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AMP14
Wednesday 16.00 pm
Room: 5
Teacher: Melanie Šmejkalová (melanie.smejkalova@gmail.com)
Student’s book: Headway Intermediate 5th edition
Datumář: 10.04., 17.04., 24.04., 30.04 (Tuesday), 07.05. (Tuesday), 15.05., 22.05., 29.05., 05.06., 12.06., 19.06., 26.06.
LESSON 26.6.
I loved teaching you and it’s been a pleasure to get to know you all.
Take care and enjoy some rest. 🙂
Vocabulary: co-worker, participant, member, sample, delivery, AC, witness, crash, bumper, handwriting, longhand, dishes, disease, mother-in-law, spit, pre-packed, pork, beef, livers, nest, crazy, hen, appointment, leave a tip, accept, pigeon, parrot, scientific proof, Fall, autumn
LESSON 19.6.
vocabulary: goat, draw (like a score in a match), to rear animals, plantain
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56, 94
– HMW
– bring a photocopy on the topic of animal rights
– p.27/ex.2
Next Wednesday is our last class of the trimester together. I hope to see you all there. I look forward to seeing you. 🙂
LESSON 12.6.
vocabulary: immortal, Greece, citizenship, trim, filling, walking distance, stuck, urgent, appointment, lovely,
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56, 94
– noodles 2.11.
Have a nice rest of the week. 🙂
LESSON 5.6.
vocabulary: pacifier, captivating, complain, trait, to get along with, lizard, elbow, break up (relationship), dairy products, decade, century, borders
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56, 94
– noodles 2.8.
Have a nice day 🙂
PS Next class will be substituted by my very nice colleague.
LESSON 29.5.
Work harder! 🙂
vocabulary: sleepy, confess, sort, pace, exhausted x excited, attempt, art, interested in, interests, pale, rainforest, flour, egg yolk, egg white, toe, boost, to be wort it, it suits you, bring up, round, period, topic, casual, ability, fireworks, firefighter, cage, cave, valve, lice, flea, bedbug, badbug, nationality, pets, pros and cons
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56, 94
– finish the fill-in 2.2. (questions 7-12)
Take care. 🙂
PS Next class will be substituted by my very nice colleague.
LESSON 22.5.
Good job, guys 🙂
vocabulary: ceremony, dough, sloth, safe x dangerous, flower pot, sleep rough or sleeping under stars (spaní pod širákem), bow tie, pick, (dis)advantage
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56, 94
– fill-in 2.2.
Have a nice day. 🙂
LESSON 15.5.
Nice to see you 🙂
vocabulary: glove, concomitant, steering wheel, to rate, parade, march, dorms, hall of residence, draft, run out of, to shrink, shrink away, to tie a tie, aurora, bright, useless, grumble about+ weather vocabulary: storm – stormy, fog – foggy, sunny – mostly sunny, windy, snowy, snowflake, icicle, icy, hot, cold, cool, chilly, boiling hot, gale, wind, breeze, dew, rainbow, sleet, hailstone, hail, snow, thunde, lightning, showers, drizzle, clear, bright, gloomy, mist, frosty, muggy, damp, scorching, stifling, downpour (+ It’s raining cats and dogs.) + from the listening: throughout, isolated, patch, to clear up, elsewhere, heatwave, to make way for, disappear
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56, 94
– Hmw
– read the transcript and answer the questions 1-6 in task 2 ( highlight the correct answers in the text)
Keep calm & everything will get better. 🙂
LESSON 7.5.
Thank you for coming. 🙂
vocabulary: movable, concrete, cliff, shrink, reduce, verge post, tread pattern, morse code, tiler, knot, compulsory, polyglot, district/county, to tile the bathroom, perform, performance, ability, deep immersion, get stuck with a word, hunger to learn, pointing at things, turn/make a profit, adventure, remote, rock up, grasp, offended, constantly, stint, stick, get on top of, whereas, polite, appreciate, effort, endless
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56, 94
– noodles 2.7.
– finish ex.5/p.25
Take care. 🙂
LESSON 30.4.
You are great! 🙂
vocabulary: sightseeing, breastfeeding, survey, baby’s dummy/comforter, useless, scythe, board games, Burning Witches, bonfire, seedling/young plant, carbon footprint, flat, tourist inustry, labour, sailor, extinct, yell, wheel, strange, gossip, insurace, bill (2 meanings), bright, heavy rain, go forward/backward
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56, 94
– noodles 2.6.
