Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Re. Speech: Online-Exercises

 PAIRWORK

Baamboozle => Games => Search for a game => enter this number Game Code: 448765


Game Code: 2477287


Task 1: Statements 1

Task 2: Statements (and 1 command)

Task 3:  Statements She said that....

Task 4: Statements 2

Task 5: Statements 3



Friday, December 6, 2024

Direct Speech => Reported Speech

 I When somebody says something right now and you are reporting it back. 

1) STATEMENTS (jutustavad laused.)

Mary says to Tom, "I like your haircut."

Mary tells Tom (that) she likes his haircut


2) IF-QUESTIONS (Yes or No)

Mary says to Tom, "Do you like my new haircut?"

Mary asks Tom if he likes her new haircut. 


3) WH-QUESTIONS

Mary says to Tom, "Where did you have your hair cut?"

Mary asks Tom where he had his hair cut. 


4) REQUESTS (palumine)

Mary says to Tom, "Help me, please."

Mary asks Tom to help her


5) ORDERS (käsklused)

Mary says to Tom, "Do it now!"

Mary tells Tom to do it now. 


Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Reported Speech

 Video

Quiz


Task 1: Study the shifts


"Direct speech"
Reported speech
1.here
 1. there
2. now
 2. then, at that moment
3. yesterday
 3. the day before, the previous day
4. tomorrow
 4. the next day, the following day
5. this
 5.  that
6. these
 6.  those
7. today
 7.  that day
8. tonight
 8.  that night
9. last week
 9. the week before, the previous week 
10. next week
 10.  the next week, the following week
11. ago
 11.  before
12. soon
 12.  later
13. plays
 13.  played
14. were
 14.  had been
15. am going
 15. was going
16. has seen
 16.  had seen
17. were drawing
 17.  had been drawing
18. don’t imagine
18.  didn't imagine
19. didn’t go
 19.  hadn't gone
20. will
 20. would
21. have to
 21.  had to
22. can
 22.  could
23. could                                23. could /was, were able to
24. must                                 24. had to / must
25. may                                  25. might
26. might                               26. might
27. should                              27. should
28. would  (like)                    28. would (like)

Task 2: Reporting verbs

How many different reporting verbs do you know?


Task 3 : Time shifts and the change of adverbs

Direct speech
Reported speech
1.here
 1. 
2. now
 2. 
3. yesterday
 3. 
4. tomorrow
 4.
5. this
 5. 
6. these
 6. 
7. today
 7. 
8. tonight
 8. 
9. last week
 9. 
10. next week
 10. 
11. ago
 11. 
12. soon
 12. 
13. plays
 13. 
14. were
 14. 
15. am going
 15.
16. has seen
 16. 
17. were drawing
 17. 
18. don’t imagine
18. 
19. didn’t go
 19. 
20. will
 20.
21. have to
 21. 
22. can
 22. 

Thursday, November 28, 2024

Museums

Choose from here:


The Natural History Museum (London);

The Maritime Museum of San Diego, the USA; 
Madame Tussauds; 
Anne Frank House; 
Automobile Museum, Mulhouse, France;
The Tank Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York; 
The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia; 
The Louvre, Paris, France; 
The Science Museum, London, the UK



1) ___________ was a medieval fortress and the palace of the kings of France before becoming a museum two centuries ago. Main attractions: “Venus de Milo,” “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” and Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.”






2) ________ occupies six buildings along the Neva River, the leading structure being the confection-like Winter Palace. This gloriously baroque structure was finished in 1764 and over the next several centuries was the main residence of the czars. Catherine the Great founded the museum that same year when she purchased 255 paintings from Berlin.  


3) _______ is the largest museum in the Western Hemisphere. Main attractions: “Adam and Eve,” the well-known engraving by Albrecht Dürer. 






4) Here, in  __________  70 million or so specimens, lies the evidence of what man has learned of all facets of creation over the last 250 years. So important is this collection, that parts of it have been presented over the centuries as evidence used to debate and argue the age of the planet and the evolution of life.



5) ________ is a wax museum in London with smaller museums in a number of other major cities. The museum was named after the wax sculptor who founded it. 







6) _______ is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist. During World War II, she hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the 17th-century canal house, known as the Secret Annex. The museum opened on 3 May 1960 and preserves the hiding place, has a permanent exhibition and has an exhibition space about all forms of persecution and discrimination.


7) _______ is a major museum in London. It was founded in 1857 and today is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 3.3 million visitors annually. Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, _______  does not charge visitors for admission. 








