I teach children. I touch the future. : 2016

Sunday, 7 February 2016

The plural of nouns

You can find all the necessary information on this site.

And this is a short video on nouns ending in f(fe):

This one is about irregular nouns:

Watch this for complete understanding:

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Possessive case

Here is the wonderful page with explanations and exercises.
And one more page to check your understanding of using apostrophe. There is the link to the explanation page as well.

Monday, 1 February 2016

The Teacher of the Year 2016

Here is the video from the first stage of the contest. I suggest you discussing this question:
What are the main characteristics of a successful English teacher?

3 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills by Brian Tracy

Thursday, 14 January 2016

Menu by Yulia Naumchuk (11th form)

This is the example of the Menu done by one of my school students in Publisher. Here is the link.

CV

You can watch the sample of this document. Please, follow this link.

LISTEN A MINUTE.com

There are loads of resources on the Internet which may be used while teaching in the classroom, or learning English individually. I find this material - as well as other ones from this site - rather useful and suitable for school students. Audio file is on the website, so visit Listen a minute and enjoy teaching, oe learning

LISTEN A MINUTE.com

Careers

http://www.listenAminute.com/c/careers.html

One minute a day is all you need to improve your listening skills.
Focus on new words, grammar and pronunciation in this short text.
Doing the online activities, discussion, survey and writing will help.
Listen many times – enough for you to you understand everything.

THE LISTENING TAPESCRIPT

From: http://www.listenAminute.com/c/careers.html

Choosing a career is one of the biggest decisions we make in life. It used to be that we chose only one career. People would start a job when they were 18, 19 or 20 and stay in that same career for life. Their career path was quite straightforward. Nowadays, it is normal for people to change careers, five, six, seven times. New technology and globalization means things change quickly. We need to study and keep up with all the changes. I’ve had four different careers now. I like moving from one job to another. It means life never gets boring. It’s much better to keep learning different things in different careers. I have no idea what career I’ll choose next. Perhaps one that doesn’t even exists today.

LISTENING GAP FILL

From: http://www.listenAminute.com/c/careers.html

Choosing a career ______________________ biggest decisions we make in life. It used to be that we ______________________ career. People ______________________ a job when they were 18, 19 or 20 and ______________________ same career for life. Their career path ______________________ straightforward. Nowadays, it is normal for people to change careers, five, six, seven times. New technology and globalization means things change quickly. We need to study and ______________________ all the changes. I’ve had four different careers now. I like moving from ______________________ another. It means life ______________________ boring. It’s much better to keep learning different things in different careers. I ______________________ what career I’ll choose next. Perhaps one that doesn’t ______________________ .

CORRECT THE SPELLING

From: http://www.listenAminute.com/c/careers.html

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

From: http://www.listenAminute.com/c/careers.html

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

STUDENT CAREERS SURVEY

From: http://www.listenAminute.com/c/careers.html

Write five GOOD questions about careers in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITING

From: http://www.listenAminute.com/c/careers.html

Write about careers for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

______________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about careers. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about careers. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. CAREERS POSTER Make a poster about careers. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY CAREERS LESSON: Make your own English lesson on careers. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on careers. Share your findings with the class.

Assessment 2

11^th form

Level 1

1.1 Fill the gaps in the text with suitable words from the box. (There are two words you do not need to use)

sense timid punctual confident shy initiative cheerful miserable

I spent the weekend camping with friends but it wasn’t very successful. Sally is not very (1) ___ and we had to wait an hour for her to turn up. Apparently she had a problem with the train, but didn’t have the common (2) ____ to ring me on my mobile and warn me she would be late. Then, when she finally arrived, she had a friend with her, called Jill. She was quite nice, but so (3) ___ that she didn’t really speak to anyone on the first day. She’d got a bit more self-(4) ___ by the end of the weekend. However, she didn’t seem to have much (5) ___ we were only 400 metres from a farm but Jill said she couldn’t make tea because we had no water! Bill got angry at that, for no real reason, and poor Jill almost started crying. Bill’s problem was that he never really wanted to go camping in the first place, so he was pretty (6) ___ most of the time.

1.2 Find the logical ending for each of the sentence beginnings on the left.

Rebecca was born
She grew up
Her first boyfriend
She went out with him
She went to university
She fell in love
They got married
She had a baby
Her father retired

was a boy at her secondary school.
in her early thirties.
on a farm with lots of animals.
when she was in her late twenties.
in a small local hospital in 1972.
for six months.
just after the baby was born.
with another student doing medicine.
when she left school.