Take care and see you on Tuesday. 🙂
LESSON 24.4.
What a nice lecture. Thank you for coming, Simona. 🙂
vocabulary: flat tyre, fewer, fever, sleepy, on purpose, underground, shelter, bomb, moving movie, subtitles, available, fingers crossed, bonfire, small-sausage, allround, donate, contribute, recall, spinach, herb, mint, thyme, camomile, parsley, dry, persistent cough, groom, bride, hen party, stag party, pre-wedding party, cure, addiction, addicted, toothless, aisle, attention, maid of honour, MUA (make-up artist), hairdresser, keg, owner, run out of, guide, crown, mesmerizing, achieve, pet friendly office, cauliflower, rhino, hamster, mud, stinky, sticky, manure, remove, yell, medical-check, collect, spare car parts, braces, tooth cavity
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56, 94
– HMW adverbs (from previous class)
+ study the new vocabulary
Take care and see you on Tuesday. 🙂
LESSON 17.4.
What a nice lecture. 🙂
Vocabulary: rate, over-rate, negotiate, be able to, hide, law, keep, meet, decide, arrest, confess, crush, fear, heights, depths, skyscraper, canvas, real estate, P.E., based on a true story, temple, white lie, appearance, flat tyre, poor, reputation, it’s getting worse, drop a university, understandable, countless, struggle, keen on, willing, enrich, spark, passion
GRAMMAR: ADVERBS
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 56 + 94
Have a nice day. 🙂
LESSON 10.4.
Thank you for coming, Olda! That was a cool lecture. 🙂
vocabulary: coffee shop, roastery, dessert, afford, go well/ go right, refreshment, thirsty, pull, forward, backward, Venice, data protection, cocoa, struggle, scientific reasons, funeral, coffin, urn, buried in a grave, cremated, burned, rubbish, trash, dustman, (pair of) tweezers, stub/cigarette butt, volunteer, property/piece of real estate/immovable property, deal with, pack of wolves/dogs, bill (2 meanings – účet, zobák), attitude, sake of, encourage, be in favour, sick and tired, wait and see, black and white, leaps and bounds, in this age and age, few and far between, first and foremost, think long and hard
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54 +56
Take care 🙂
LESSON 3.4.
It was nice to see you all. 🙂
vocabulary: resistance, resistance fighter, deal with, illness, loaf, health condition, hangover, brave, soldier, struggle, leather, assignment, feel well, get rid of, rabbit, hare, undercarriage, shelter, mortgage (take out a mortgage), force, dump, pollution, order/command, drag in, treatment, pimple, handbag, victim, proof
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54
– create 5 questions that include vocabulary we have learned in the last 3 months (the questions must be useful for the follow-up conversation)
Have a nice rest of the week. 🙂
LESSON 27.3.
Thank you for coming, Simona and Renata. 🙂
vocabulary: doorstep, chance, polyglot, assignment, approach, supernatural beings, contraceptive, the Middle Ages, bounce, take off, marten, workman, labourer, rock plant, unpleasant, development, outrage, reluctant, allow, sacred, outnumbers, complaint, broadcast, attempt, aware of, ruthless, shelf, boardgames, greenhouse, seeds, lamb, follow the traditions, robbed, kidnap, honest, dishonest, drink-drive, fluent level, co-workers, switch, diapers, flea, rat
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54
– answer the reading-related questions (from the photocopy – The sale of the human organs)
Enjoy the Easter holiday. 
LESSON 20.3.
You’re great! Keep up the hard work! 🙂
vocabulary: German Shepherd Dog, tempting, home-made, world-famous, sun-tanned, much-loved, charming, disappointed, long-lasting, ancient, grocery, hairstyle, hairdresser, be sloppy, mad, mud, compulsory, huge, hug, seek, hens, swimwear, temptation, rip off, lathe + lathe operator/turner = soustružník, caster/pourer = slévač, blacksmith/farrier = kovář
GRAMMAR: MODAL VERBS
Homework:
– drills: 41, 59, 54, 22, 4
– finish the exercise (modal verbs) I gave you in today’s class
Have a nice day 🙂
LESSON 13.3.
What a nice class. 🙂
vocabulary: fall asleep, noon, midnight, ladder, stare, dizzy, irchy and scratchy, seagull, pitch, hug, coffin, tricky, tempting, whisper, whistle, collar, CPW (cost per wear), request, treatment, corneas, close relative, donate, donor, kneel down, pray, bite nails, blow up, clap, kicking football
TABOO TOPIC: The sale of human organs
Homework:
– drills: 67, 77, 49, 41 , 22
-noodles from the previous class (adjectives)
– have a quick look at page 24 in the textbook – ex.1
Next time, please bring the photocopies.
