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ADIP2 – THURSDAYS @ 11:40 – 12:40
Teacher: Michaela Vavrušová, e-mail: vavrusova.michaela@gmail.com
Student’s book: Business Result Upper Intermediate
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DRILLS FOR YOUR PHONE INCLUDING THE PRONUNCIATION: http://www.only4.cz/drily/
ONLY4 VIDEOS TO PRACTICE GRAMMAR: YouTube
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5th October
Lovely talk today, Helena!
Homework:
– fill-in: Verb Patterns (download)
– vocabulary from last two lessons and from today’s lesson: lighthouse, stopover, custom-made, tournament, shy/embarrassed, include in
See you next Thursday!
21st September
Nice talking to you today, Nikolas and Helena!
Homework:
– noodles: Verb Patterns (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: take turns, lift your spirits, hangover, white lie
Have a nice week!
14th September
Thank you for a great conversation lesson, Helena!
Homework:
– noodles: Mix of Grammar (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: drop off, membership fee, fixed (fee), sweaty, futnet, archery, football pitch, nephew x niece, spayed
Enjoy the rest of your week!
24th August
Nice to hear about your holidays, Helena and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: Summer Holiday (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: chase, vet, tomcat, cuddle, beer garden
See you next Thursday!
22nd June
Thank you for a nice chat, Helena!
Homework:
– noodles: Revision (download)
– vocabulary from last three lessons + today’s lesson: bedtime story, impatient, earphones
– if you want to practise English during summer too, you can read this book (edited for English learners): Life of Pi by Yann Martel (optional)
– have fun, relax and enjoy your holiday!
As our last lesson was cancelled, enjoy your holiday! I hope you have an amazing time and I’m looking forward to seeing you again in August!
1st June
Great talking to you, Helena and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: Mix of Grammar (download)
– vocabulary from last three lessons + today’s lesson: chairlift, grass snake, piglet
See you in two or three weeks!
25th May
Thank you for an interesting conversation, Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: stay from last time
– vocabulary from the last two lessons also stays the same
I hope to see more people next week!
18th May
Thanks for a fun lesson, Nikolas and Petra!
Homework:
– noodles: Revision Pt. 2 (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: property, buffet, dishwasher, sieve, means
Enjoy your weekend!
11th May
Thank you for a pleasant conversation, Petra and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: Revision (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: courgette, kohlrabi, lettuce, radish, legumes, scaffolding
See you on Thursday!
20th April
Great talking to you again, Martin and Helena!
Homework:
– make 2 questions for your colleagues using any future tense
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: cheeky, viewing, mold, spine, shoulder blade, vineyards, avoid, make an effort, nurse, moody
See you next Thursday!
6th April
Thanks again, Nikolas and Helena!
Homework:
– noodles: Revision (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: pointless, promotion, braided whip, part-timer, sweatpants, aisle
Happy Easter!
30th March
Thanks for a great conversation, Helena and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: Easter Noodles (download)
– vocabulary from last two lessons and today’s lesson: retire, attendance, trailer, cargo ship, GP (general practitioner), grandchildren
See you next Thursday!
23rd March
Nice talking to you today, Nikolas and Martin!
Homework:
– noodles: Reading Vocabulary Part 2 (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: board games, feathers, thick, fur, warm
Enjoy the spring weather!
16th March
Thank you, Helena and Nikolas!
Homework:
– make 2 questions for your colleagues using any new vocabulary from the reading part B
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: tomcat, blinds, planter, relay race, cope with, herbs, lemon balm
– READING – last part of the article
See you next lesson!
9th March
Good work, Martin and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: Vocabulary from Reading Part 1 (download)
– vocabulary from last two lessons and today’s lesson: unlike, advertised, appear, commitment, tent, job role
– READING – the second part of the article
Enjoy the rest of your week!
23rd February
Great talking to you today, Helena and Petra!
Homework:
– noodles: Revision (download)
– vocabulary from last two lessons and today’s lesson: check-up (kontrola u doktora), maternity hospital (porodnice), gallbladder (žlučník), hereditary (dědičný), rarely (málokdy)
– READING – read the article here and answer the quiz questions
Have a nice week!
16th February
Thank you, Petra and Martin!
Homework:
– noodles: Vocabulary from Listening (download) (sorry for the delay, my computer decided to sabotage me at the weekend)
– vocabulary from last two lessons and today’s lesson: eyebrows, nail polish, joint account, overseas account
See you next Thursday!
2nd February
Nice work, Helena and Nikolas!
