QUANTIFIERS

This is the presentation we are going to use today to learn about how to use quantifiers.
We need to count things, we need to say how much or how little we have of something. We can have large quantities, small quantities, more than we need or want, less than we need or zero quantity at all. To say that we use quantifiers.  You can go to 'Grammar' to see, download and/or print the explanation with examples as a document.

And now, time to practise!!!!

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- exercise 2
- exercise 3
- exercise 4
- exercise 5
- exercise 6

SPEAKING

If you need to check the date and time for your oral exam in June, just go to HOME LEARNING. Remember you need a password.

In case you need to change your assigned appointments, just let your teacher know.

Come on, let's go for it, we can!! 

HOW, LIKE, AS

 

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Let's practise relative clauses with these exercises ...

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

STRANGE JOBS AROUND THE WORLD

Are you looking for work and hoping to find something unusual that will pay the bills? Here are eight examples of rather unconventional professions.


LIPSTICK READER

Some people read palms…some read cards…others have a crystal ball. And some people bring a lipstick reader to make their parties a little more interesting. The reader looks at a lipstick imprint on a piece of paper and tells people about themselves, their relationships and their future. 25-30€ per reading.

PROFESSIONAL QUEUER

Are you too busy to waste hours standing in line waiting to get the new iPhone, buy tickets for that Springsteen concert, or renew your passport? No problem: just hire a professional queuer to do the boring part for you! 15-25€ per hour.




QUEEN’S PIPER

Every morning at 9.00, he stands outside the Queen’s window (at Buckingham Palace, Balmoral Castle, Windsor Castle or Holyroodhouse) and plays the bagpipes for 15 minutes. The position is given to a serving member of the Armed Forces and was created in 1843. 60,000€ per year.

GOLF BALL DIVER

Lots of golf courses have lakes and ponds. Lots of golfers hit their balls into that water. The golf ball diver is the person who recovers those balls so they can be re-sold. If you’re not afraid of the dark, can carry a 30kg bag of balls, and don’t mind if there are snakes, turtles and maybe even the occasional alligator around, this might be the job for you!  As much as 100,000€ per year.



BED TESTER

Tired? Fancy a rest? Then why not apply for a job checking mattresses for their manufacturers or beds for hotels? Compare how well you sleep in different conditions (changes in lighting or temperature, after drinking water, coffee or alcohol) and write a blog about the experience. Around 50,000€ per year.

FACE FEELER

Or sensory scientist, if you prefer. If you have sensitive hands, and can tell the difference between baby oil and Vaseline, how about a part-time job feeling people’s faces to test the effect of cosmetic products on people’s skin? 25€ per hour.







TV WATCHER

If you have a degree in TV or film, or at least a lot of knowledge, there may be an opportunity for you at Netflix. The company has 48,000,000 subscribers, so leaves nothing to chance. “Taggers”, as they are called, sit at home watching films and series all day, analyzing and commenting on the content before the rest of us see it.  Pay? Hard to say, but a lot more than we get for watching television!

DOG WALKER

If you like dogs, and walking, this is perfect for you! By working just two weeks a month, and sometimes taking several dogs at the same time, dog walkers in the UK earn 20% more than the national average salary. 13€ per dog per hour.

Source: Oxfordculturemania

THE HOUSE

Vocabulary:

The house           The dining room           The kitchen           Buildings             Rooms in a house


Have you ever thought of matching a house with a celebrity??? Well, many people have done so, read this article by The Daily Mail about houses with a character and you will discover the similarities people find!

And now let's practise some listening. Watch this video about this Lego-style apartment, I'm sure you'll be surprised!

REPORTED SPEECH - Practice

LET'S PRACTISE REPORTED SPEECH!!!

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

Reporting Questions
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9

REPORTED SPEECH - STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS

These are the presentations we are going to use today in our online session to learn about the indirect speech or reported speech in English. You can go through them to know about it before our lesson.


REPORTING STATEMENTS

REPORTING QUESTIONS

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Let's revise when to use an infinitive and when to use a gerund. If you want to see, download and/or print a document with an explanation,  just go to 'Grammar'

Do the exercises below. Watch the sentences and the verbs used, it will help you remember when a verb takes the gerund or the infinitive.

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
A page with many exercises

INFINITIVE OR GERUND?

This is the presentation we are going to use today to learn about when to use the infinitive and when to use the gerund, the -ING form. You can have a look at it before our online session starts, probably it helps you undestand better.

FIRST OR SECOND CONDITIONAL?

Do you remember when to use the first conditional and when to use the second conditional? Try these exercises and you will know!

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- exercise 4
- exercise 5
- exercise 6

SECOND CONDITIONAL

Often called the "unreal" conditional because it is used for unreal - impossible or improbable - situations. This conditional provides an imaginary result for a given situation. IF + SIMPLE PAST + WOULD

- If I lived in Japan, I would have sushi every day
- If I had the chance to do it again, I would do it differently
- If I were you, I would go

Do these exercises:
- Exercise 1

- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4

Go to 'Grammar' to see, download or print a document with a more accurate explanation.