Next time we’ll do a new grammar – modal verbs. So you can look forward to it. 😉
See you next Wednesday.
LESSON 6.3.
Thank you for coming, Renata and Simona. 🙂
vocabulary: (be in) bloom, catch-caught-caught, raise, angered/annoyed, ashamed, curious, elbow, cover, follow the rules, pants, butt, jumpsuit, behaviour, expectation, coward, bobsleight, brake, brewery, keg, cast, bitter, in row, pleasure, liver sauce, meatloaf, semolina porridge (krupicová kaše), ingredients, weather forecast
Homework:
– drills: 67, 77, 49, 41 + 22
-noodles from the previous class
+ HMW – adjectives (not only -ed/-ing)
Have a nice day. 🙂
PS Hope to see you all next time. 🙂
LESSON 28.2.
Olda, thank you for a great conversational class. 🙂
vocabulary:force, crime, citizenship, harbour, behave, manners, fluent, christians, sweaty, development, gun licence, exceptionally, picky eater, pick-up, mud, along, wetsuit, seal, seagull, proof, prove, evidence, punishment, horse barn, loft, embarrass, ashamed, court/trial, workman/labourer, admit, accept, jewish, weird, preventive measures
Homework:
– drills: 72, 67, 77, 55, 28, 49, 41
– fill-in from the previous class (adjectives -ed/-ing)
– noodles: Hmw
See you next Wednesday 🙂
LESSON 14.2.
Keep up the hard work. You’re doing great! 🙂
vocabulary: Shrovetide, forbbiden, dream, date, bed and breakfast (accommodation), dating app, love letter, long-distance relationship, reply, less, the least, recently, allowed to, afford to, cough, disgusting, vomit, medical high school, Cinderella, Super Bowl, balls, gender, altogether, astonish, attempt, simplify, among, addition, include, hangry, accidentally
Homework:
– drills: 72, 67, 77, 55, 28, 49
– fill-in HMW (adjectives -ed/-ing, conncted with the drill 72)
– next time we will do ex. 1/p. 22 in the textbook
Have a nice day and see you on February 28th. 🙂
LESSON 7.2.
Olda, thank you for a great conversational class. 🙂
vocabulary: unforgettable, shame, death end, sustainibility, reward, estate/land, igloo, equipment, comparison, grateful, suit (slušet/padnout), guest, shy, shyness, steepness, remote, seasonal, glamping, permission, chassis/undercarriage (podvozek), raise, upbringing, avoid, mental health, horse barn
Homework:
– drills: 72, 67, 77, 55, 39
– noodles 2.5.
– ex.5/p.21 in the textbook
See you on Wednesday. 🙂
LESSON 31.1.
What a nice class. 🙂
vocabulary: season, episodes, escape, water well, meatloaf, run out of, raid of the Tartars, wine tasting, nercy, sympathy, angle, lifetime buddy, keg, cask, mess, AD, consonats, priest, bishop
grammar from today’s class: AUXILIARY VERBS
here you can do an exercise to practice it once again Auxiliary verbs
+ to see if your answers are correct _ here is the Key
Homework:
– drills: 72, 67, 77, 55, 62, 39
– noodles 2.4.
LESSON 24.1.
Good job, guys! 🙂
vocabulary: high/low tide, sand, deal with, cuisine, diverse, various, coastline, roof, mileage, switch on, birthday card, fries, get rid of, wardrobe, bargain, target, butcher, shy, stage fright, swap, scrooge, ATM, disappear, development
Homework:
– drills: 72, 67, 77, 55, 62, 39
– noodles 2.3.
In the next lesson we will do ex 2 at the page 20 and ex. 1+2 at the 21 in the textbook
Have a nice rest of the week 🙂
LESSON 17.1.
What a great lesson, ladies! 🙂
vocabulary: celery, salary, mileage, tired x tyres, tangerine, exhausted > tired, Eden, wrinkles, whale, improve, appear, sign + migraine, chickenpox, rashes (red spots), fluid filled blisters, aches, pain, cramps, constipation, vomiting, loss of appetite, cough, sore throat, runny nose, stuffy nose, headache, tiredness, pain that throbs/pulses, nausea, sesitivity to light/sounds, difficulty hearing, discharge running out of the ear, itching around the ear
idioms: be/feel/look under the weather, be coming down with something, be out of sorts, be sick as a dog, take turn for worse
+ duckbill (ptakopysk)
Homework:
– drills: 29, 72, 67, 77
– noodles 2.2.