Homework:
– make 2 questions for your colleagues – 1 in future continuous (will be …ing), 1 in future perfect simple/continuous (will have …/will have been …ing)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: elections, do the laundry, iceberg, borrow, independent
– LISTENING – listen to the audio here and complete the listening tasks in this file
Have a nice weekend!
26th January
It was great to talk to you today, Martin and Helena!
Homework:
– fill-in: Advanced Future (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: truce, ski slope, hot tub, lately, unlikely, tab, check-up, cross-country skiing, avalanche
See you next week!
19th January
Thank you, Nikolas and Helena!
Homework:
– fill-in: Future Forms (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: tyre, reckless, dictation, defrosting, be retired, jubilee, blow out, filling, icing/frosting, demand, savoury
Enjoy the rest of your week!
12th January 2023
Good job, Petra and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: Future Forms (download)
– vocabulary from last two lessons and today’s lesson: voltage, non-biased
See you next Thursday!
5th January 2023
It was great to hear all about your holidays!
Homework:
– noodles: Revision (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: generous, develop, content, on monthly basis, merge, delegate, outsource
Have a nice week!
8th December
Thanks for a lovely Christmas lesson, Helena and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: download
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: button, evaluation, mess, wrapping paper, renew, mulled wine, overpriced, pan, threshold
– relax and enjoy your holiday!
I am looking forward to seeing you again next year. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
1st December
Thank you, Helena!
Homework:
– noodles: Christmas noodles (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: wreath, voucher, sniffle, hug, go through a rough patch, maternity leave, postpone
See you next Thursday for our last lesson of the year!
24th November
Interesting conversation today! 🙂
Homework:
– make 2 questions for your colleagues using any of the new vocabulary from the reading
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: crowd, flight attendant, bullying, underwear, furious
– bring the reading tasks you had as homework for one of the previous lessons (we’re going to check them)
– LISTENING – listen to this recording about challenges at work and complete the post-listening exercise here: download
Have a lovely week!
10th November
Good job today, Nikolas and Helena!
Homework:
– noodles: Vocabulary from Reading Part 3 (download)
– vocabulary from the reading (all of it) and today’s lesson: peninsula, get used to, litter, (dog) shelter, although, opinion, gypsy, approach
Enjoy your holiday next week and see you again in two weeks!
3rd November
Thank you, Helena and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: Vocabulary from Reading Part 2 (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: accordingly, cavity, headband, All Souls‘ Day, put off sb, side effects, use by date, dam
– last part of the reading stays for next time
See you next Thursday!
20th October
Great lesson today, ladies!
Homework:
– noodles: Vocabulary from Reading Part 1 (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: procedure, braces, jar, slave, a few / several, pedestrian crossing, bouncy castle
– the rest of the reading stays from last time
Enjoy your weekend!
13th October
Good to see you again, Nikolas and Helena!
Homework:
– noodles: Prepositions of Place (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: duty, physics, chemistry, come up, listen to sth/sb, treadmill, work out / lift weights, firm
– READING – download this worksheet, read the article, look up any unknown vocabulary and complete the exercises
Have a lovely rest of the week!
29th September
Thank you, Helena and Martin, good job today!
Homework:
– noodles: Prepositions of Time (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: fish sth out, hardening, banks, branch, clearing, recommend, deep in thought, recognise, seem, wave at, complain about, pet peeves, pile, storage, bank holiday
See you next week!
22nd September
It was lovely to talk to you today, ladies 🙂
Homework:
– fill-in: Dependent Prepositions (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: terrible x terrific, speedometer, writing x typing, gap, light x heavy rain, criticism, rare, mites, cannabis
Have a nice week!
8th September 2022
Thank you, Petra and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: Prepositions (download)
– phrasal verbs + vocabulary from the last three lessons and today’s lesson: give orders, competition, quote/quotation
See you next Thursday!
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18th August 2022
Well done on indefinite pronouns, not so much on phrasal verbs!
Homework:
– make a riddle for your colleagues using indefinite pronouns (e. g. It’s something that belongs to you but everyone can use it, what is it?) – don’t make it easy for them!
– phrasal verbs (!) from HW two weeks ago + vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: jug, roundabout, get on (well) with sb, beetroot
Enjoy your weekend 🙂
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11th August 2022
Thank you, Helena and Nikolas, good job.
Homework:
– noodles: Indefinite Pronouns (download)
– phrasal verbs from last week’s HW + vocabulary from today’s lesson: cave, shallow, queue, locals, according to, stopover, vertigo
See you next week!
