Homework page
AMP16
Wednesday, 17.35 – 19.05
Room 3
Teacher: Blanka Hýblová, blankahy@seznam.cz, +420 734 547 742 (SMS / Whatsapp)
Student’s book: Headway Intermediate 4th edition
If you won’t be able to attend the lesson, please contact me. Thank you:)
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: toddler, leaflet, poster, noon, noun, died x dyed, coward, personality trait, property, due date, mood booster, meatloaf, loaf, hedgehog, forgive, slope, firework, publisher
LESSON 19.6
vocabulary: high pitched, scream x screech, refund x refuse, moneyhungry, race car, cover, hookah, book x film adaptation, environment, pasta x paste, cough, casualities, insurance, breastfeeding, school report, chaotic, chaos, fail, pale, ozone layer, died x dyed, convenient, medium x mild, previously, multiple
Homework:
– drills: 56, 54, 59, 41, 94, 57
– HMW
– p. 54/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: refund
Homework:
– drills: 54, 59, 41, 94, 57
– HMW
Have a nice rest of the week. 🙂
LESSON 5.6.
vocabulary: Two for a price of one, I can relate (to your experience), Slimy, I will keep that in mind (budu na to myslet/si to pamatovat), surgical (or stainless) steel, Invest, Clapperboard, Lifelong, Useless, (She walks) Barefoot, Fall apart, Request x Claim, Restock, Stories x Stores, Block (Or Pannel houses), Hidden, Precaution, a Scratch, Replace, Got Excited, To blow my hair dry x To Get A Blow dry (přidání A mění věc na podst. jméno aka typ účesu), Purchase (nákup), Displace (zašantročit), Loyalty x Member card, Ecofriendly, Assortment
Homework:
– drills: 54, 59, 41, 94, 57
– HMW
Have a nice day. 🙂
PS Next class will be substituted by my very nice colleague David.
LESSON 29.5.
Thank you for coming, guys. 🙂
vocabulary: priceless, net, fortnight, clapperboard, facilitate, proverb/saying, appreciate, ladder, sea sickness, (scuba) diving, complicate, make harder, invention, inventor, brass instruments, lightning concuctor, cabin-luggage, envelopes, cotton, woolens, babywear, linen, bedsheets, accessories, facilities, lingerie, leather goods, stationery, toiletries, jewelery, kitchenware, china and glassware, appliances, blow dry, mug, clearance sale, reminder, purchase, premises, rush
+ let – a serve is called a let when the ball hits the net cord but still lands in the service court
Homework:
– drills: 54, 59, 41, 94, 57
– noodles: 6.11
– p. 53/ ex. 4 + ex. 5 (be ready for the listening)
Take care. 🙂
PS Next class will be substituted by my very nice colleague Blanka.
LESSON 22.5.
Good job, guys. 🙂
vocabulary: playground, fence, tournament, house-warming party, floods, low heat, pot, pimento (nové koření), bay leaf (bobkový list), sour cream, regret, tie, bow tie, cow, postpone, wild spicies, praise, admire, earrings, wallet, saucepan, cooking pot, pot, hairdryer, doll, boots, shave, lipstick, trainers, sheets, pair of tights
Homework:
– drills: 54, 59, 41, 94, 57
– HMW
– Choose 6 of the Czech inventions which you think have changed the world and be prepared to tell us a bit about them.
Enjoy the rest of the week. 🙂
LESSON 15.5.
Thank you for coming Andrea & Roman 🙂
vocabulary: broth/stock, morella cherry, wealthy, Little red ridding hood, power, horsepower, tractor, draft (průvan), dill sauce, kindness + 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: 54, 59, 41, 94, 57
– noodles 6.12
– read the transcript and answer the questions 1-6 in task 2 ( highlight the correct answers in the text)
Take care 🙂
LESSON 7.5.
Thank you for coming. 🙂
vocabulary: run out of, unemployed, jobless, sentenced to jail, life sentence, cloakroom attendant, scythe, string trimmer, lice, badbug, app, bargain, flat, relationship, stuff, bother, young at heart, attitude, old-fashioned, outgoing, curiosity about life, reckon, blazing row, think straight, appreciate + general ward/medical ward = interna
Homework:
– drills: 56, 59, 41, 94, 57
– Hmw
Have a nice day. 🙂
LESSON 30.4.
