Jobs

•  Choose one job you'd like to do and one you wouldn't like. Give reasons.

Spies - give secret information to other countries
Judges - decide what to do with criminals
Politicians - are elected by the people
Lawyers - advise and represent people in court
Accountants - check company/individuals' finances
Mechanics - repair machines and cars
Civil Servants - work in government departments
Surgeons - operate on people
Fashion models - display clothes by wearing them
Nurses - look after people in hospital
Composers - write music
Professional sportsmen/women - earn their living from doing a sport

 

• Do you know anyone who...

... is training to be a doctor or a nurse?
... works freelance?
... is looking for a job?
.... works for a multinational company?
... is retired?
... is unemployed?
... works in the computer industry?
... runs their own business?
... has recently given up their job?
... has a job which involves a lot of travelling?

Revision Exercises

• Here you have some online exercises on Be and Have Got. Revise Form and Uses of To Be and Have Got before doing the exercises.
• Exercises on Possessive Adjectives.
• Overview of Possessive Adjectives.
• Overview of Interrogative Pronouns. Online Exercises.
• Form and Uses of Simple Past.
• Test on Simple Past.
• You can download a list of Irregular Verbs HERE.

If you have any problem, ask your teacher!

Write A Blog Entry About Your Weekend

BEFORE YOU WRITE

Complete the chart about your weekend:

• When
• Who
• Activities
• Opinion of the day

NOW WRITE

Use the information in your chart to write a blog entry about your weekend.

CHECK YOUR WRITING

• Word Order
• Punctuation
• Prepositions of Time
• Capital Letters
• Linking Words
• Connectors of Sequence

USEFUL LANGUAGE

• I had a ... day on ...
• First,
• It was...
• Then,
• Next,
• Finally,

International Workers' Day (Labour Day / May Day)

International Workers' Day is celebrated on 1st May and is a national holiday in more than 80 countries. (Wikipedia)

Do this Reading Comprehension and find out many interesting facts about this celebration.

And HERE you can find a lot of vocabulary related to Workers' Day.

Happy Book Day!

It’s World Book Day today! A whole day of celebrating books, reading, writers and all things bookish!

World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The origins of the day we now celebrate in the UK and Ireland come from Catalonia, where roses and books were given as gifts to loved ones on St. George’s Day – a tradition started over 90 years ago.

The date is also the anniversary of the birth and death of William Shakespeare and the death of Miguel de Cervantes.


Watch this video called Jasmine. Do you know anyone like her? Have you read any of the books mentioned?

 

Why do you like reading? Listen to some people talking about their favourite books and why they enjoy reading.

Earth Day

Do you know when the first Earth Day was held? Try reading this text and do some comprehension questions, as well as an Earth Day wordsearch!

Enjoy!

Little Miss Sunshine: A Film Review

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

WRITE A FILM REVIEW:

1. Before you write, complete the chart about the film.

• Name of film: Little Miss Sunshine.
• Type of film:
• Main characters:
• Main events:
• Why I recommend it/ I don't recommend it:

2. Now write. 

Use the information in the chart to write a review of the film. Follow the model on page 80 of your student's book.


3. Check your writing.

• Word Order
• Punctuation
• Prepositions of Time
• Capital Letters
  

For more information on the film, take a look at imdb website.