Are you bored of rinse, repeat? You cannot be, you don't even have the chance of thinking about that because it is the most important time of the school year and every single effort matters!!
It is true that the good weather, spring, the beach, the coming summer... don't help, but we all have to try to do our best.
What does 'rinse' mean? What does it remind you of? Have a look at your washing machine and you'll discover it.
The English We Speak: Rinse, repeat (BBC Learning English)
Here are some activities for you to do:
News Review: Brazil floods(BBC Learning English)
Real Easy English: Talking about food (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Georgie talking about prepositions: Prepositions of PLACE (BBC Learning English)
A listening exercise for you to do: Bitter food, better health? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Getting ready for Bachillerato.....
Activities for students in Bachillerato >>>
213. TENSES. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
1. What (you, do) __________________ ? I (write) ____________________ a letter, but then I (play) ______________________ table tennis with my neighbour.
2. How long (you, know) ____________________ your teacher? I (know) _________________ him since 1996.
3. Some students (always, have) __________________ a coffee instead of coming to our English class. What (you, do) _________________________ if you (be) ________________ the teacher.
4. My father is not at home at the moment because he (wash) ________________ his car _____________ at the petrol station which is on the road to Malaga.
5. When the message (arrive) __________________, he (already, leave) ____________________
__________________ the office.
Choosing the correct verb form (underline the correct option) :
6. I want ( you be / you to be / that you are ) more careful with your homework in future.
7. I stopped ( to smoke / smoke / smoking ) when I was thirty.
8. Why did I agree ( to work / work / work ) with you? I can't stand it.
9. I tried ( tell you / to tell you / telling you ) that you were making a mistake, but you wouldn't listen.
10. I'm looking forward ( to see / to seeing / seeing ) you again soon.
11. My parents let me ( do / to do / doing ) what I wanted when I was young.
12. I wasn't allowed ( going / go / to go ) out unless my parents knew where I was going.
13. I finished ( watching / to watch / watch ) the television, and then I went to bed.
Make an offer using the appropriate MODAL VERB :
14. __________________________________________________ ?
214. Insert the second sentences into the first ones by means of a RELATIVE CLAUSE.
1. FC Barcelona has won the League this year. The players of FC Barcelona are mainly Dutch.
2. He is going to have an operation. This operation could save his life.
3. I recently went back to the town. I was born there.
4. Molvízar is the little village. Mr Ramón comes from Molvízar.
5. Camacho has called 18 players to play against San Marino. Only two of them weren't in the previous match.
215. Put the sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE :
1. Do they still build ships in Scotland ?
2. Nobody is cooking lunch, so we'll have to order a pizza.
3. One should check the air of the tyres before getting into the car.
4. They have recently discovered oil near the Falkland Islands.
216. Put these sentences into REPORTED SPEECH. (Use suitable introducing verbs)
1. Albert to his students: "Read the whole exam first and don't start writing straight away!".
2. She to him: "Do you want to come to my party tomorrow?"
3. He to her: "No, I don't, but I can lend you this CD player."
4. We to her:"Where did you go last night?". She: "I just went to bed early."
217. Rewrite the following sentences .
1. We had a lot of difficulty in finding the way here. It was _________________
2. I felt that there was someone watching me. I had ________________
You will have the solutions to this exercise in the next post and for further practice ( Mock exams (1º Bach) ) visit my site!
Here's my musical hint for today: All Comers by Mark Knopfler. Here you can read the lyrics to learn what the song is about.
