Saturday, 18 October 2025

Kids Tell Their Parents A Long-Held Secret & vice versa


What is the secret the children tell their parents?
Speaker 1:
Speaker 2:
Speaker 3:
Speaker 4:
How do parents feel after knowing their children’s secrets?
Parent 1:
Parent 2:
Parent 3:

Parent 4:



What is the secret the parents tell their children?
Speaker 1:
Speaker 2:
Speaker 3:
Speaker 4:
How do children feel after knowing their parents’ secrets?
Child 1:
Child 2:
Child 3:
Child 4:

Inversion for Emphasis

 

Inversion after negative adverbials

An explanation of inversion with negative advervials

Practise inversion

More practise

Saturday, 11 October 2025

ART. Describe the images and the feelings they inspire

 


Here you can see a description and a bit of the history of some paintings:


Prepare a presentation of your favourite piece of art. Use the expressions and vocabulary in the handout and watch the video which will be useful to organise your presentation. Your presentation should not be longer than 3 minutes.


Saturday, 4 October 2025

FEELINGS


Feelings - ed/ing adjectives

 

Watch the T.V ad and talk about how the girl felt... [use the adjectives and expressions in your handout]
  1. When she came out of the school.
  2. When she gave her dad the talent show leaflet. 
  3. When her dad answered the call.
  4. When she rehearsed at home, in the street...

Monday, 21 April 2025

Future Perfect & Future Continuous






And practise Future Continuous with The Police Song:

Every Breath You Take by The Police

Fill in the gaps before listening to the song.

heart(x2)    breath      face    single    smile(x2)   night     bond   claim(x2)   cold    game   vow(x2)    move

Every __________ you take
Every ___________you make
Every ___________you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

Every ________day
Every word yousay
Every _________ you play
Every ___________you stay
I'll be watching you

Oh can't you see
You belong to me
My poor _________aches
With every step you take

Every move you make
Every _________ you break
Every _________ you fake
Every _________ you stake
I'll be watching you

Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your _________
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so _________ and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby, please

Oh can't you see
You belong to me
My poor __________aches
With every step you take

Every move you make
Every _________ you break
Every _________you fake
Every _________ you stake
I'll be watching you
Every move you make
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

I'll be watching you ….

Every Breath You Take - The Police
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Oh can't you see
You belong to me
My poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby, please
Oh can't you see
You belong to me
My poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

Monday, 31 March 2025

Stages in Life



Watch this video:

Elicit or explain the following stages of life in the film:

birth; childhood; adolescence; adulthood; parenthood; middle age; old age; death

 

  • What emotions do you associate with each stage of life?
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following stages of life: childhood; adolescence; adulthood; parenthood; and old age?
  • Why do you think the film is called “A Single Life”?
  • What’s the film’s message?
  • How does the film make you feel?

Take down notes and record an audio of 2’ or 3’ with your ideas on some of these issues.

Use some of these expressions:

But then again

All the same

Typically

I’m in two minds about

There’s no doubt in my mind that

In my humble opinion

To the best of my knowledge

By and large

But in the long run

Most of the time

As a rule

Saturday, 29 March 2025

Cat's in the Cradle

Cat’s in the Cradle – Harry Chapin
1. Fill in the gaps with the missing words.
2. Identify the different stages in life mentioned in the song. Why are father and son similar?

My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the ________ way
But there were planes to _______, and bills to ______
He learned to ________ while I was away
And he was talking 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you, dad"
"You know I'm gonna be like you"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when"
But we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then

My son ___________ ten just the other day
He said, _______ for the ball, dad, come on let's play
Can you _________ me to throw, I said, not today
I got a lot to _____, he said, that's okay
And he ___________ away, but his smile never dimmed
It said, I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when"
But we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then

Well, he came _______ college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
Son, I'm ________ of you, can you sit for a while?
He ________ his head, and he said with a smile
What I'd really like, dad, is to __________ the car keys
See you later, can I have them please?

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when"
But we'll get together then, dad
You know we'll have a good time then

I've long since ________ and my son's _________ away
I called him up just the other day
I said, I'd like to see you if you don't mind
He said, I'd love to, dad, if I could _______ the time
You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kids ______ the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, dad
It's been sure nice talking to you
And as I ________ the phone, it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when"
But we'll get together then, dad
We're gonna have a good time then


KEY 
Cat’s in the Cradle – Harry Chapin
My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talking 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you, dad"
"You know I'm gonna be like you"
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when"
But we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then
My son turned ten just the other day
He said, thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play
Can you teach me to throw, I said, not today
I got a lot to do, he said, that's okay
And he walked away, but his smile never dimmed
It said, I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when"
But we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then
Well, he came from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while?
He shook his head, and he said with a smile
What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them please?
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when"
But we'll get together then, dad
You know we'll have a good time then
I've long since retired and my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, I'd like to see you if you don't mind
He said, I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time
You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, dad
It's been sure nice talking to you
And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when"
But we'll get together then, dad
We're gonna have a good time then

Tuesday, 11 March 2025

Crime



 Crime - Revise vocabulary here:

Crime vocabulary