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4th August 2022
It was great to see you again! 🙂
Homework:
– fill-in: Holiday Phrasal Verbs (download)
– vocabulary from last two lessons and today’s lesson: cough, seaweed, host, gall bladder, acquaintances
Have a nice weekend!
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Lesson 26 – 30th June
Thank you for a great last lesson before the break, Helena and Nikolas!
Homework:
– noodles: Summer Holiday (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: restrictions, range hood, fuse, far – further – the furthest, motorway
That’s all for now. Enjoy your summer! I’m looking forward to hearing all about it next month 🙂
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Lesson 25 – 16th June
It was lovely to speak to you today, ladies!
Homework:
– noodles: Vocabulary from Listening (download) – you can use the transcript here to help you with the vocabulary
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: elderflower, sweaty, occasionally, chickenpox, flip-flops, cycle path, sunscreen / sun cream, itchy, scab, mermaid, piggy bank, set a deadline, meet the deadline, achieve
See you next Thursday!
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Lesson 24 – 9th June
Good job, ladies 🙂
Homework:
– noodles: Work (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: dunes, in one go, withdrawal, time-consuming, focused, monotonous, stimulating, dull, pointless, repetitive, chasing my tail
– LISTENING: listen to the recording here and complete the comprehension quiz here
Have a nice weekend!
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Lesson 23 – 2nd June
Thank you, Martin and Nikolas!
Homework:
– correct mistakes: Work (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: mood, dig out – dug out, wrist, event, hitchhiker, backpack, tin/can, bay, unemployment benefits, participate in, opportunity
See you next week!
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Lesson 22 – 26th May
Great lesson today, thank you, Nikolas and Petra!
Homework:
– noodles: Working Vocabulary (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: relay race, pay attention, convince / persuade, Montenegro, Ukrainian
Enjoy the rest of your week!
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Lesson 21 – 19th May
Well done, everyone!
Homework:
– make two work-/job-related questions for your colleagues
– read this handout (download), look up any unknown vocabulary and then complete this exercise here
– vocabulary from the first handout and from today’s lesson: mud, take turns, question mark, exclamation mark, set off, warehouse, pass by somewhere, drop off sb, apply for a job, take the job, to be between jobs, it’s not my job, job center / jobseeker
See you next Thursday!
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Lesson 20 – 12th May
Good job, guys, especially the vocabulary test!
Homework:
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: pollen, rapeseed, swear at sb, thoughts, cuisine, dough – raised dough, permanent/temporary work, part-time/full-time job
– read this handout (download), look up any unknown vocabulary and note which prepositions are used in which context – then translate these noodles here
That’s all. Have a lovely weekend.
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Lesson 19 – 5th May
Great conversation today, Nikolas and Helena, thank you 🙂
Homework:
– noodles: Mix of Everything (vol. 2) (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: cast, healed, ground floor, check-up, sightseeing, tram, underground, route, vase, neighbour, P. E., subject, cycle path, lit, hip bones, tendon
Enjoy the rest of your week!
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Lesson 18 – 28th April
It was nice to talk to you again, Martin, after such a long time!
Homework:
– noodles: Mix of Everything (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: inventory, time-consuming, ceasefire, icing, orthodox, backyard, look forward to + -ing, lately/recently, expect, come up with, acceptable
I hope to see more people next week!
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Lesson 17 – 21st April
Thank you for an interesting conversation, Helena!
Homework:
– noodles with the Mix of Tenses stay from last time
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: independent, tiny, cheeky, life-size, lamb, throw away, tablecloth, eggshells, time off, in advance
See you all next Thursday!
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Lesson 16 – 7th April
It was great to see more people again 🙂
Homework:
– noodles: Mix of Tenses (download)
– vocabulary from last two lessons and today’s lesson: native, three quarters, take care of, artificial, coffee machine, beyond my power
Have a lovely weekend!
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Lesson 15 – 31st March
Good to talk to you today, Nikolas!
Homework:
– the exercise for present perfect and past tenses stays the same once again
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: punishment, arrow, suspicious, hopeless, crowded, shy, tense
Next time at full strength I hope 😀
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Lesson 14 – 24th March
Thank you, Helena, for an interesting conversation 🙂
Homework:
– the exercise for present perfect and past tenses stays from last time
– new vocabulary: perspective, accept, skeleton, solve, pick sb’s nose, optional, subtitles, roundabout, feel like doing sth, wild pig, heart rate, joint, bucket list, come to terms with sth, short-term / long-term, realise x make sth happen, liberating
I hope to see everyone next week!
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Lesson 13 – 10th March
Thank you, everyone, well done!