Good job, gyus! 🙂
vocabulary: mow/cut the grass, overslept, jail, flea, leisure, sold out, stock, charm, abbreviation, ambitious, responsible, dominant, insecure, independent, creative, easy-going, spoilt, confident, secure + see eye to eye about anything, ups and downs, drive me crazy, lika chalk and cheese, fight like cat and dog
Homework:
– drills: 56, 59, 41, 94, 57
– noodles 6.10
– on page 125 there is a transcript for listening to 6.8 that we did – read it and underline the vocabulary you don’t know –> than do p.52/ex.3
Take care and see you on Tuesday. 🙂
LESSON 24.4.
Thank you for coming. 🙂
vocabulary: fug, egg yolk, egg white, look forward, look after, fine, fin, bedbug, in a row, allowance, education, afraid of, scream, yell, shrimps, oyster, pre-packed, semolina porridge, adverb, advertisement, kitchen-diner, food supplies, plain, contain, inherit
Homework:
– drills: 56, 59, 41, 94, 57
– HMW
Take care and see you on Tuesday. 🙂
LESSON 17.4.
What a nice lecture. 🙂
Vocabulary: confess, guess, dust, mold, cellar, earwig, wig, wing, buck, bug, personality trait, tangerine, cracklings, wise, owl, zodiac sign, scream, ski, sky, forward, backward, speeding, highway, fine, sporty, fashionable, cuisine, broth, linden tree/lime tree, keeper/runner, heart, cauliflower, broccoli, field mushrooms, waste of time, cattle, cotton, meal preparation + puff pastry (listové těsto), worth, belong, whoever, tinned tomatoes, grocery, drought, floods, orchaed, lift, handy, nanny, housekeeper, pre-packed, crumbling, housewife, bomb shelter, mud hut, grind, turmeric powder, lentils, constant care, running water
Homework:
– drills: 56, 59, 41, 94, 57
– noodles: 6.8.
– try to remember your part of the text (Italy/California/India) because next time you will refer about it to Verca
LESSON 10.4.
Substituted lecture.
vocabulary: entrance, entrance fee, out of charge, slogan, hoof-hooves, in the nick of, murderer, mass, grade, bat, in the suburbs/ on the outskirts
Homework:
– drills: 56, 59, 41, 94, 57
Have a nice day. 🙂
LESSON 3.4.
It was nice to see you all. 
vocabulary: serie-season-episode, spank, playground, pruning twigs, delay, brave, coward, sloth, retire, kindergarten, bile soap, impact, idol, example, childhood, spill coffee, universe
Homework:
– drills: 56, 59, 41, 94, 57
– create 5 questions from the vocabulary you have learned in the time you have been studying in ONLY4 (the questions must be useful for the follow-up conversation)
Next class will be an introductory class, because we have a new student joining us, and also it’ll be substituted by my very nice colleague Narek.
I’ve prepared some nice getting-to-know-you activities, so I hope you’ll enjoy them.
Have fun. 🙂
LESSON 27.3.
Thank you for coming, Helena and Roman. 🙂
vocabulary: boundaries, garbage man, dustman, doorbell, source, blood group, request, precious, discount, chatty, waste container, hen, ham, cock, loaf
Homework:
– drills: 56, 59, 41, 94, 57
– create 5 questions that we can use for conversation in the next lesson (note: the questions must contain vocabulary that we have learnt in the last 3 months)
Have a nice day and enjoy the Easter holiday. 🙂
LESSON 20.3.
What a nice lesson! Thank you 🙂
vocabulary: property, stamp, take revenge
GRAMMAR: QUESTION TAGS
Homework:
– drills: 56, 59, 22, 41, 4, 94 + 57
Have a nice day 🙂
LESSON 13.3.
Keep up the hard work. 🙂
vocabulary: wine, wild, wind, urge, bargain, return ticket, silence, silent, quit-ly, trailer, guilty, temptation, goosebumbs, cravings, crakling, low income family on a budget, debt, collector, increasingly, pressure, belongings, necessary, borrower, eyeball, receive, metalworker, bark, raise money, idiomatic expression, unpleasant, development, outragem, reluctant, sacred body, outnumbers, complaint, be aware of, ruthless, It’ll cost you an arm and a leg!