In the next lesson we will start Unit2 in the textbook (page 20 ex. 1+2).
Take care 🙂
LESSON 10.1.
Good job, guys. It was nice to see you all after a while. 🙂
vocabulary: limb, cough, earache, wrinkles, wrist, sprained, vision board, exhausted > tired, occupation, grammar school, grades, junk food, life expectancy, centenarians, knee, thumb, appartment, gas boiler/cooker, snowfall, avalanche risk, fireworks, scale, midnight, wallet, Fairy Tales, lose/gain weight, New Year’s resolutions
Homework:
– drills: 29, 72, 67, 77
– noodles 2.1.
+ review the words and translate the ones you don’t know from this document
In the next lesson we will do a role play (doctor’s appointment) and start Unit2 in the textbook.
Have a nice rest of the week
LESSON 6.12.
Today was the last lesson of the fall/winter trimester.
See you on Wednesday, January 10th.
Take care and have a wonderful Christmas. 🙂
vocabulary: juniper (jalovec), family living, eggnok (vaječňák), slaughter, the richiest, wage, salary, donate, donor, fur farm, mink (norek), fox, deserve, refreshments, realised, roof, entertaining
Topic for the next lesson: human body parts, diseases/illnesses (you can prepare related vocabulary)
LESSON 29.11.
One of the best sessions ever! Thank you, guys! 🙂
vocabulary: crutch (berla), threat (hrozba, výhrůžka), mulled wine, punch, afraid of, a bit of coward, flawless, boobs, breasts, subscription, weird, voracious, lungs, due to, plot
Homework:
– drills: 49, 67, 96, 29
Take care 🙂
LESSON 22.11.
What a great conversation class! Thank you, Renata. 🙂
vocabulary: maintenance, misunderstanding, mathematical formula, unpeeled egg, camper van, earthquake, tent, joint, nurse, nursery (jesle), tie, floods, spider’s net, income, enemy (nepřítel) x enema (klystýr), herbs, create a breed, scholarship, childhood, strike
Homework:
– drills: 49, 67, 96, 62, 29
Have a nice day. 🙂
LESSON 15.11.
Good job, Renata and Olda! 🙂
vocabulary:
17th November: Struggle for Fredom Day: gathered, commemorate, held on, in opposition, occupation, rapidly, turn into, oppressive communist regime, co-called, Velvet Revolution, significance, salvation, human power to reflect, meekness,
+ prolonged, extended, shore (pobřeží), public holiday, bank holiday, invite, invitation, pig slaughter, become mature (dozrát), upper body, lower body, tits, boobs, unknown, enemy, rollercoaster
Homework:
– drills: 49, 67, 96, 62, 29
– noodles: 1.12
– Next time, we’ll do the listening ex. 5+6 (page 17) and we’ll do the reading ex. 3+5 (page 18)
Enjoy the extended weekend. 🙂
LESSON 8.11.
Good job, guys! It was nice to see you all. 🙂
vocabulary: goose, duck, breasts, pumpkin, chisel, lantern, urn, coffin, condition, conifer, pine, bold, foreigners, occupation, chambermaid, pale, carnivore, herbivore, temptation + Taboo topic: heaven x hell, amusing, reputation, survey, conduct, various areas, politeness, willingness, cultural sensitivity, range of, unanimously, chain, tip, tippers, according to, afraid of, snobby = snobbish, rubbish, unbelievable, real feel, appreciation, polite, friendly, loud, generous, open-minded, tidy, quiet, mean, rude, unfriendly, messy, intolerant
TABOO TOPIC: NATIONAL STEREOTYPES
Homework:
– drills: 95, 49, 55, 67, 96, 62, 42, 28, 29
– noodles: 1.12
– Next time, we’ll quickly finish listening to ex. 2+3 and we’ll do ex. 4
+ Recall the endings of the adjectives -ed/-ing (drill 72)
LESSON 1.11.
