Read the text.
Then choose the correct word from the list and fill in the gaps.
Click here.
7 February 2018
16 January 2018
7 December 2017
30 May 2017
Natural Disasters
Click on this link to get to an animated guide about Hurricanes.
Go to this site. Pick one of the Natural Disasters, read the text carefully and talk about it in your own words.
Now watch this video about natural disasters.
27 March 2017
Top 100 Waste Tips
Here are some tips to help you reduce, reuse and recycle waste at home.
1) Try to reduce your rubbish by buying things with as little packaging as possible.
2) Buy good quality products as cheap things break easily and end up in the bin.
3) If you don’t need a plastic bag, don’t take one!
4) Bring your own bags with you when you go shopping.
5) Take old toys, books and clothes to a charity shop for reuse.
6) Refill an empty plastic bottle with water rather than buying new bottles time.
This reduces waste and saves you money!
7) Only buy as much food as you need. This will also save you money!
8) Get a home composter from your Council. Then you can make compost to feed
your garden from dead plants and flowers.
9) Use your recycling bin at home.
10) Many other things like wood, electrical goods, glass bottles and scrap metal
can be taken to your local Recycling Centre.
Environmental Damage of Plastic Bags
The environmental damage caused by plastic bags is enormous. Plastic makes up 80% of the volume of litter on roads, parks, and beaches and makes up 90% of floating litter in the ocean In every square mile of ocean there are over 46,000 pieces of plastic. This puts an enormous strain on the environment. The little pieces of plastic act as a sort of sponge for chemicals. They soak up millions of deadly compounds. Marine life then eats these pieces and dies. It is estimated that over a 100,000 different birds, seals and whales die every year After the animal dies the plastic is free to roam the ocean and kill again.
The Carcass of an Albatross Filled with Plastic
When plastic bags find their way into the ocean they kill endangered turtles. Plastic bags are eaten by turtles who confuse them for jellyfish, their primary food source. The turtles then suffocate.
Plastic bags wrap themselves around living coral and quickly kill them. This has become a huge problem for Australia, whose Great Barrier Reef is being threatened by little white bags of death. Plastic bags trap seals and sea lions, prevent whales from digesting and kill birds by the thousands.
A baby seal caught in a plastic bag
Despite what some economist tell you, you cannot put a price on the environment. If people realized the destruction that is done to the environment or the amount of animals that die from their over consumption of plastic bags, I'm sure they would switch to a reusable bag.
We need to make sure that the bags that are consumed are recycled and not just littered into the streets.
NOW WATCH THIS VIDEO: The Curse of the Plastic Bag
Source: plasticbageconomics
The Carcass of an Albatross Filled with Plastic
Plastic bags wrap themselves around living coral and quickly kill them. This has become a huge problem for Australia, whose Great Barrier Reef is being threatened by little white bags of death. Plastic bags trap seals and sea lions, prevent whales from digesting and kill birds by the thousands.
A baby seal caught in a plastic bagDespite what some economist tell you, you cannot put a price on the environment. If people realized the destruction that is done to the environment or the amount of animals that die from their over consumption of plastic bags, I'm sure they would switch to a reusable bag.
We need to make sure that the bags that are consumed are recycled and not just littered into the streets.
NOW WATCH THIS VIDEO: The Curse of the Plastic Bag
Source: plasticbageconomics
Environment
Correction of the third Test
1 Listening
1 Daisy 1c 2b
1 George 1 c 2b
2 Grammar
a) 1 wasn't allowed, 2 are allowed 3 aren't allowed 4 was allowed 5 isn't allowed 6 weren't allowed 7 were allowed 8 am not allowed
b) 1 for 2 for 3 since 4 since 5 since 6 for 7 since 8 since
c) Present Perfect/Past Tense
We wrote.....but we haven't got....
Who has touched....
Nobody was...
Has your father ever given...
We ate.....we were....
When did you meet.....