8)  ______ is built around the Schlumpf Collection of classic automobiles. It has the largest displayed collection of cars and contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of Bugatti motor vehicles in the world.

9) _______ was established in 1948, preserves one of the largest collections of historic sea vessels in the United States. 

10) ______ is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles in South West England.  With almost 300 vehicles on exhibition from 26 countries it is the largest collection of fighting vehicles and the third largest collection of armoured vehicles in the world.

Broadcasting the News

 1) Open Office.com PowerPoint presentation.

2) Share your document with your deskmate. 

3) Create a title slide together - what's the name of your channel / news programme, add your names 

4) Choose 1 domestic news - add only the headline and a relevant image. Take notes. 

5) Choose 1 international news. 

6) Choose 1 business and finance news.

7) Choose 1 sports news.

8) Choose 1 news for the gossip column / fake news

9) Decice which news is your breaking news and has to be the first. Move that slide to the front. 

10) Make sure you have divided your roles - who is reporting each news. 

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Media: Vocabulary

Task 1: Browse the newspaper Postimees and find:

1) front page

2) headlines

3) an article

4) review

5) advertising

6) the slogan of the newspaper

7) date, price, sequence number

8) domestic news

9) a poll or a survey

10) international news

11) editorial

12) business and finance

13) arts and entertainment

14) review 

15) sports column / section

16) health and beauty

17) classified ads (find real estate, vechicles, announcements, services)

18) obituaries

19) horoscopes

20) games and crosswords

21) weather forecast

22) birthdays

23) Tv and radio guide

24) who's the editor-in-chief (EIC)

25) who's the editor of sports column

26) who's the publisher

27) letter(s) from the reader


Task 2: Extra words about media

 Definitions: HERE

biased

censorship

credibility

free press

editorial

fake news / disinformation

mainstream media / mass media

obituaries

paparazzi

press conference

print media

propaganda

clickbait

hacker

influencer

phishing

troll

viral

whistle-blower

________

billboard

anchor

primetime



Thursday, November 21, 2024

A False Start

 1. Who is in the photo?




2. What is this thing used for? Which company invented it? (clue: it can be used in the kitchen and it's a company known for electronic devices)


 3. Who is in the photo? 

4. What is the name of this artist?


5. What's his name?


6. This achieved something very remarkable. What did he do?




Thursday, November 7, 2024

Honours System

Task 1: Let's discuss

 1) Do you think we should select the best teacher, give titles to the best mother or father, vote for the best athletes etc? Does being popular and well-known mean the person is the best? 

2) Do you know the honours system used in Estonia? Who selects the nominees? Where do the ceremonies take place?

3) What do you know about the Nobel Prize?

4) Which awards do you  know that are given for films or best songs? 

5) Why some people don't accept the awards or titles they are given?


Task 2: Watch. British honours system: VIDEO


Task 3: Study the words

Duke / Duchess (hertsog / hertsoginna)

Marquess / Marchioness (markii / markiis)

Earl / Countess (krahv / krahvinna)

Viscount / Viscountess (vikont / vikontess)

Baron / Baroness (parun / paruness)

The Houses of Parliament / British Parliament: The House of Commons (650 members) and The House of Lords / (Peers) (790 members)

British honours: honours (6 different orders of chivalry, 4 orders of merit), decorations (to recognize special deeds, usually given to military forces) and medals (given for special service, long service or conduct)

Knight / Lady 

Commander

Companion

Sir / Dame


Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Past Perfect

 



Video

KEY

1) offered, 

had booked

2) arrived, 

had died

3) took, 

had cut

4) had been, split

5) thought, 

had forgotten, 

were, 

hadn't

6) had, 

had damaged

7) saw, 

had arranged

8) got, 

had just begun

9) could talk, 

hadn't seen, 

left

10) turned, 

had already had

11) decided, 

hadn't been 

12) hadn't prepared, 

found

13) said, 

had made, 

believed

14) went, 

had finished

15) visited, 

had lived, 

hadn't been, 

had changed, 

didn't recognize, 

used

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Sport Places

 field: baseball, American football

track: athletics, horse racing, running, cycling

court: basketeball, tennis, badminton, volleyball

rink: ice hockey, figure skating

ring: boxing

wall: climbing

stadium

pool: swimming, diving

course: golf, racing, sailing

gym

circuit: motor racing

pitch: football, rugby, cricket

diamond: baseball

slope: skiing

table: tennis, pool, snooker

piste: fencing, downhill skiing

mat: wrestling, judo, 

hall: 

oche: darts

cage: martial arts


VIDEO

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Success Stories

Task 1: Translate the phrases (SB p 94-95)