What a nice class. 🙂
Vocabulary: to be the centre of attention (být středem pozornosti), brewery, spirits, stake/bet (sázka), preparation, replace, useless, cemetery, (Young) Pioneer camp (pionýrský tábor), cones (šišky), wreath (věnec), artificial intelligence (AI) –> I use chat.openai.com, meal x meat, switch on/off, harsh, propose, roastery, take part in, sunbathe, increase x decrease, pitch, asylum, nude, naked, grass snake (užovka), hall of residence (internát)
Homework:
– drills: 95, 49, 55, 67, 96, 62, 42, 28, 29
– noodles 1.11
– have a look at page 16 in the textbook – be ready for listening
See you next week 🙂
LESSON 25.10.
Good job, guys! 🙂
Vocabulary: cousin, Middle East (Blízký východ), tender/gentle/mellow (něžný, jemný, mírný), responsibility, responsible, spoilt, non-dominant, confident, surroundings, cheer up, wildlife, avoide, behave nicely, good manners, breathing techniques, purpose, harm, It’s not my cup of tea., have in common, judge, go with the flow, pace, field, calm down, modest, lock, accuracy, I can’t wait any longer.
Homework:
– drills: 95, 49, 55, 67, 96, 62, 42 + 28, 29 (grading of adjectives)
– What interesting happened in the world? Get ready your news (at least 1 each of you).
– have a look at page 16 in the textbook – be ready for listening
Take care 🙂
LESSON 18.10.
Simona, thanks for a great conversation class. 🙂
Vocabulary: asylum, nursery, wealfare, beet /beetroot (červená řepa), sugar beet/sugar-beet (cukrová řepa), bedbug, rabies, Jew, religion, pork, poor, dumpster, recommend, collector, flexible hours, , shelf, tour guide, swallow, greenhouse, plant, wisdom tooth, eggplant, peppers, terrorist attack
Homework remains the same.
Homework:
– drills: 95, 49, 55, 67, 96, 62, 42
– noodles: 1.10.
– have a quick look at page 16 in the textbook – highlight the new vocabulary (ex.1) & be ready for listening ex.2
See you next Wednesday. 🙂
LESSON 11.10.
You’re getting better and better. 🙂
Vocabulary: boar (kanec), fallow deer (daněk), roe deer (srnec), doe (srnka/laň), venison (srnčí), doeskin (srnčí kůže), abuse, maternity leave, addicted to, raise, grapes harvest, peak, pm, am, pack of, trail, be afraid of, news, new, flaw, curious, appearance, care about, bothers, pure, poor, chess, enter, sail, across, disguise, upbringing + I thought so 😉
Homework:
– drills: 95, 29, 49, 55, 67, 72, 96, 62, 42
– noodles: 1.10.
– have a quick look at page 16 in the textbook – highlight the new vocabulary (ex.1) & be ready for listening ex.2
Have a nice rest of the week. 🙂
LESSON 4.10.
Good job, guys! 🙂
Vocabulary: fruit tree orchard, pear, pruning twigs, clumsy, CEO=chief executive officer, mess, spanked, whip, weird, scrooge, thrilling, astounding, crowded, reclusive, advantages, disadvantages, home-schooling, cut off, costume, transparent, to be in touch with, disability, be kneeling, dustman
Homework:
– drills: 72, 49, 42, 40, 62, 55,
– noodles: 1.9.
– have a quick look at page 15 in the textbook – Their story – highlight the new vocabulary
See you next week. 🙂
LESSON 27.9.
Thanks for the super fun class!
Vocabulary: crawl, gardening, lifetime, buddy, frightening, scary, amazed, worst, a head of, reliable, surgery, moody, shy, generous, reserved, personality trait, brave, chatty, grumpy, coward, kind, lucky, fortune, neat, quiet, rude, selfish, lazybones, sociable, notice, basement, cellar, fear, mountaineering, harnes, crampon, ice axe, passionate, patient
Homework:
– drills: 72, 49, 42 + 40, 62, 77, 55, 67
– noodles: 1.8.
– have a quick look at page 14 in the textbook – translate the words highlighted in grey & be ready to talk about Angulo brothers
– just for you – revision of the past tenses Mixed Past Tenses + Mixed Past Tenses Key
Take care. 🙂
LESSON 20.9.
Great job, ladies! 🙂
Vocabulary: instrumentalist, mayor, wave, think-thought, wiser, not at all
Homework:
– drills: 72, 49, 42, 33
– noodles: 1.7.
– revision of the present tenses (just for you, 12 sentences, on the other side is the answer key) Mixed-Tense-Revision
I look forward to meeting you, Oldrich. In the email you have all the information about what we did today.
See you next time 🙂