Proverbs

1. The early bird catches the worm.

2. Everything comes to he who waits.

3. Man cannot live by bread alone.

4. Half a loaf is better than no bread.

5. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

6. It’s never too late to learn.

7. The pen is mightier than the sword.

8. Words don’t hurt like sticks and stones.

9. The best things in life are free.

10. There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

11. Seeing is believing.

12. Appearances can be deceptive.

13. Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

14. The penny-wise are pound-foolish.

15. When in Rome do as the Romans do.

16. To thine (=your) own self be true.

17. He who hesitates is lost.

18. Look before you leap.

19. Two heads are better than one.

20. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

21. Once bitten, twice shy.

22. Third time lucky.

23. Ignorance is bliss.

24. Knowledge is power.

25. Tomorrow is another day.

26. Tomorrow never comes.

Police Report

Bad luck! When you were on holiday, some robbers got into your house. The criminals took some of your favourite expensive objects. Fortunately, you took a photo of your living room before travelling (Photo 1). When you got home, you took Photo 2. You can see the difference! 

Now write the sentences for the Police Report. Use there was / there were and prepositions with suitable vocabulary (in New English File Student’s Book on page 151).

Example. There was an ornament on the table. It was grey, and it was a sculpture of a tree. 

There was a/an carpet cushion lamp ornament picture plant stool above
behind
between
in
next to
on
under
the armchair
the corner
the cupboard
the floor
the sofa
the table
the walls 
There were some
There were two/three…
carpets cushions lamps ornaments pictures plants stools

Share videos

You’d like to practise listening with videos, wouldn’t you?

Students in Fourth Course can make the most of this page to share interesting videos with each other. It’s so easy to do! Here’s a selection of websites to get you started:

TO WATCH A VIDEO

On this blog entry, click on “Comments”, and look at the Comments at the bottom of the page. Simply click on the title of the video.

TO SHARE A VIDEO WITH EVERYONE

  1. First choose a suitable video from a website.
  2. When you’ve got a good clip, click on “Comments” on this blog entry.
  3. Look at “Leave a Reply”, which is at the end of the page.
  4. In the “Name” box, write the title of your chosen video (not your name).
  5. In “Mail”, you must give your email address, which won’t be published.
  6. Now copy the web page address for the video and paste it into the “Website” box (for example, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH2xwjjZgq4)
  7. Type in the spam filter password from the image displayed.
  8. Write a short description of the video in the last box. Please feel free to give your opinion about it.
  9. Finally, click on the “Submit Comment” button to send your contribution.
  10. Thank you very much indeed for taking part!

Describe the photo

Write your description of this photo. You can invent some information about this person. To help you, here’s an example of a description for a similar type of photo.

This is John Albright. He’s twenty-eight years old and he’s from Wales. He works for a German car company in a big factory. In this photo he’s standing next to a car, and he’s putting a wheel on it.

He’s quite fat and he has short dark hair. He’s wearing jeans and a white T-shirt. In the photo he’s wearing special glasses, but he doesn’t normally wear them.

He doesn’t like his job, but he loves driving cars in his free time. He can also drive a bus, a tractor or a lorry, but he can’t ride a motorbike! He really likes watching Formula One racing on TV at weekends. He always watches Fernando Alonso, but he hates him. His favourite driver is Lewis Hamilton. 

Happy Birthday, Molly!

Complete the spaces. You can use these verbs:-
Be (x2); Be born; Buy; Can; Eat; Have; Like; Wear.
[1] __________ Molly Dickinson. [2] __________ happy because it’s her birthday. [3] __________ 1st April 1938. [4] ___________ a party hat, but it’s very small for her. [5] ___________ her homemade birthday cake. [6] ___________ cooking very much, so she spends a lot of time in her kitchen. [7] ___________ make delicious biscuits and wonderful sweet puddings. [8] __________ tea and biscuits with her friend Mr Miller every afternoon. [9] __________ a nice birthday present for Molly in the shopping centre yesterday – a teapot and a set of mugs.