Homework:
– correct mistakes: Present Perfect & Past Tenses (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: convince, step sister, by (author), public, familiar with, impact, 1-hour, attic, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, flat ground, get used to, scared of, conscientious, meticulous, at least
Enjoy the rest of the week.
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Lesson 12 – 3rd March
Good job, Nikolas, Petra and Martin. Great results on the vocabulary tests!
Homework:
– noodles: Present Perfect Simple x Present Perfect Continuous x Past Simple (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: scared, patience, notification, great-grandmother, target, interrupt, broadcast, snail, chips / french fries, lately, series, humorous, every now and then, wake up x get up, hang out
See you again next Thursday.
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Lesson 11 – 24th February
It was great to see everyone again!
Homework:
– noodles: Present Perfect Simple x Present Perfect Continuous x Past Simple (download)
– vocabulary from last lesson and today’s lesson: military base, ATM, fuel, course, handle, promotion, former, caravan, sauce, margin
Have a nice weekend 🙂
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Lesson 10 – 17th February
Well done, Nikolas and Martin.
Homework:
– noodles: Present Perfect vs Past Simple (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: cave, time slot, wardrobe, cabinet, hoover, brand x mark, bed sheet, driving school, fall asleep, accurate, Middle East, Midwest, fortunately, vest, village, once in a while, to summon the spirits, stop doing sth x stop to do sth
That’s all. See you next Thursday!
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Lesson 9 – 10th February
Good to see you again, everyone!
Homework:
– noodles: Mix of Present & Past Tenses (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: mould, manufacturer, curtain, blinds, earplugs, sealing, suburbs, rush hour, advertised x advertisement, ground floor, adequate, real estate agency, deposit, candidate, likeable, mortgage
Enjoy the rest of your week 🙂
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Lesson 8 – 3rd February
Thank you, Martin, it was interesting to speak to you.
Homework:
– noodles: Past Simple x Past Continuous (download)
– vocabulary from lesson 6 + today’s lesson: queue, compared to, traffic, stock, broker, get rid of, cold x flu, forbid/prohibit, attend, social security, commute, health & safety
Have a nice week and see you on Thursday!
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Lesson 7 – 27th January
Thank you, Petra, for a great conversation! 😀
Homework:
– fill-in: stays the same from last time
– vocabulary from previous two lessons stays the same as well
I hope to see everyone next week!
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Lesson 6 – 20th January
Good job today, guys 🙂
Homework:
– fill-in: past simple x continuous (download)
– vocabulary from the last lesson and today’s lesson: borders, unload, takeaway, consumption, crank shaft, slow dance, pneumonia, assumption, fly a plane x fly by plane, hospitality x hospitalisation
(I forgot to take note of the words on the board so this is everything I managed to fish out of my memory, sorry!)
And that’s all. See you next Thursday!
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Lesson 5 – 13th January
Thank you for an interesting lesson.
Homework:
– noodles: past simple (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: regularly, good/poor time management, laptop, smart phone/TV…, layout, postpone, inflatable, community, curious, challenging, variety, diversity, find out, solution, sustainable, generally x generously, repair x fix, templates, hangover, time effective / time efficient
Enjoy the rest of your week!
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Lesson 4 – 6th January 2022
It was good to see you all again 🙂
Here is a slightly simplified table of how to use articles. Hopefully it will make it a little bit clearer for you: table
Homework:
– fill-in: articles (download)
– vocabulary from previous lessons and today’s lesson: artificial, unexpected, homework, at Christmas, society, immortal, 5th grade, look forward to + …ing
I will test you!
Have a nice weekend.
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Lesson 3 – 9th December
Great last lesson of the year! Thank you Helena and Nikolas.
Homework for next year is the following:
– noodles: present tenses & past simple (download)
– vocabulary from the previous lessons + today’s lesson: templates, mud, gingerbread, mulled wine, Ferris wheel, hangover, stocking, before x ago, make a mistake, at Christmas, decorate, present x gift, fireplace, wreath
That’s all. I’ll be looking forward to seeing you again in January. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Lesson 2 – 2nd December
Well done, Nikolas and Martin!
HW:
– Christmas noodles: Past Simple & Present Tenses (download)
– vocabulary from today’s lesson: time effective, marriage certificate, cover for (sb), Italy x Italian, trip, schedule, at random, activity
See you again on Thursday!
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Lesson 1 – 25th November
It was nice meeting you, Helena and Nikolas! Thank you for coming 🙂
HW:
– noodles: Present Simple & Present Continuous (download)
– revise present and past tenses
Enjoy the rest of your week!