lesson 5/2018 »

film: Mister Biscuits

Guardian: Europe's wolves

practise

Mister Biscuits

https://vimeo.com/247068452

Before you watch

1. Is it important to have a pet while growing up? Why? Why not?

2. Who usually ends up looking after a pet?

3. In your country, how are pets usually called?

While you watch

1. When’s bin day?

2. Who’s Mr Biscuits?

3. Which pet traits does Mr Biscuits portray?

4. What’s Mr Biscuits not allowed to do?

5. What are Mr Biscuits’ favourite phrases?

6. How does John feel by the end of the film?

After you watch

1. Are pets suitable for all ages? For old and for young?

2. Do most pet owners see human qualities in a pet?

3. What do you think of the following:

• Buying a cat a birthday present

• Using a dog for therapy

• Gifting a rabbit Christmas presents

• Buying a whole wardrobe of clothes for your dog

• Speaking to your tortoise about your worries and anxieties.

6 Minute

Transport of the future

Out topic today is transport. How do you think you'll be travelling to work in, say thirty years' time?
Well, not only will homeworking be prewalent, but I hope I won't be working in 30 years' time.

I makes you wonder what the future holds.

Questions, problems

how to read:
in 1900
in 1800

pronunciation:
veneer
government
suit
suitable
kept

phrase:
so on
I went for a quick drink and so on.

has yet to
is yet to
Mexico has yet to agree to pay for the wall.
Mexico is yet to agree to pay for the wall.

it is a rule: when in three final letters of a verb are: consonant - vowel - consonant we double the final consonant adding form ing or ed.
Why is the form -ing happening in verb happen?

how to read: I was on Friday 3rd April at 7pm.

at the weekend - British people say

I've got a lesson on Friday in the afternoon.
Can I say: I've got it  on Friday afternoon.