Thursday, March 5th
The Hobbit : (chapter one and the notes) describe and analyse the picture below using this form
Thursday, February 26th
Read and listen to the rest of Chapter one (below) and read these notes about The Hobbit
Monday, February 23rd
Thror’s map as designed by Tolkien for the first edition of The Hobbit
Monday, February 2nd
Carrie Reichardt, artist and craftivist, You may have a look at her Instagram account.
Exercise: Carrie Reichardt, follow the link and choose one picture to study.
Thursday, January 22nd and 29th
Telling a Tale: WORKSHEET
Monday, January 19th
Test : The Story of an Hour
Thursday, January 15th
Telling a Tale: WORKSHEET
Monday, January 12th
Telling a Tale: WORKSHEET
Thursday, January 8th
Telling a Tale: WORKSHEET
Monday, January 5th
Telling a Tale: WORKSHEET
MONDAY, December 10th & MONDAY,15th
Thursday, December 11th
WATCH: Vincent, a short animation by Tim Burton
TASK: If you feel comfortable writing in English and inspired write a short film review abour Vincent here OR if you feel like being guided write about Vincent by filling in the following form
Monday, December 8th
Extract from The Drowning Woman
Now answer the QUIZ
Monday, December 1st
Bev asked what they should do and Duncan told her not to worry because he had a plan.
correction :
1. b. HOW PEOPLE MAKE BOOKS
2. b. First of all, big sheets of paper are printed.
3. a. Each sheet contains the text of a number of pages (e.g. 32).
4. b. The sheets are folded and cut to produce the sections of the book.
5. a. The sections are called signatures.
6. b. All the signatures are put together in the correct order.
7. a. Then they are bound together and their edges are trimmed.
8. a. Finally, the cover – which was printed separately – is attached.
9. b. Now the book can be published.
A 30-second earthquake rocked buildings and shattered windows in Los Angeles last night.
Highway 118 was heavily damaged.
A small shopping mall was destroyed.
A fire is believed to have been caused by a fractured gas main.
Hundreds of shops and cinemas were evacuated.
40 people were reported to have been killed.
Five men were questioned about an armed robbery in a post office in Poole, Dorset.
David Scovell, 53, who was shot in the chest and leg when he tried to stop two men escaping, was still critically ill last night.
Two years ago, the same gang was tried for assault and robbery.
Thursday, November 27th
See last week’s entry about The story of an Hour and do the revised QUIZ
Monday, November 24th
correction :
Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.
She has been arrested for shoplifting.
Your car is being repaired now.
Spanish is spoken in Chile.
Has Peter been asked?
This ring was made by my mother.
This car is driven by electricity.
You will be told where to go.
She was knocked down by a drunken motorist.
Manchester was beaten 3–0 by Liverpool yesterday.
Paper was invented by the Chinese.
Hops are needed to make beer.
Stamps aren’t sold in bookshops.
Your application is still being considered.
Thursday, November 20th
The Story of an Hour first appeared in Vogue in 1894:
The Story of an Hour (link to the PDF file of the short-story)
by Kate Chopin (link to her entry in Wikipedia)
To go further: Study-guide
Thursday, November 12th
Monday, November 10th
Test : The Emerald Forest
Thursday, November 6th
now watch this other video and answer these questions.
Tuesday, November 4th
1. Vous avez dû rêver. You MUST HAVE dreamed.
2. J’ai dû changer un pneu. I HAD TO change a tyre
3. Est-ce qu’ils ont pu le vendre? Could they sell it? Were they able to sell it? Did they manage to sell it?
4. Il a fallu qu’elle prenne le train de sept heures. She HAD TO take the 7 o’clock train.
5. C’était dangereux, il aurait pu se casser un bras. It was dangerous, he COULD HAVE broken his arm.
6. Si elle avait dix-huit ans, elle pourrait voter. If she WAS/WERE (ancienne forme) 18 she COULD vote.
7. La tâche des enquêteurs pourrait être difficile. The investigator’s task MIGHT/COULD/MAY be difficult.
8. ils n’ont pas dû s’en apercevoir. They MUSTN’T HAVE realized.