THE SECOND CONDITIONAL

This is the powerpoint we will use in our onlibe session to learn about the second conditional. Why don't you have a look at it before class? I'm sure if you do it might help you understand how and when to use the second conditional in English better.

MURPHY'S LAWS

I'm sure you have heard of Murphy's laws ...

You're sitting in eight lanes of bumper-to-bumper traffic. You're more than ready to get home, but you notice, to your great dismay, that all of the other lanes seem to be moving. You change lanes. But once you do, the cars in your new lane come to a dead halt. At a standstill, you notice every lane on the highway (including the one you just left) is moving -- except yours.
Welcome to the aggravating world of Murphy's Law. This idiom says that whatever can go wrong will go wrong. And it may just be right. This isn't because of some mysterious power the law possesses. In reality, it's us who give Murphy's Law relevance. When life goes well, little is made of it. After all, we expect that things should work out in our favor. But when things go badly, we look for reasons.

Here are some of the laws we have built ...


1. If you are in a supermarket and you change queues, the queue you were in before will move faster.
2. If you wash your car, it will rain.
3. If you're looking for something you've lost, you'll find it in the last place you look.
4. If you wear something white, you'll spill wine or coffee on it.
5. If someone near you is smoking, the smoke will always go directly towards you.
6. If you find sthg in a shop that you really like, they won't have it in your size.
7. If you take something that doesn't work back to a shop, it'll start working.
8. If you stop waiting for the bus and start walking, the bus will come.
9. If you arrive at the station and a train is just leaving, it will be your train.

How many more do you know? You can have a look at his site 

SCHOOL UNIFORMS: GOOD OR BAD?

This video is good for speaking practice. It shows you how to express your opinion in English.

EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS IN BRITAIN

Watch the video below to learn about education and schools in Britain. It's good listening practice as well as you can revise your vocabulary and learn about the differences with our system.


SCHOOLS IN BRITAIN (click on the subtitles option on the player if you need it)

TIME CLAUSES

It is possible to use other words instead of if in first conditional sentences:

 

When:  When the “condition” will definitely happen in the future.

Look at the difference between these two sentences:

• If I see Sam, I’ll give him your message. (I’m not sure if I will see him or not)
• When I see Sam, I’ll give him your message. (I will definitely see Sam)

As soon as: To emphasize immediacy.

• My feet hurt! As soon as I get home, I’m going to take off these high heels.
• As soon as we have enough money saved, we’ll take a vacation to Costa Rica. We can’t wait!
• I’ll respond to your e-mail as soon as I can.

Unless: Substitute for “if not.”

• You won’t lose any weight unless you start eating healthier food.
  = You won’t lose any weight if you don’t start eating healthier food.
• I’m not going to dance unless somebody invites me.
  = I’m not going to dance if somebody doesn’t invite me.
• Unless there’s an emergency at work, I’ll be home on time.
  = If there’s not an emergency at work, I’ll be home on time.

- Exercise 1

- Exercise 2

Go to 'Grammar' to get the explanation as a document

FIRST CONDITIONAL

Revise the first conditional and the time clauses with this powerpoint


Now let's practise the first conditional with these exercises

- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5

WORLD BOOK DAY

As you well know, on 23 April, World Book Day is celebrated all over the world. In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is the anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare, probably the two most aclaimed writers in the world. In a historical coincidence, Cervantes and Shakespeare died on the same date, 23 April 1616.

In Spain this is a day to encourage reading and the enjoyment of literature. Due to this COVID-19 thing, this year it will be different. Neither we will go out to get that book we want as a gift for a beloved one or just for ourselves nor others will do it for us. However, we can still enjoy reading something new without having to leave home. For that, here you have our school magazine, SABIR, on his new edition, which includes the 12 Greek Mythology stories and an African one that you wrote.

Hot off the press, take it as a present from our school on this day and as an invitation to experience the world of letters in a different way.

By Clicking on the top right corner, it will open on an external window. Would you like to have it? Then, get it as a PDF document.

Enjoy!!!

REVISE&CHECK

As you well know, each two units, there's a section in your book called "Revise and check". So we have Revise and Check for units 1-2, for units 3-4, for units 5-6 ... Once, you asked me about this section and I told you not to worry, that one day we would use it. Well, with all this coronavirus thing, we can't use it in the way I had planned. However, we can do it in a different way.

Since I know you are going through everything we have studied so far, why don't you use it on your own? You already have the exercises on your book, so you can do them, and if you go to Exam Practice, you will find the key and the videos needed to work on your own.

Come on, let's go for it! Even in the distance, on a computer, we can do it!!!