 1) kõrgete saavutustega (inimesed)

2) kodusõda

3) iseseisvuse eest võitlema

4) äärmiselt vägivaldne

5) kõndima (teatud) distantsi

6) kampaaniat tegema (millegi osas)

7) hooldekodu / sotsiaalhoolekande asutus

8) vigastus

9) enesekindlus

10) kiitma (millegi eest)

11) kirjaoskamatu

12) poksiring

13) ähvardama

14) teiseks jääma

15) kedagi millegi eest õnnitlema

16) esindama


Task 2: Translate and learn for the summary

1) Paljude inimeste jaoks edukaks olemine tähendab olla rikas, aga mõnede kõrgete saavutustega inimeste jaoks on palju olulisemaid asju kui raha. 

2) Emmanuel Jal lahkus oma kodust 8-aastaselt kuna Sudaanis oli kodusõda.

3) Tema ainsaks valikuks oli armeega ühineda, mis võitles iseseisvuse eest Lõuna-Sudaanis.

4) Lapssõduri elu oli äärmiselt vägivaldne ja 11-aastaselt jooksis ta ära. 

5) Ta kõndis 1500 kilomeetrise vahemaa ja tal õnnestus jõuda Keeniasse.

6) Ta hakkas kirjutama ja esitama räpilugusid ja praegu kasutab oma laule, et teha kampaaniat maailma rahu heaks. 

______

7) Paul kasvas üles briti sotsiaalhoolekandeasutuses, sest ta vanemad olid ta hüljanud.

8) Ta unistas professionaalseks sportlaseks saamisest, aga 20.ndate alguses rikkus vigastus tema unistuse. 

9) 25-aastaselt läks ta tagasi kooli ning see andis talle rohkem enesekindlust, et saada jõusaalitreeneriks. 

10) Hiljem kirjutas ta elulooraamatu ja inimesed kiitsid seda aususe eest.

11) Sellest sai müügihitt, mis pole paha kirjaniku kohta, kes oli kirjaoskamatu enda 20.ndates. 

_____

12) Sadaf on poksija Afganistaanis, aga ta ei saa treenida poksiringis. 

13) Paljud afgaanid usuvad, et naised ei peaks tegema sporti ja nad on ähvardanud Sadafi rünnata. 

14) Vaatamata sellele jäi ta teiseks Tadžikistani poksivõistlustel.

15) Äkki olid inimesed teda õnnitlemas tema saavutuste üle ja ähvardused lõppesid. 

16) Ta valmistub olümpiamängudeks ja esindab kõiki afgaani naisi. 


Task 3: Videos

Emmanuel Jal

Paul Connolly

Sadaf Rahimi


Wednesday, September 25, 2024

English language

 Video

Michael Mcintyre


Check your words

1) ending with -ter (meter)

2) ending with -log (catalog)

3) -or (color)

4) -ce (practice, both nouns and verbs)

5) -ze (realize)

6) favorite

7) gray

8) jewlery

9) mustache

10) pajamas

11) tire

12) apartment

13) appetizers

14) bar

15) bathroom, restroom

16) bill

17) cafeteria

18) candies

19) cell phone

20) cookie

21) elevator

22) eraser

23) fall

24) first floor

25) soccer

26) fries

27) trash

28) gas station

29) line

30) lumber

31) (shopping) mall

32) movie

33) movie theatre

34) outlet

35) potato chips

36) rent

37) round trip

38) shrimps

39) sidewalk

40) sneakers

41) soda

42) store

43) streetcar

44) subway

45) truck

46) vacation

47) vacuum

48) yard

49) zip code

50) bathtub

51) broil

52) bureau, dresser (for clothes)

53) cab driver

54) closet

55) check

56) downtown

57) drapes

58) drugstore

59) duplex

60) eggplant

61) faucet

62) flashlight

63) highway

64) front desk

65) grade

66) intersection

67) janitor

68) jello

69) lost and found

70) mailman

71) news stand

72) (doctor's) office

73) one-way ticket

74) pants

75) pantyhose, nylons

76) parking lot

77) vest

78) horseback riding

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Electronic / Digital Devices, Gadgets

the list of digital devices

screen
CPU
keyboard
(virtual reality / VR) headset
USB (stick) / flash drive
scanner
joystick
external drive
gamepad
microphone
webcam
loudspeaker
smart speaker
camcorder
modem
router
3D glasses
smartwatch
wearable fitness tracker
drone
home assistant hub


1. 

2. 


3. 


4. 



5. 


6. 



7. 


8. 



9. 


10. 


Thursday, September 12, 2024