9. Si tu les avais cassés, tu aurais dû les remplacer. If you had broken them, you SHOULD HAVE TO replace them.
10. J’aurais pu l’acheter, mais j’ai préféré garder l’argent. I COULD HAVE BOUGHT it but I prefered to keep the money.
11. Ils auraient dû s’en apercevoir avant. They SHOULD HAVE REALIZED it before.
12. Il se pourrait que leur équipe gagne la coupe du monde. Their team MIGHT WIN the world cup.
13. Elle a dû recevoir ma lettre. She MUST HAVE received my letter.
14. Il faut qu’il parte avant la fin de la réunion. He HAS TO GO before the end of the meeting.
15. Ce n’est pas la peine que tu restes. You DON’T NEED TO stay
16. Il ne faut pas conduire si vite. You SHOULDN’T DRIVE so fast.
17. Ça ne doit pas être très difficile. It MUSTN’T BE too difficult.
18. Ce n’était pas la peine que tu te presses. You DIDN’T NEED TO HURRY.
Thursday, October 16th
Oral presentation about:
- something you like
- something you know about
- something which can be talked about in English
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- => search the web IN ENGLISH for information and vocabulary,
- Google is mainly going to give you results in French, try another search engine called Duckduckgo which can be easily switched to another language and location => https://duckduckgo.com/settings
- => compile a long list of elements (nouns, adjectives, VERBS, phrases, sentences etc. Store this list ONLINE.
- => prepare your presentation using the collected material
- => you may bring some pictures or a very short video clip on your phone (but no slides)
- => you need about 300 words to talk for a few minutes.
Monday, October 13th
1. Certainly, Tina knows that smoking is forbidden
Tina MUST KNOW that …
2. Certainly, Tina knew that smoking was forbidden.
Tina MUST HAVE KNOWN that…
3. It is possible that Tina didn’t know that smoking was forbidden.
Tina MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN that…
4. The Masked Avengers were probably the best group at the concert.
The Masked Avengers MUST HAVE BEEN …
5. Brian forgot his own address. That’s incredible.
Brian CAN’T HAVE FORGOTTEN …
6. Perhaps she is right after all.
She MAY BE right after all
7. It is probable that the fire started in the kitchen.
The fire MUST HAVE STARTED…
Thursday, October 9th
you need to work with 2 windows side-by-side (one for the sound, the other for the exercise, or you may listen to the sound file on your smartphone)
The Bear and The Dragon by Tom Clancy – American accent + extract from a spy novel – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.
and/or
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling – British accent – extract from the first chapter of the first volume – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.
Monday, October 6th
Re-write the story using Morag’s point of view, and write it in the first person (350 words +/-10%)
Monday, September 29th
Re-write the story using Morag’s point of view, and write it in the first person (350 words +/-10%)
- put yourself in her shoes an visualize the landscape (see photos below) and the scene (the Vikings coming ashore)
- collect vocabulary and information in the short-story which you are going to recycle in your own version.
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Use these handouts as reference : Simple Tense Chart / Complete Tense Chart
- Present Tense Final Exercise
- All Tenses Exercise 19
- All Tenses Exercise 18
- All Tenses Exercise 17
- All Tenses Exercise T139
- All Tenses Exercise T138
- All Tenses Exercise T137
- All Tenses Exercise T135
- All Tenses Exercise T133
- All Tenses 1
- All Tenses 2
- All Tenses 3
- My Piano Lessons – All Tenses Exercise
- Verb Tense Practice Test
Monday, September 22nd
==> Use the 8 forms of DRINK to complete the following sentences.
- He…………………… on Saturday night with his friends Bill and James.
- He …………………… whisky now, that’s really not like him.
- He …………………… at the time his wife left him.
- He …………………… before he finally left the pub.
- He…………………… . He is an alcoholic.
- He ……………………. Look at him, he is in such a state!
- He …………………… before he drove home!
- He …………………… three pints of Guinness.
Monday, September 15th
Thursday, September 11th
Monday, September 8th
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Visualizing the scene by drawing elements. The scene takes place in the north of Scotland, near Durness and it looks like this when the weather is good!
Thursday, September 4th General introduction & a short history of the English Language