Films
3 e Western, Action film, romantic Comedy, Science fiction film
3 f actors, stars, actress, director, special effects. film script
Reading
1 t 2 f 3 t 4 t 5 f 6 t 7 f 8 f 9 f 10 f
1 Daisy 1c 2b
1 George 1 c 2b
2 Grammar
a) 1 wasn't allowed, 2 are allowed 3 aren't allowed 4 was allowed 5 isn't allowed 6 weren't allowed 7 were allowed 8 am not allowed
b) 1 for 2 for 3 since 4 since 5 since 6 for 7 since 8 since
c) Present Perfect/Past Tense
We wrote.....but we haven't got....
Who has touched....
Nobody was...
Has your father ever given...
We ate.....we were....
When did you meet.....
Films
3 e Western, Action film, romantic Comedy, Science fiction film
3 f actors, stars, actress, director, special effects. film script
Reading
1 t 2 f 3 t 4 t 5 f 6 t 7 f 8 f 9 f 10 f
6 March 2017
8 February 2017
7 February 2017
How to be a good friend
Believe in each other.
Exchange silly stories.
Share favourite clothes
Tell it like it is.
Find the answers.
Rely on each other.
Inspire bravery.
Encourage dreams.
Never stop caring.
Talk about crazy ideas.
Stand by each other.
23 January 2017
9 January 2017
30 November 2016
Word Formation
What is it?
In a sentence or text you have to change the form of a word, e.g. from a noun to an adjective, or from a verb to a noun. For example:
The _____ was very nervous. (sing)
You have to complete the sentence with the person noun (singer). You change the verb (sing) into the person noun (singer).- Look at the word you have to change. Which words do you know that are in the same word family?
- The beginning of the word is often the same and the end of the word changes.
- What form is the new word? A verb? A noun? An adjective? An adverb?
- Nouns often end: -ment, -ion, -ness, -ity.
- People nouns often end: -er, -or, -ist, -ian.
- Adjectives often end: -able, -ible, -ive, -al, -ic, -ed, -ing.
- Some verbs end: -ise, -ate, -en.
- Adverbs often end: -ly.
- Is the new word negative? If so, you may need a prefix, e.g. un- (unhappy), im- (impolite), in- (inexperienced), dis- (dishonest), etc.
- If you don’t know the new word, guess. You may be right!
- Check your answers carefully when you finish.
The British Council
Click here, scroll down and do the two exercises
Further exercises:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Comparison of Adjectives
Dear Students,
Practise the comparison by doing the exercises below. Don't forget to look up unfamiliar words, and have your Grammar Book ready.
You can find more exercise in the table of contents. (Inhaltsverzeichnis)
Or just click on the label "Comparison".
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4 (Look up the adjectives in the dictionary)
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Bring a Word a Day
to except - ausschließen
necessary . notwendig
conservation - Umweltschutz
self-confidence - Selbstbewusstsein
wealth - Reichtum
to deliberate - beraten
mysterious - geheimnisvoll
accidentally - zufällig
to dissent - widersprechen
timetable - Stundenplan
sledge - Schlitten
priceless - unbezahlbar
fictional - erfunden
24 November 2016
Dangerous animals
Click here to do the quiz
Now read the text or listen to it to learn about the five most dangerous animals in Australia.
Click here.
17 November 2016
4 November 2016
20 October 2016
Past Tense Continuous (Progressive)
Lots of exercises to practise the Past Tense Continuous.
Have fun.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
14 October 2016
Audition for a Band
Click here to listen to the audition for a boygroup
Now tick off "true" or "false". Click here.
Check your understanding: Gap fill.
3 October 2016
29 June 2016
2 June 2016
23 May 2016
28 April 2016
27 April 2016
Pimp my text
Useful words words to spice up your texts
actually - tatsächlich
certainly- sicherlich
sure - sicherlich
definitely - bestimmt, sicher(lich)
recently - kürzlich, vor kurzem
probably - wahrscheinlich
unfortunately - unglücklicherweise
fabulous - fabelhaft
disgusting - ekelhaft
jealous - eifersüchtig
successful - erfolgreich
disappointed - enttäuscht
badly hurt - schwer verletzt
absolutely awesome - absolut toll
26 April 2016
Possessive Case - Grammar and Exercises
That's the way to express that someone owns something.
(So drückst du aus, dass jemanden etwas gehört.)