1.3 Complete the definitions of subjects people study at university from the box below:

psychology sociology architecture law politics agriculture medicine philosophy engineering chemistry

1. the study of the human mind and people’s behaviour _______

2. the study of how buildings are designed and constructed ______

3. the study of the activities of government ______

4. the scientific study of substances and how they react _____

5. the design and building of machines, roads and bridges _____

6. the study of how to treat illness and injuries _____

7. the study of farming: producing crops and keeping animals _____

8. the study of the rules of the country _____

9. the study of the way society is organized _____

Level 2

2.1 Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

1 I've ........ made some coffee. It's in the kitchen.

a) ever b) just c) never d) yet

2 We.............. to Ireland for our holidays last year.

a) goes b) going c) have gone d) went

3 Robert…….... ill for three weeks. He's still in hospital.

a) had been b) has been c) is d) was

4 My arms are aching now because …......... since two o'clock.

a) I'm swimming b) I swam c) I swim d) I've been swimming

5 I'm very tired. ………. over four hundred miles today.

a) I drive b) I'm driving c) I've been driving d) I've driven

6 When Martin ……………..the car, he took it out for a drive.

a) had repaired b) has repaired c) repaired d) was repairing

7 Janet was out of breath because…… ...

a) she'd been running b) she did run c) she's been running d) she's run

8 Don't worry. I ……….. be here to help you.

a) not b) shall c) willn't d) won't

2.2 Complete the conversation. Put in the correct form of the verb. Use the past perfect or would have.

Nick: United didn't play very well today.

Tom: We were awful. But if Hacker had taken (take) that easy chance,

we would have won (we / win).

Nick: We didn't deserve to win. It (1)………………………………. (be) pretty unfair if Rangers (2)…………………………………(lose).

Tom: Hacker was dreadful. My grandmother (3) ........................................ (score) if

(4) ........................................ (she / be) in that position.

Nick: And if Burley (5) ..................................... (not / be) asleep, he (6) …………….

(not / give) a goal away.

Tom: If Johnson (7).......................……………… (not / be) injured when we needed him most, (8) ………………………………..(it/be) different.

Nick: Yes, (9)………………………………(we / beat) them if (10)………………………… (he / be) fit.

Level 3

3.1 Write about your attitude to higher education. Include this information:

· theoretical knowledge or practical skills: what is more important?

· your future career

· boys and girls: who needs education more?

P. S. I've got the right answers. Post yours in the comments box and I'll check them.

Assessment

10^th form

Level 1

1.1 Put the words in these questions in the correct order.

living do do what for you a ?
you do much how earn ?
tax you pay do have income to ?
much do get holiday you how ?
overtime in you do work job have to your ?
pay you do holiday get ?
pay get sick you do ?
your what involve does job ?

1.2 Match the questions above with the answers below.

Yes, if we are very busy.
Yes, up to six months’ full salary.
$40,000 per year.
Yes, I pay 40% a year to the government.
I deal with overseas clients, mainly.
28 days.
I work for an international bank.
Yes, it’s included in my salary.

1.3 Find the logical ending on the right for each of the sentence beginning in the left.

He was very proud when
He was very jealous when
He was very embarrassed when
He was very angry when
He was very sad when
He was very frightened when

a. someone stole his money.

b. his father appeared on TV.

c. he heard his aunt had died.

d. he saw the man had a knife.

e. he sent her a birthday card on the wrong day.

f. His best friend went out with the girl he liked.

Level 2

2.1 Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.

I'm busy at the moment........................................on the computer.

a) I work b) I'm work c) I'm working d) I working

My friend ................................ the answer to the question.

a) is know b) know c) knowing d) knows

I think I'll buy these shoes........................................really well.

a) They fit b) They have fit c) They're fitting d) They were fitting

Where .................................... the car?

a) did you park b) did you parked c) parked you d) you parked

At nine o'clock yesterday morning we ...................... for the bus.

a) wait b) waiting c) was waiting d) were waiting

When I looked round the door, the baby........................ quietly.

a) is sleeping b) slept c) was sleeping d) were sleeping

Here's my report...................................... it at last.

a) I finish b) I finished c) I'm finished d) I've finished

8. What ……………… lately?

a) were you doing b) did you do c) have you done d) have you been doing

2.2 Use a type 2 conditional with would or could.

e. g. Andrew is such a boring person because he works all the time.

If Andrew didn't work all the time, he wouldn't be such a boring person.

1 You can't look the word up because you haven't got a dictionary.

............................................................................…………........……..

2 You don't write to your friends because you're so busy.

...........................................................................................

3 You can't play tennis because your back is aching.

...................................................................................................…

4 Claire won't marry Henry because she doesn't love him.

..................................................................................................……….

5 Nick can't find the way because he hasn't got a map.

.................…………………………..............…………………

6 David has so many accidents because he's so clumsy.

..............................................................................................................

7 You can't take a photo because you haven't got your camera.

……………………………………………………………………….

8 I don’t have many friends because I am too shy.

……………………………………………………………………….

9 He stays at home in the evening because he has to look after his little sister.

………………………………………………………………………………

10 Sportsmen train a lot because they want to win the game.

………………………………………………………………………………

Level 3

3.1 Write about the most important day of your life. Include this information:

· why it was the most important day of your life

· what happened

· how you felt

P. S. You may post your answers in the comments box. I am here to check them.

I teach children. I touch the future.

Sunday, 7 February 2016

The plural of nouns

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Possessive case

Monday, 1 February 2016

The Teacher of the Year 2016

Unit plan template

3 Ways to Improve Your Communication Skills by Brian Tracy

Thursday, 14 January 2016

Menu by Yulia Naumchuk (11th form)

CV

LISTEN A MINUTE.com

THE LISTENING TAPESCRIPT

LISTENING GAP FILL

CORRECT THE SPELLING

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT CAREERS SURVEY

WRITING

HOMEWORK

Assessment 2

Assessment

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