Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for English for Secondary education

Teenager Designs: Ocean Cleanup Innovation

1. It will be useful for cleaning the plastic rubbish that floats in our seas.
2. Because it can be toxic for fish and eventually harm human beings.
3. Yes, some environmental companies want to produce the device in the near future.
4. True (line 5)
5. False (line 11)
6. Antonym Pair: Sinking : Floating
7. Word: Stink
8. Word: Advantage
9. Word Form: Efficient : Efficiency
10. Question: What has Boyan invented?
11. Humans produce the plastic rubbish with which the seas are polluted.
12. Boyan Slat said that he was going to earn a lot of money with that device.
13. Our planet would be much cleaner.

Malala Yousafzai: The Fight for Education

1. Because they are afraid of what education means and involves.
2. He means that the Taliban cannot read.
3. She is asking the world

English Irregular Verbs Conjugation Table

Improve your English proficiency by mastering these common irregular verbs. This table includes the infinitive, past simple, past participle, and their corresponding Spanish definition.

Online Shopping and Personal Preferences

To start with, on the one hand, on the other hand, finally.

In the first place, I normally do my shopping online because it saves costs compared with local shopping. Nevertheless, sometimes I go to shopping centers.

Secondly, I have a blog where I show people how to shop online; therefore, I prefer to shop online because I can do the shopping without leaving the house. Finally, I have more choice across the market.

Daily Routine and Free Time

• To start with, I go to the gym to improve physically; next, I go home and take a shower.

  On the one hand, in my free time I usually go fishing on the beach and sunbathe. On the other hand, I normally go with my girlfriend for a meal at a restaurant on the coast. Finally,

I Miss You - 5 Seconds of Summer

Hello there, the angel from my nightmare, the shadow in the background of the morgue. The unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley, we can live like Jack and Sally if we want. Where you can always find me, and we'll have Halloween on Christmas, and in the night we'll wish this never ends. We'll wish this never ends.

(I miss you, miss you) (I miss you, miss you)

Where are you? And I'm so sorry, I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight. I need somebody and always. This sick, strange darkness comes creeping on so haunting every time. And as I stared, I counted the webs from all the spiders, catching things and eating their insides. Like indecision to call you and hear your voice of treason. Will you come home and...

The Theft and Marion's Escape

1. Marion Crane's lover, Sam Loomis, had to pay all his father’s debts. He only needed to pay another $11,000.
2. Marion's boss, Tommy Cassidy, was wearing a cowboy hat. He was an unpleasant, greedy old man who was always talking about money.
3. Marion claimed she had a headache, but she secretly wanted to steal money from her boss.
4. Because she had stopped her car, she told a policeman that she was very tired.
5. She changed her car because she didn’t want to be followed. The same policeman she had seen before was there again, increasing her paranoia.

The Bates Motel

Marion arrived at the Bates Motel, run by Norman Bates.

• She thought Norman was an amusing young man, just like a little boy.
• She noticed a room full of clocks and

Grammar and Vocabulary Corrections

Section 1: Chimpanzee Facts

1) This is a chimpanzee which is called “Bubbles.” It is owned by Michael Jackson. It is kept in his home. It is fed every day by Michael Jackson himself. It is dressed in funny clothes. It is said that “Bubbles” is Michael Jackson’s only friend.

Section 2: Burglary Incident Report

2) Two men were seen breaking into a house in my street last night. The police were called and they arrived very quickly. One man was caught immediately. The other escaped, but he was found very soon. Both were questioned by a police officer. The two men were charged with burglary.

Section 3: Active to Passive Voice Transformations

Examples of Passive Voice Conversion:

• The gardener has planted some

Comparative and Follow-up Subordinate Clauses

1. Causal Subordinate Clauses

Causal subordinate clauses express the reason why the main action happens. For example: The car will not start because there is no fuel.

• They are sometimes implicit conditionals. For instance: No one, because (if anyone were there), would have lifted the blinds.
• The conjunction "because" links to others such as "as" (used to draw attention).
• "As" can be conditional: "As you do not come soon (if you don't come), we're going." It acts with conjunctival and sweeping force.
• Causal clauses may precede the main clause, except for "as," which always goes ahead: "I did not answer as I thought you were sleeping."

2. Final Subordinate Clauses

Final subordinate clauses explain why the...

Passive Voice Tense Transformations

English Irregular Verbs Reference

This list provides the base form, past simple, past participle, and Spanish translation for common irregular verbs.

Verb Conjugation Table

• Be: was/were - been - ser/estar
• Beat: beat - beaten - golpear
• Become: became - become - convertirse
• Begin: began - begun - empezar
• Bend: bent - bent - doblar(se)
• Bet: bet - bet - bet - apostar
• Bite: bit - bitten - morder
• Bleed: bled - bled - sangrar
• Blow: blew - blown - soplar
• Break: broke - broken - romper
• Bring: brought - brought - traer
• Build: built - built - construir
• Burn: burnt - burnt - quemar
• Burst: burst - burst - burst - estallar
• Buy: bought - bought - comprar
• Catch: caught - caught - coger
• Choose: chose - chosen - elegir
• Come: came - come - venir
• Cost: cost - cost - cost - costar
• Cut:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

• Year created: 1927
• Location and year of first ceremony: 1929, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
• Location today: Dolby Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre)
• Year first televised: 1963
• Number of awards today: 24

Idiomatic vs. Literal Usage

Decide if the following sentences use an idiomatic (I) or literal (L) expression:

• a) She has fallen off her bike (L)
• b) She is taking off her coat (L)
• c) The plane has taken off (I)
• d) They cut off the electricity yesterday (I)
• e) That tree is too big. Let's cut off some branches (L)
• f) They have broken off their relationship (I)
• g) He broke off a piece of chocolate for his girlfriend (L)

Reported Speech Exercises

• A. "Do you like the Oscars?" He asked. He asked if I liked the Oscars.
• B. "I like