TABOO TOPIC: The sale of human organs
Homework:
– drills: 77, 56, 59, 22, 41 + 4 + 94
-noodles from the previous class (adjectives and adverbs)
– have a quick look at page 49 in the textbook – ex.5
Next time, please bring the photocopies of the sales of the human organ and get ready for a little bit of new grammar – question tags 😉
Take care 🙂
LESSON 6.3.
Thank you for such an entertaining lesson. 🙂
vocabulary: nameday, opening hours, exhibition, canvas, visitor, guest, community hous, expect, make a mistake, on time, the giggles, handwriting, signature, towel, charming, he-goat/billy goat, abbreviation, government care, wife swap, toothless, entertainment, suicide, G.O.A.T., ASAP, OMG, sharenting, coal, humidity, fence, imagination, compost
grammar: adverbs
Homework:
– drills: 77, 56, 59, 22, 41 + 4 + 94
– noodles 6.6.
Next time, please bring the photocopies of the sales of the human organ
Have a nice day.
LESSON 28.2.
Work hard! 🙂
vocabulary: melted, clime, slope, reach, paved road, pavement, fog, try hard, ram, roastery, coffee beans, budget, guilty pleasure, queue, curious, pond, ice skating, human trafficking, sledge (boby, sáňky) – ride on a sledge (sáňkovat), bobsleight (bobovat), indirect, direct, circumstances, allow to, remove, general medical purposes, donate, donor
TABOO TOPIC: The sale of human organs
Homework:
– drills: 55, 67, 77, 56, 59, 72, 22, 49, 41
– noodles 6.5.
Next time, please bring the photocopies of the sales of the human organ and get ready for a little bit of extra grammar 😉
See you next Wednesday
LESSON 14.2.
Keep up the hard work. 🙂
vocabulary: oak, encouraging, vomit, accidentally, host, presenter, love letter, date, potatoes pancakes, stuck in traffic, recently, much-loved, latest, finest, old-fashioned, tempting, sun-tanned, sandy, ancient, handsome, charming, tiring, casual, challenging
Homework:
– drills: 55, 67, 77, 56, 59, 72
– noodles 6.4.
Have a nice day and see you on February 28th. 🙂
LESSON 7.2.
You are great! Thank you for coming. 🙂
vocabulary: syringe, cannula, priest, bishop, christen (pokřtít), monastery, few, drink-drive, try hard, Austria x Australia, boarders, application, annoyed with, breastfeed, baby food (nutrilon/sunar), worry, disturbing, valuable, crowded
Adjectives ending in -ed/-ing (drill 72)
-ED: used to describe: a feeling (or how a person feels) or an emotion
-ING: used to describe: the characteristic of a person, a thing or a situation
Football is interesting. I’m interested in football.
Homework:
– drills: 55, 67, 77, 39, 41, 54, 56, 59 + 72
– HMW
Take care 🙂
LESSON 31.1.
What a nice class! 🙂
vocabulary: run out of, chestnut, dough, ground floor, keg, can, subway, easy-going, wavy, curly, straight, sociable, cosy, kitchen-diner, inappropriate
grammar from today’s class: MODAL VERBS
Homework:
– drills: 55, 67, 42, 77, 39 + 41, 54, 56, 59 (modal verbs)
– HMW
Have a nice rest of the day. 🙂
LESSON 24.1.
Good job, guys! 🙂
vocabulary: raise, switch on, instep, wisdom
Homework:
– drills: 55, 67, 42, 77, 39
– noodles: 6.3 (next time, we’ll go through all the noodles you already had as your homework)
– next time we do pp. 46 and 47 in the textbook
Have a nice rest of the day 🙂
LESSON 17.1.
What an impeccable lesson. Thank you. 🙂
vocabulary: master’s degree, keys, recently, exhausted, interests, pay attention, lift weight, life expectancy, tea room, coward, heights, merry-go-round, needles, sew, chickenpox, meatloaf
Homework:
– drills: 29, 72, 67, 77
– noodles: 6.2.
– review the words and translate the ones you don’t know from this document
+ next time we’ll do a role play – I need to see a doctor! (doctor’s appointment)
Take care 🙂
LESSON 10.1.
