HOMEWORK for Monday 1 February 2021

The lessons continue to be online in February. The TEAMS link is the same I sent to you in January.

Read the text 6 A Dream Kitchen (p. 148-149) and do exercises 6A & 6B on page 150 and 6C on page 151.

Do you prefer...?

 

Explain the words

 

The Causative - HAVE | GET - have something done - English Grammar

GRAMMAR: CAUSATIVE VERBS

 

Grammar: prepositions

 

Discuss

 

Listen: the Olympics

 TRUE / FALSE: 

1. There has been little speculation about the Tokyo Olympics taking place. T / F
2. The IOC president promised the Tokyo Olympics would take place.     T / F
3. The president said the IOC is working around the clock.     T / F
4. An IOC spokesperson said life has no certainties.     T / F
5. Around 11,000 athletes are due to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.     T / F
6. Over 25,000 athletes participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics.     T / F
7. Japan's Prime Minister really want the Olympics to go ahead.     T / F
8. An anti-Olympics group fears the Olympics will be sacrificed.     T / F

LISTEN: the Olympics

the Olympics 

LISTEN: the Olympics

The Olympics

Board game

 

HOMEWORK for Monday 25 January 2021 (online lesson)

To join the lesson use the same TEAMS link you used last Monday (18 Jan). 

Do exercise 4A on page 146 and the tenses exercise below this post.

MIXED TENSES

HOMEWORK

Ask hundreds of people what they (1) ………….(plan) to do on a certain day in August next year, or the year after, and there (2) ............................... (be) only one reply. Provided of course that the people you (3) ............................... (ask) (4) ............................... (belong) to the Elvis Presley Fan Club. 

Although the King of Rock and Roll (5) ..............................(die) nearly two decades ago, his fans (6) ............................... (meet) every year since then outside his home in Memphis, Tennessee, to show respect for the singer they (7) ............................... (love) so much. 

Fans like Jean Thomas, from Catford in South East London. Jean (8) ............................... (visit) Gracelands, the house where Elvis (9) ............................... (suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past five years. The first time I (10) ............................... (borrow) the money from my Mum, as I (11) ............................... (not/work) then. 

But two years ago I (12) ............................... (get) married and since then I (13) ............................... (work) in my husband Chris's garage. Chris and I(14) ............................... (go) together last year, and we (15) ...............................(think) of spending two or three months in the USA next year. I (16) ............................... (always/want) to visit some of the places where Elvis (17) ............................... (perform). 

Like Las Vegas for example.' Jean says that Elvis (18) ............................... (be) her obsession ever since she (19) ............................... (be) ten years old, and she (20) ............................... (own) every single one of his records, good and bad.

Agree / disagree

 

Explain the words (p. 146 & the listening exercise 18 Jan)

 

Pros and cons

 

PREPOSITIONS

 

Year 2020

 

TRUE / FALSE: 

1. The article said millions of people thought 2020 would be a great year.    T / F
2. The article says there is a science fiction movie about the year 2020.     T / F
3. The article says 2020 was like a rollercoaster ride.     T / F
4. The article mentioned economic chaos and lockdowns.     T / F
5. Reporters asked people in India about their memories of 2020.     T / F
6. A man was sad about the explosion in Beirut in August.     T / F
7. A nurse was happy about vaccines being discovered for COVID-19.     T / F
8. A Japanese woman thinks 2021 will be equally bad.     T / F

GRAMMAR: prepositions

 

NOTE: 13: conscious OF....
              9: happy ABOUT / WITH

Näin liityt Teams-koulutukseen tai kokoukseen Chrome-selaimella

HOMEWORK for Monday 18 January 2021

Due to the COVID 19 pandemic our lessons are online at the moment. I have sent you an email and a text message with the Teams link.  Note, it is a new link - not the same as last Monday 11 Jan.

Do exercise 6B on page 137 and 2B on page 144.

The Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care (Official Video)

Explain the words

 

DISCUSS: YEAR 2020

1. In general what do you think of 2020?
2. What was the best thing about 2020? 
3. How much did the pandemic affect you?
4. What do you think of the vaccine?
5. Besides the COVID 19, what other headlines do you remember from 2020?
6. Has there been a worse year than 2020? 
7. Can you see light at the end of the tunnel?

Listening

 year 2020

STEPPING STONES 3 -kurssi alkaa etänä 11.1.2021 klo 17.30

 Hei kaikki!

Koronatilanteesta johtuen Stepping Stones 3 -kurssi alkaa etänä ma 11.1.2021 klo 17.30. Voimassaolevat rajoitukset ja suositukset jatkuvat ainakin 31.1. asti. 

Laitan teille linkin kurssille huomenna. 

terveisin

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