EFC1.1SB10-11 Reading & Listening – 25 jobs before 25 Adjectives describing jobs: challenging repetitive, monotonous rewarding (fulfilling, ssatisfying, gratifying, worthwhile…) soul-destroying Interesting language control freak on the same wavelength award (prize) vs reward ice-cream parlour / beauty parlour to have green fingers bucket list  

We corrected all homework pending:  complex passives; hypothetical structures We discussed why we can say both «I wish I was going» (more colloquial, spoken English») and «I wish I were going» (more formal written style), and why (the former has become accepted in modern usage, in line with ‘was’ for I, he, she  and it … Leer más

Hway Adv 5th ed SB62 – talking about hypothetical situations using the past tense Conditionals , including mixed conditionals It’s time the government did something aboiut unemployment as if he were the most intelligent person on the planet I wish / If only  you didn’t have to leave I’d rather you didn’t do that, if … Leer más

We reviewed the fundamentals of the perfect and the passive through collaborative homework task correction (see attached – 22/06/2026) Hway Adv 5th ed SB16: idiomatic expressions describing emotions (see attached) Some interesting language: He thinks he’s God’s gift to women! Flattery will get you nowhere (in response to someone trying to flatter you when they … Leer más

Hway SB74 The smile – reading, listening and speaking. a broad, beaming smile an anxious grimace a primate’s ‘fear face’ indicating submission a fake smile a tight-lipped smile a grin a smirk EF C1.1 Sb128/138 Passives (see guidelines attached) Some interesting language: The eyes are the windows to the soul a firm handshake a prison … Leer más

Hway Adv 5th ed SB12 Simple vs Continuous discussing differences between simple and continuous in different forms (past, present, perfects, modals…)   Some interesting language: emotional blackmail to vote with your feet to exacerbate to swat /  a fly-swatter to load /to unload  / loads of… (quantifier) While the cat’s away, the mice will play! … Leer más

EFC1.1 SB13 Discourse markers (see attached) Linking devices: conrast, purpose, reason, result short texts with examples in context short listenings ending in linkers…finish with your own idea Some interesting language: under the weather bucket bucket list to bucket down to kick the bucket to giggle Pronunciation: disengaged /dɪsəŋˈgeɪʤd/ freelance /ˈfri:lɑ:ns/ Be careful with: you don’t … Leer más

EFC1.1 SB11 Listening & Pronunciation stress, rhythm and alteration in connected speech Some interesting language: owl a lack of shares (noun) – the ownership of a business can be divided in several equal parts the stock exchange to work long hours Be careful! didn’t told make sure you select the correct form – infinitive, gerund, … Leer más

EF C1.1 SB6 – Listening: old photographs of famous people and family members, and the relationships between them: Anastasia, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, with her sisters in 1906 John F. Kennedy, the US President, with his children John Junior and Caroline in 1963 Pablo Pucasso, the artist, with his partner Françoise Gilot and … Leer más

EF C1.1 SB8: Personality (see attached homework for vocabulary) Also see the attached questions, answers and interpretation of the personality quiz you did! Some interesting language: knackered break vs break into (enter by force) vs break down (mechanical failure)… At 10 o’clock on the dot I didn’t have the courage to… =  I didn’t dare… … Leer más