Good job, guys! 🙂
vocabulary: irregular, wrap up, scale (šupina), gratitude journal, lose/gain weight, grow muscles, pad, guard
Homework:
– drills: 29, 72, 67, 77
– noodles: 6.1.
– topic for the next lesson: human body parts, diseases/illnesses (you can prepare related vocabulary )
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: paw, beehive, time consuming, use, enjoy, snowman, snowball, fight, advanced, skier, mulled wine, punch, illiteracy, jobfair, offer, tailor, define, wide – wider – the widest, light, unwrap, healthy livinig, scale (for example kitchen scale), board game, break, reelected, impolite, undercooked/overcooked, impartial, improper, retake, sickness, to broaden your knowledge, equality, reliable, simplify, perseverance
Topic for the next lesson: human body parts, diseases/illnesses (you can prepare related vocabulary )
LESSON 29.11.
Good job, guys! 🙂
vocabulary: merry-go-round/whirligig/carousel (kolotoč), bribe, diapers, in connection with, trial, dew, ski jump, sprained, closest to, weak, narrow, shallow, justify, multiply, requirements, ruined, glory of winning
Homework:
Take care. 🙂
LESSON 22.11.
Good job, guys! 🙂
vocabulary: maintanance, pleasure, blame
Homework:
– drills: 49, 55, 67, 62
– Next time we’ll finish the photocopy about sports and money and we’ll check the revision from the homework
Have a nice day.
🙂
LESSON 15.11.
Thank you for coming, guys! 🙂
vocabulary: early bird, night owl, fall asleep, inhale (nadechnout), exhale (vydechnout), small sausage, safety reasons (bezpečnostní důvody), surface (povrch), attendance (účast), city/country council, erase (vygumovat), case, court (soud), punish (potrestat), release (propustit), imprison (uvěznit), witness (svědek), victim (oběť)
unconsciousness, oblivion (obě slova odkazují na bezvědomí, častěji je ovšem využíváno unconsciousness=bezvědomí, oblivion=zapomnění nebo v případě, že se opijete do bezvědomí –> into oblivion)
Homework:
– drills: 49, 55, 67, 62
– noodles: 5.11
– Next time we’ll do roleplay (ex.3/p.45)
Enjoy the prolonged weekend. 🙂
LESSON 8.11.
What a great class! 🙂
vocabulary: temptation, carnivore, herbivore, goose, duck, turkey, oven, tribe, cabbage, advert, flavour, Romania, engine injection (vstřikování motoru) + 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
– noodles: 5.10.
– have a quick look at page 45 in the textbook & be ready for listening (ex. 1+2)
– What interesting happened in the world? Get ready your news (at least 2 each of you)
Take care. 🙂
LESSON 1.11.
Good job, guys. 🙂
vocabulary: participate, participant, wet x vet, sunbath, retirement, braided, braids, artificial intelligence (AI), abortion, blackmail, revenge, permission, nude, naked, nudity
GRAMMAR:
SUFFIXES
noun = podstatné jméno (-ment, -ation, -tion, -ion, -al, -ance, -ence)
achieve – achievement, imagine – imagination, compete – competition, accommodate – accommodation, propose – proposal, appear – appearance, prefer – preference
verb = sloveso (-ate, -fy)
accommodate, participate, indentify, speciy
adjective = přídavné jméno (-ous, -al, -ic, -ical,-ly, -y, -able, -like, -en, -ive, -ish, -ful, -less)
adventure – adventurous, centre – central, economy – economic, history – historical, friend – friendly, dirt – dirty, comfort – comfortable, child – childlike, gold – golden, expense – expensive, style – stylish, care -careful – careless
adverb = příslovce (-ly)
accidental – accidentally, slow-slowly
PREFIXES
un-, in-, dis-, im-, il-, ir-
IM-, IL-, IR-
u slov, která začínají písmenem R použijeme předponu IR-
u slov, která začínají písmenem L použijeme předponu IL-
u slov, která začínají písmenem M použijeme předponu IM-
u slov, která začínají písmenem P použijeme také předponu IM-
u: irr, ill, imm = dochází ke zdvojení souhlásky
regular – irregular, legal – illegal, mature – immature, polite – impolite
OSTATNÍ PRAVIDLA NEMAJÍ
friendly – unfriendly, visible – invisible, honest – dishonest,
PŘEDPONY S VLASTNÍM VÝZNAMEM
re – udělat něco znovu (new – renew)
over – příliš mnoho (cook – overcook)
under – pod nebo příliš málo (pay- underpay)
sub – pod (way- subway)
mis – udělat něco špatně, nedostatečně (understand-misunderstand)
pre – před (school – pre-school)
co – spolu (worker – co-worker)
inter – mezi (national-international)
anti – proti (social-antisocial)
Homework:
– drills: 95, 49, 55, 67, 96, 62, 42
– noodles: 5.10.
