )

 

23. "We couldn't get to the cellar ........................ we could run faster!  (A  except    B   even if   C  because   D   although ) 

 

24. He isn't young any more. His friend isn't ........  (A  also   B  neither   C too   D   either ) 

 

25. "If we .................... sooner, we might have got there."   (A  started    B   had started  C  would have started   D  start ) 

 

26. He has dug his pick into the ground ...............  blown away.   (A  to keep being    B   because he isn't   C  so as not to be   D   for not being ) 

 

27. His dungarees are ............ snatched off.     (A  being about    B   just to be   C  on the point of   D   are about to be ) 

 

28. The tornado is destroying everything .................. .     (A  in the path of it     B   in it's path   C  of its path    D  in its path ) 

 

29. The farmhouse roof is being blown ...................   (A  off    B  up   C  out   D  away from it ) 

 

30. After the storm, it ................ repaired.    (A has to be   B   has been   C  will have to be   D  is ) 

 

31. The tornado has picked up a cow as if it were ..................... a feather.        (A  as light as    B   lighter as   C  lightly like   D  the lightest as ) 

 

32. The woman .................... the cow never stopped.  (A  what milked   B  which milked   C  who was milking   D  that is milking ) 

 

33. She had no idea she was sailing through the air, ............. ?   (A didn't she   B  hadn't she  C  had she    D  wasn't she ) 

 

34. It is possible she ............... into another state.     (A  is blown    B   will be blown   C  blew  D  will blow ) 

 

35. The two farmers will be lucky  ........ they don't join her.   (A unless   B  if   C supposing  D  whether ) 

 

36.  One is clutching a post to keep from ........... pulled up into the sky.   (A  himself    B   being   C  his being   D  he was ) 

 

37. He ........... about the storm until it came.   (A  wouldn't be worrying  B  wasn't worrying   C  hadn't worried   D  shouldn't worry ) 

 

38.  The two were too busy .................... the fence.   (A  mending    B   to mend   C  by mending   D   to have mended ) 

 

39. Now they only hope it ...................... carry them away.    (A  didn't    B  doesn't   C  wouldn't   D   might not ) 

 

40.  They will be happy when it ............. over.   (A  is   B  will be  C  is to be  D  can be )

 

Solutions to USE OF ENGLISH exercise in the previous post:

1.  A   2. C  3. C   4. B   5. D   6. A   7. C  8. B  9. B  10. D   11. D  12. A  13. B  14. A   15.  D   16.  B   17.  B   18.  C   19. A   20. C

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• A listening exercise for you to do:   Concussion in sport   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• English in a Minute: 3 ways to use 'pick up' (BBC Learning English) 

• Another listening exercise for you to do: Intimacy on Screen  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Drama, Father and Son : Episode 3  (BBC Learning English) 

  
  

  
  

 

  

REVISING FOR 2º ESO STUDENTS

 

 

 

 

50. Write questions for these answers.

1. ______________________________? Our father plays basketball with us.

2. _______________________________ ? Sara is walking around with her boyfriend.

3. ________________________________? They met my mother at school.

4. _____________________________? My mum told me what happened.

5. ______________________________? Albert plays tennis a lot because he loves it.            

51. Complete the sentences with the comparative form or the superlative of the adjectives

and adverbs in brackets. Fill in the dotted gaps with ‘than’ or ‘the’.

 

1. Carreño was ___________ ............... Djokovic at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, 

but he is ............... ________________  player of the season.   (good)

2. It snows ________________ (heavily) in the north of Spain .................... in the south, 

 so you cannot drive ______________ (well) in Bilbao ................... in Malaga.

3. De Jong is ______________ .................. Haaland, but I’m sure 

Di María is one of  ....................... ________________ players in the world. (slim)

4. People say Sabio brothers are ____________________ ..................... Oliver, 

but who is  ..................... __________________  student in class?  (hardworking)

5. My English teacher is not ................. ______________ man at school, 

but he is surely _______________ ................ Stephen Hawking. (silly)                                              

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)   _________________________________________          

 

 

 

 

Project about A Foreigner in New York by José Corzo (2º Bach A)

 

 

 

 

 

ject about Jane Eyre  by Francisco González (2º Bach A)

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 210818 / 18 August 2021    >>>  The Quantum Revolution   -    Language related to 'experiments'.  

  Need-to-know language: cusps, defects, harness, inextricably & grasp.

  
  

  

  
  

  Tennis: The Big Three fighting to be the G.O.A.T.