YOU'D BETTER PULL YOUR SOCKS UP! IDIOMS WITH CLOTHES

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IRREGULAR VERBS GROUPED

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"WORK", A POEM BY D.H. LAWRENCE

WORK

There is no point in work

unless it absorbs you

like an absorbing game.

If it doesn’t absorb you

if it’s never any fun,

don’t do it.

When a man goes out into his work

he is alive like a tree in spring,

he is living, not merely working.

D.H.Lawrence

Born	David Herbert Richards Lawrence 11 September 1885 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Died	2 March 1930 (aged 44) Vence, France
Occupation	Novelist, poet
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Nottingham
Period	1907–1930
Genre	Modernism
Notable works	Novel: Sons and Lovers The Rainbow Women in Love John Thomas and Lady Jane Lady Chatterley's Lover Short Story: Odour of Chrysanthemums The Virgin and the Gypsy The Rocking-Horse Winner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence

FOLLOW THE RULES

LEARN THE RULES

Are rules necessary?

School has got rules, of course! Complete 12 important rules for the classroom with the missing words ands expressions and then check how your brain is after the long summer: try to learn as many as you can in five minutes.


Classroom Rules

assignments           someone else         restroom       do your best        Do not         when the bell rings        respectfully        otherwise        in doubt       to be treated      forbidden        stay on task

1.- Be in your assigned seat and ready to work…………………………………..

2.- Bring required books and materials to every class, unless told …………………..by the teacher.

3.- All electronic devices, unless medical, are……………….. If you have a mobile phone, please turned it off and never use it during the lesson.

4.-Use the………………… between classes or during the break. Please do not ask unless it is an emergency.

5.-Always show respect for everyone in the class. Treat people the way you want………………….

6.-Don't talk when …………………………is talking. Wait your turn!

7.-Complete work on time and……………………….

8.-When……………………, always ask questions.

9.-……………………. eat in class.

10.- Do your homework and turn ……………………in on time.

11.- Treat school material……………………………. Please, do not write on the desks.

12.- Always……………………... 

THE STORY BEHIND YOUR NAME

Do you know the reason why your name is your name? Is there a story behind it? Did your parents almost name you something else? Do you know where your name comes from? What does you name mean in that language? Please, add a comment and share all this information with your classmates.

SUMMER MEMORIES

SUMMER MEMORIES

We are having a chat about our last summer holidays.

Draw your hand on your notebook to help you talk about last summer.

Thumb: Tell us something special you did
Index finger: Describe the places you visited
Middle finger: Talk about a bad experience you had
Ring finger: Talk about the people you met 
Little finger: Tell us something you wanted to do but you couldn't

 


Add your comments: Write what your partner told you about his/her summer. 

Listen to a boy and a girl telling their friends about their summer. 

REVISION ANSWERS

These are the answers to the last photocopies for revision:

REVISION. ANSWERS

1.-Who did Pam write a romantic letter?

2.-I haven’t spoken …

3.-I haven’t seen him since Monday.

4.-I was offered a new position in the company by the manager. / A new position in the company was offered to me by the manager.

5.-I shouldn’t have spent so much money.

6.-I’m going to have my eyes checked by a new optician.

7.-How long have you stayed / been in London?

8.-If I had a lot of money I wouldn’t be worried about the crisis.

9.-We don’t have to go to school next Monday because of the bank holiday.

10.-You shouldn’t drive so fast.

11.-Unless she has enough money, she won’t go on holiday.

12.-If she had finished her degree, she would have worked as a doctor.

13.-I had forgotten…

14.-you will have learnt…

15.-Sally had her new flat decorated by an expert.

16.- No entra

17.-Next weekend I’m going to Glasgow, where my sister lives.

18.-John, who I have known for 8 years, is one of my closest friends.

19.-No entra.

20.-Get over

21.-look down on

22.-No.

23.-No.

24.-No.

25.-This car is too dangerous to drive.

1.-What did you buy this morning?

2.-arrived   /   had already left

3.-I haven’t been to the cinema for two weeks.

4.-I was given a watch for my birthday by my husband.  / A watch was given to me by my husband for my birthday.

5.-I have just seen Martin.

6.-I have had my car repaired.

7.-If I had received my salary, I could go to the concert.

8.-How often do you have your English lessons?

9.-You/we don’t have to wear a uniform in this school.

10.-You should start revising for your final exams.

11.-They won’t come to the party unless you phone them.

12.-If Mary had finished her project, she could have applied for the job.

13.-I had forgotten…

14.-we will have finished…

15.-I am having my jacket cleaned at a specialist’s shop.

16.-

17.-The woman whose son is a policeman showed me a photo of him.

18.-Mr. Yates, who has worked all his life for the same company, is retiring next month.

19.-No.

20.-broke up

21.-look down on

22, 23.-No.

24.-I suggest you join the beginner’s class / I suggest that you should join…

25.-That building is not as old as I thought.

  

REPORTED SPEECH

1.-He said he was working in Dallas that day.

2.-She said she thought he would win the elections.

3.-Peter said Ana lived in London.

4.-Frank told me his father was going to visit them the following month.

5.-She told her bother they had bought a brand new Mercedes.

6.-She said they had worked at the company since 1997.

7.-She said they were watching TV at that moment.

8.-He said Francis drove to work every day.

9.-Alan said he had thought about changing his job the previous year.

10.-Susan said she was flying to Chicago the following day.

11.-Peter said George had gone to the hospital the previous night.

12.-Ken said he enjoyed playing golf on Saturdays.

13.-Jennifer told me she would change jobs soon.

14.-Anna told me Frank was getting married in July.

QUESTIONS

1.-Mandy asked me if the boys were reading the book.

2.-Jason wanted to know who had given me the laptop.

3.-Robert asked me if Tom was leaving on Friday.

4.-Daniel asked me if it would rain the following day.

5.-Jennifer wanted to know where I played football that day.

6.-Nancy wanted to know why Nick hadn’t gone/ been to New York the previous summer.

7.-Barbara asked me if she had to do her homework that afternoon.

8.-Linda wanted to know if Max had flown to London two weeks before.

9.-Grandmother asked where her glasses were.

10.-A man asked me when the train to Liverpool left.

COMMANDS

1.-John ordered Peter to go away.

2.-He requested me to wait there till he returned.

3.-The judge ordered them to call the first witness.

4.-He urged them to be quiet.

5.-The teacher warned the students not to open the book while they were doing the test.

6.-Mary asked her son not to arrive late again.