– have a quick look at page 45 in the textbook & be ready for listening (ex. 1+2)
Have a nice rest of the week. 🙂
LESSON 25.10.
Good job, guys! 🙂
vocabulary: Christmas cake(fancy bread (vánočka), breathing exercises, leavened dough, shelter, observatory, marvel, miracle, carbon, sitting job, infinite number, predictions
Leze to z tebe jak z chlupaté deky.: I can barely get a word out of you!, With you, it’s like trying to get blood out of a stone!, With you it’s like talking to the wall!
Homework:
– drills: 95, 49, 55, 67, 96, 62, 42
– noodles: 5.9.
See you next week. 🙂
LESSON 18.10.
Hanka and Roman, thanks for coming. 🙂
Roman, once again, thank you for your conscientious and great preparation of the homework about unemployment.
vocabulary: disorder, strike, limbs x lambs, illiteracy, vet, attempt, mug, cup, device, mammals, vertebrates, discovery, brakthrought, evidence, to prove, proof, glow, spine, chewing, pleasure
Homework:
– drills: 95, 49, 55, 67, 96, 62, 42
– noodles: 5.8.
Next week we’ll finish reading about Life in 2060.
In the text you can highlight the related statements connected with ex.5
See you next Wednesday. 🙂
LESSON 11.10.
Roman, thanks for a great conversation class. 🙂
vocabulary: rough, be aware of, diapers, grapes harvest, student loans, focus, expenses, wealfare, session, weightlifting, streching, dumbbell, difference, shared flat, morality, rush, chess, board game, niece, nephew, decorative purpose, casual, new wine, fullfil, elections, addicted to, hangover
Homework remains the same.
Roman has an extra homework – to find out the unemployment rate in the Czech Republic. 😉
Homework:
– drills: 72, 26, 33, 49
– noodles: 5.7.
– have a quick look at page 43 in the textbook – highlight the new vocabulary from the paragraphs 4-7
Take care 🙂
LESSON 4.10.
Good job, guys! 🙂
Vocabulary: strenght, on call, personality trait, lick, wrap up, cookery course, boil, cast, move on, mining, low on, run out of, increase, overall, flow (proud) Gulf Stream (Golfský proud), life expectancy, centenarians, vigorous, give birth, take for granted, disease, replacement, supplies, cells, limbs, awareness, consciousness, develop, revulsion, human beings, disorders, confirmation, suicide, major cause of
Adjectives ending in -ed/-ing (drill 72)
-ED: used to describe: a feeling (or how a person feels) or an emotion
-ING: used to describe: the characteristic of a person, a thing or a situation
Football is interesting. I’m interested in football.
Homework:
– drills: 72, 26, 33, 49
– noodles: 5.7.
– have a quick look at page 43 in the textbook – highlight the new vocabulary from the paragraphs 4-7
See you next week. 🙂
LESSON 27.9.
Great class, ladies. 🙂
Vocabulary: pension/retirement insurance, libra, occupation, playground, indian summer, closer, further, amazed, frightening, floods, sandstorm, natural disaster, complain, weather forecast, drought, fog, snowflake, icicle, icy, showers, hail, hailstone, dew, gale, grumpy, environment
Homework:
– drills: 72, 26, 33, 49
– noodles: 5.4.
– have a quick look at page 42 (ex. 1&2) in the textbook & be ready to talk about it
Take care. 🙂
LESSON 20.9.
Good job, guys! 🙂
Vocabulary: field, siblings, zodiac sign, capricorn, pisces, breed, resolution, occupation, weir, wear-wore-worn, camper van, camper trailer, souvenirs, wisdom tooth
Homework:
– drills: 72, 26, 33, 49
– noodles: 5.4.
I look forward to meeting you, Zuzana. In the email you have all the information about what we did today.
See you next week. 🙂