Formal Complaint

 Some tips to write a formal complaint

More tips and examples of formal complaints

-ed/-ing adjectives

An explanation of -ed / - ing adjectives

Ed-/-ing activities for all levels

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...

Future Perfect & Future Continuous

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs25.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs28.htm

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/mixed-future-tenses1.html

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

English afternoon tea etiquette

British afternoon tea etiquette

And a funny version of the importance of etiquette 😂

Family Education Series - Learn Table Manners

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

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

Passive Voice

Passive reporting structures:

A variety on Passive Voice exercises!

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-4216.php

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-passive.php#.VIiLxDGG-bM

Passive Voice - Direct and Indirect Object

Causative

Passive with reporting verbs

Crime

 Crime - Revise vocabulary here:

Crime vocabulary

Modal Perfects - Explanation and practise!

More explanation and pratise:

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/modal-verb-have-past-participle

Practise:

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/could-have-should-have-would-have-exercise-1.html

Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran

Fill in the gaps before listening to the song. Then listen and check your answers.

lost them through the years    hand-rolled cigarettes    cheap spirits    I broke my leg   to go home   I rolled down   raised me    the sunset over the castle on the hill     my first kiss

When I was six years old ______________________
I was running from my brother and his friends
And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass ______________
I was younger then, take me back to when I

Found my heart and broke it here
Made friends and _______________________
And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown
But I can't wait ______________________

I'm on my way
Driving at ninety down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer"
And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real
We watched _________________________________

Fifteen years old and smoking _____________________
Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends
Had ________________on a Friday night, I don't reckon that I did it right
But I was younger then, take me back to when

We found weekend jobs, when we got paid
We'd buy ____________________and drink them straight
Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh how we've grown
But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way
Driving at ninety down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer"
And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill

One friend left to sell clothes
One works down by the coast
One had two kids but lives alone
One's brother overdosed
One's already on his second wife
One's just barely getting by
But these people ________________and I can't wait to go home

And I'm on my way, I still remember
This old country lanes
When we did not know the answers
And I miss the way you make me feel, it's real
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill

Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran

Put the verbs in brackets in the past tense.

When I (be)_____________ six years old I (break)_________ my leg
I was running from my brother and his friends
And (taste)_________the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I (roll)_______ down
I (be)________ younger then, take me back to when I

(find) __________my heart and (break)________ it here
(make) ___________friends and l(lose) _________ them through the years
And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown
But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way
Driving at ninety down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer"
And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real
We (watch) ___________ the sunset over the castle on the hill

Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes
Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends
(have) _________ my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon that I (do)______ it right
But I (be) _____________ younger then, take me back to when

We (find) __________ weekend jobs, when we (get) _______ paid
We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight
Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh how we've grown
But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way
Driving at ninety down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer"
And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real
We (watch) ___________ the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill

One friend (leave) _________ to sell clothes
One works down by the coast
One (have) ____________ two kids but lives alone
One's brother (overdose) _____________
One's already on his second wife
One's just barely getting by
But these people (raise) ___________ me and I can't wait to go home

And I'm on my way, I still remember
This old country lanes
When we (not know) ____________the answers
And I miss the way you make me feel, it's real
We (watch) ___________ the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill

Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran

When I was six years old I broke my leg
I was running from my brother and his friends
And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down
I was younger then, take me back to when I

Found my heart and broke it here
Made friends and lost them through the years
And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown
But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way
Driving at ninety down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer"
And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes
Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends
Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon that I did it right
But I was younger then, take me back to when

We found weekend jobs, when we got paid
We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight
Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh how we've grown
But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way
Driving at ninety down those country lanes
Singing to "Tiny Dancer"
And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill

One friend left to sell clothes
One works down by the coast
One had two kids but lives alone
One's brother overdosed
One's already on his second wife
One's just barely getting by
But these people raised me and I can't wait to go home

And I'm on my way, I still remember
This old country lanes
When we did not know the answers
And I miss the way you make me feel, it's real
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill
Over the castle on the hill