Category Archives: Lifestyle

           Lockdown activities that I do regularly Coronavirus pandemic affects us both physically and mentally. Humanity is going through profound changes that affect us all, whether we realize it or not. The coronavirus pandemic forces us to stay home, trying to spend time with something. Unfortunately, this affects us both physically and mentally. Due to lack of movement, because we do not have the freedom to go where we want, it’s difficult to enjoy something. It is very important that these days we find activities that […]

Addicted to coffee – why stop drinking? Today I read an interesting and very well documented article about some ways to stop drinking coffee. The author emphasizes in this text that coffee makes us addicted. This is how people come to believe that they cannot live without coffee. Some people think no drink in the world is better than coffee. I think that they will never be able to stop drinking coffee. That was the moment I wondered and asked the author of the article why anyone would want to […]

Life with two dogs is hard, but wonderful Life with two dogs. I have two rescue dogs from Romania, my country. The male is 5 years old. He’s so kind with us and with all our friends, but is difficult to walk him because he doesn’t like other dogs, so he always barks and pulls on the leash. I tried to train my dog by myself without success. Some months ago I hired a dog trainer. She told me what I already knew. It doesn’t help me. Bruno still pulls […]

Is it difficult to read the label on medicine? “A woman got a bottle of pills from the chemist’s. She had high blood-pressure. The words on the label were simple enough “Take once a day until finished.” But the woman was from Mexico, and her English wasn’t very good. In Spanish, “once” means 11. So she took 11 pills every day. Soon, she didn’t feel very well and told her doctor. She was lucky she didn’t die.” – Is it difficult to read the label on medicine? – from my […]

My First Complaint in the UK I improve my English by learning very hard Two months ago I had to choose a website from the Internet to write my homework about how to make a complaint. I chose a pet shop I already knew because I often order food for my dogs from it. Ten days ago I ordered a crate and an odor remover solution for my carpet from the same website. You know, I got a puppy and I had to train her to pee outside. They told me my order will arrive on 24th of April. On 14th I decided to […]

Phrasal verbs at ESOL level 3 Phrasal verbs – try to use a multi-word verb. Tell us something interesting that happened to you this week, and try to use a multi-word verb – homework. Try to use a multi-word verb Two months ago I’ve got a new dog, a black female puppy called Onix. She’s 6 months old and she sometimes tries to get out of doing her needs outside, so I had to train her do not pee in my house. I was about to give up after some […]

Homework esol 3 Writing task Covid 19 – homework ESOL 3. Write an informal email to your friend who lives in a country where Covid 19 has not arrived yet and tell them how your life in Scotland has changed as a result of this virus. Give your friend some advice and tell him/her how to prepare themselves for the arrival of the virus in their own city/country after one week. Hi Sara! As you probably already know, due of the pandemic coronavirus our lives had change here in Scotland. […]

Homework ESOL level 3 course At the reception desk at the Plaza Hotel – homework. When you complained at the reception desk at the Plaza Hotel, you felt that the receptionist was not very helpful. She noted your complaint, but she didn’t apologize or offer any compensation. You still feel angry about this. After you return home you decide to write a letter to the hotel manager. 1.Invent an address for the Plaza Hotel. 2. Write this and your own address in the correct places at the top of the […]

A worksheet to learn preposition of place Preposition of place (opposite, next to, behind, between etc). At the beggining of ESOL level 3 course, our teacher brought us a worksheet to help us to learn preposition of place (opposite, next to, behind, on the corner of, between, in the middle). I prepared a similar one to show you what I learned. Click the picture to make it bigger. The library is on the corner of Aston Road. The bank is between car park and dentist. The park is opposite the […]

Free-time activity homework Free-time activity homework ESOL level 3. Think about your favourite free-time activity. Write a description of it. Include: -how often you do it -where you do it -what equipment you need -what clothes you need -when the best time to do it is -why you like it About my Free-time activity I didn’t like writing when I was younger. Poems fascinated me, but I didn’t have the talent to compose them.