ENGLISH TEACHER JUAN

  📖 Reading Exercise:  Lee el texto y responde las preguntas.  Anna’s Kitchen Anna is in the kitchen on Saturday morning. She wants to prepare lunch for her family. She opens the fridge and sees some food. There are A LOT OF apples and A FEW bananas. She decides to make a big fruit salad because her little brother loves fruit. Anna also looks at the table. There aren’t ANY eggs, so she can’t bake a cake. She feels a little sad, but then she finds a box of cookies in the cupboard. She thinks: “That is good for dessert!” In the fridge, there is A LITTLE milk in a glass and A LOT OF rice in a bowl. She also sees SOME carrots and SOME tomatoes, so she can prepare a vegetable soup. Anna is happy because she doesn’t need MUCH sugar. She only needs A LITTLE for the fruit salad. Her mother always says: “Too MUCH sugar is bad for your health.” Finally, Anna smiles and says: “I can cook a healthy and delicious lunch with this food!” PREGUNTAS/ QUESTIONS How many ap...

 Texto 1:  The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest, often called the "lungs of the Earth," is the largest rainforest in the world. It is located in South America, mostly in Brazil. The forest is home to millions of species of plants, animals, and insects. Many of them cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The Amazon also plays an important role in producing oxygen and regulating the Earth’s climate. The Amazon Rainforest is vital for our planet’s health and must be protected. Preguntas: Skimming: 1. What is the general topic of the text? Scanning: 1. In which country is most of the Amazon located? 2. What nickname is given to the Amazon Rainforest? Texto 2:  The Moon Landing On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. This historic event was part of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission. Millions of people around the world watched the landing on television. Neil Armstrong’s first words on the moon were: “That’s one...

READING COMPREHENSION Lee el siguiente texto y resuelve los ejercicios. 📖 DAILY ROUTINE AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER Sofia works at an animal shelter in the city. She loves animals and takes care of many dogs and cats. Every day, she picks up the animals from their cages and takes them outside to play in the garden. Some dogs run and jump, while others prefer to sit quietly. After playtime, Sofia puts on her gloves and starts cleaning the area where the animals sleep and eat. Sometimes, they run out of food or medicine, so she calls the supplier to bring more items as soon as possible. She also checks each animal to make sure they are healthy and clean. Sofia loves her job and never gives up , even when the animals are noisy, tired, or difficult to control. She believes every animal deserves love and care, and she does her best every single day. 1. Lee de nuevo y escribe en tu cuaderno los fragmentos donde se usen phrasal...

“STRATEGIES FOR BETTER ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION” Many students around the world want to speak English clearly and sound more natural. Good pronunciation is not about having a perfect accent — it's about being understood. The good news is: you can improve your pronunciation with small daily habits. 🔊 1. Listen actively : Your brain learns by listening. The more you hear English, the more familiar the sounds become. Listening to songs, YouTube videos, or short podcasts helps your ear “tune in” to the language. Try to repeat what you hear. 🗣 ️ 2. Imitate and repeat : Shadowing is a technique where you repeat a sentence right after you hear it. It improves rhythm, intonation, and fluency. You can try it with movie clips or audio books. 📘 3. Learn about syllable stress and intonation : In English, some syllables are stronger (stressed) than others. For example, in the word “banana,” we stress the second syllable: ba- NA -na. Intonation is how your voice rises and falls in a ...

      ENGLISH IDIOMS Idioms are words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally and usually have a cultural meaning behind them. Most of the English idioms you hear are offering advice’s but also contain some underlying principles and values. You have probably heard some of them, especially in TV-shows and movies, and wondered why you can’t understand these idioms even though you fully understand the words. To learn English idioms and expression it can take some time but there are some of them that are more popular than others that will come handy if you know them. ACTIVITY:  Look at the following IDIOMS and create a meaning for them. You win if you get closed to its original significance.   1. Speak of the devil: 2. See eye to eye: 3. When pigs fly: 4. A piece of cake: 5. Kill two birds with one stone: 6. Add insult to injury: 7. Call it a day: 8. No pain no gain: 9. Bite the bullet: 10. Steal someones thunder:    Co...

SIMPLE PAST REVIEW WORKSHOP 1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in Simple Past. 📌 En esta parte debes recordar que el pasado simple se forma cambiando el verbo principal: los verbos regulares terminan en -ed , mientras que los verbos irregulares cambian completamente. No uses auxiliares en afirmativo. He ____ (clean) his room yesterday afternoon. They ____ (cook) pasta for dinner. We ____ (travel) to the countryside last summer. She ____ (buy) a new dress for the party. I ____ (see) a rainbow after the rain. 2. Write the following sentences in negative form. 📌 En esta parte debes recordar que para negar en pasado simple usamos el auxiliar did not (didn’t) + el verbo en su forma base (sin -ed). She danced at the party. → ________________________________________ We visited the museum. → ________________________________________ He read a book. → ________________________________________ I wrote a letter....