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!!!

MODAL VERBS OF DEDUCTION explained

Although we had already gone through how to express deduction in English, here you have an intertactive presentation for you to review and consolidate what you already have studied. Remember to click on the interactive buttons for more accurate info.

PASSIVE VERB FORMS

You still have some problems with the form of the different verb tenses in active and in passive. Let's review the passive verb forms with this interactive presentation. Click on the + icons for examples of the different verb tenses.

If you also want to review the active verb forms, click HERE.