With persons and animals (bei Personen und Tieren):
This is Tom's bike. (T0ms Fahrrad)
This is Kathy's mother. (Kathys Mutter)
Plural: s'These are the boys' bikes. (die Fahrräder der Buben)
This is the girls' mum. (die Mutter der Mädchen)
With things (bei Dingen)
of
The colour of the table is black.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Possessive Case - Saxon Genitive
Folks,
Here are some exercises for you.
Don't forget the rules - look in your Grammar books.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
5 April 2016
Dialogue: At the restaurant
Read and study it carefully, then scroll down to practise a similar dialogue.
Click here!
Adverbs of Manner
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercice 4
9 March 2016
3 February 2016
25 January 2016
At the restaurant
Exercise 1: Read the dialogue "Ordering Food in a Restaurant" and then do the exercise below.
Exercise 2: Listening Comprehension: Ordering Lunch and Dinner
Exercise 3: Another dialogue
Exercise 4: In this exercise you have to choose the correct word.
20 January 2016
11 January 2016
have to - don't have to
Have to is used with I, you, we, they (in affirmative sentences)
Has to is used with he, she, it (in affirmative sentences)
Don’t have to is used with I, you, we, they (in negative sentences)
Doesn’t have to is used with he, she, it (in negative sentences)
For questions we use “do / does + subject + have to"
We use “had to” to express obligation in the past
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie, is a British musicaln, actor and Artist who had a strong influence on rock and roll from the 1960's to the present. He is commonly known (allgemein bekannt) as the greatest chameleon of music history, constantly (ständig) changing his musical style to suit (anpassen) the times, while always holding on to his own ideas and creativity.
He died on January 10, 2016 from cancer.
Bring a word a day
velocity- Geschwindigkeit
wound - Wunde
mousetrap _Mausefalle
guardian angel - Schutzengel
unfortunately - unglücklicherweise
review- Bewertung, Besprechung
farewell - leb wohl
earphones - Kopfhörer
turkey Truthahn
peregrine falcon - Wanderfalke
hazelnut - Haseluss
comfortable - bequem
snowplow - Schneepflug
globe - Globus
soap dispenser - Seifenspender
8 January 2016
14 December 2015
15 October 2015
13 October 2015
24 September 2015
Talking about holidays
20 May 2015
More 1 - Unit 12
Exercise 1: A summer in Greece - Write the Past Forms
Exercise 2: Past Simple Activity 1
Exercise 3: Past Simple Activity 2
19 May 2015
Bring a word a day II
kiss of life - Mund-zu-Mund-Beatmung
set 1 - erste Leistungsgruppe
occupation - Beruf
dream - Traum
fairy - Fee
immediately - sofort
suddenly - plötzlich
nursery school - Kindergarten
starfish - Seestern
certificate - Urkunde
mammal - Säugetier
rainbow - Regenbogen
hairbrush - Haarbürste
squirrel - Eichhörnchen
to knock - klopfen
village - Dorf
11 May 2015
10 May 2015
23 April 2015
Ordinal Numbers
Exercise 1 - Memory
Exercise 2 - Matching exercise
Exercise 3 - Where is Squigly?
Exercise 4 - 13th - 31st
Exercise 5 - 1st - 100th
18 March 2015
15 March 2015
Susan Vega - Tom's diner (Practising Present Progressive)
I am sitting
in the morning
at the diner
on the corner
I am waiting
at the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee
And he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argue
He is looking
out the window
at somebody
coming in
"It is always
Nice to see you"
Says the man
Behind the counter
To the woman
Who has come in
She is shaking
her umbrella
And I look
The other way
As they are kissing
their hellos
I'm pretending
not to see them
Instead
I pour the milk
I open
Up the paper
There's a story
Of an actor
Who had died
While he was drinking
It was no one
I had heard of
And I'm turning
to the horoscope
And looking
For the funnies
When I'm feeling
someone watching me
And so
I raise my head
There's a woman
on the outside
looking inside
Does she see me?
No she does not
Really see me
Cause she sees
Her own reflection
And I'm trying
not to notice
That she's hitching
up her skirt
And while she's
straightening her stockings
Her hair
Has gotten wet
Oh, this rain
It will continue
Through the morning
As I'm listening
to the bells
Of the cathedral
I am thinking
of your voice...
And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began...
I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train
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