Love and Chaos Part 3(C) Kurt C 1

6th December 2020

Nirvana remembers Kurt Cobain on 25th anniversary of his death | Fox News — Kurt Cobain (Google Images)

Part Three

On 8th April, 1994, the body of Kirk Cobain, singer and guitarist of the band Nirvana, was found at his Seattle home. He died from a gunshot wound to the head.

The pop-culture space-race that had been going on between Britain and The States since the Fifties was now firmly in the American orbit, as the amount of small bands who spent limited money on equipment, not designer clothes, seemed to reach stratospheric heights.

Britain’s alternative scene has seen Indie Pop branch out into the tiny Grebo movement, a kind of home-grown pre-Grunge which combined music and humour in equal doses, before people smartened up and went dancing with the aid of little smiley tabs.

There was a definite vacuum that needed filling, and the music, attitudes and fashions of Grunge, of Slacker, of Generation X seemed tailor-made, and all that tailor need provide were flashy baseball caps, checked shirts and jeans with a rip or two.

It was the three chords of punk, with the freedom to add a fourth or fifth and, hey, guitar solos can be cool, providing they’re shit hot. The lyrics were personal and poetic. And a reaction, the reaction that a lot of people felt, shaking their heads and wondering,’ What the fuck happened in the Eighties ?’ a realization that no catchy slogans were going to change society, and anyway, no point picking on individual countries, they were merging into bland, soulless, multinational corporations, whose twin gods were uniformity and profit. And the ones blackballed from the club were in the black hole of poverty and disease.

There were new causes, arguments that seemed irrefutable; the need to protect our water, our land, our air, yet the corporations found ways to argue and stall and ignore and undermine.

It was the last decade of the most remarkably innovative century in the history of this planet, and a fitting time for reflection and criticism. A century when civilized nations embarked on unspeakable, unimaginable, incomprehensible barbarity, and all that came out of that was the slogan, ‘Never Again’, but by the early 90’s it already had, and as the decade wore on, it happened elsewhere, it happened again, and then later, it happened again and then, elsewhere … it happened again.

In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain referred to himself as a ‘experienced simpleton’. He hadn’t found what he needed in the music business and didn’t want to go on pretending, but other people, on the outside, across the nation, across the ocean, were happy to keep looking.

It may have been the end of Grunge Rock, but the Slacker movement and lifestyle just got bigger and bigger.

Love and Chaos Part 3(B) Chris 1

6th December 2020

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Part Three. Berlin. Spring 1994

“Says he’s working for a temp agency again. As kitchen porter. Fucking Hell! “

Chris broke off to explain to Monika about Richard’s job, then continued reading the letter.

“And he misses Berlin. Good. He should come back. We could find him a job, couldn’t we ?’

“For sure. He has been here, before ?’

The story of how they met and Richard’s two trips to Berlin were briefly related. Chris took a bite of toast as Monika poured more coffee, and read further, nodding. It wasn’t in the letter, but he had obviously seen Melanie, as he had the new address. One line made him exclaim;

“Yeah, that’s right, Dude, you coulda.”

Monika looked over, her icy blue eyes asking for clarification. Her English was only basic and Chris’ use of slang and Americanisms sometimes threw her.

“Oh, he’s just saying how he if he’d stayed at Uni, he’d of graduated by now. Last year, in fact. Ha, then he jokes about what he’s done, instead. A year at a bookshop, six months at a record store, six weeks in Berlin, the rest washing kitchen floors. What’s this ?”

“What is ?” asked Monika, in her heavy accent.

“I dunno, something about being locked in a freezer. ”

“So ? Is he coming over ? I think you would like that, no ?”

“Yeah, I would.”

“Does he need a flat ? I could ask The Gang.”

“No, he’ll stay here. After Rigaer Strasse, this is a palace. What time do you start ?”

“One. I told you.”

“Just checking. So we have time.”

“For what ?” asked Monika, with mock innocence. Chris raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Young Learners, Level 6: London Screen Test

5th December 2020

To kick off – Know your country

This class is grouped into South Korea, Spain and Brazil. Ask about capital city, language and what their country is famous for or produces.

What country is this and what is happening ?

Moving on …

Name some responsibilities your parents have to do.

Name as many privileges that you have.

Sentence building:

If I do my homework, I can play video games

Students have to make sentences with, a conditional with a responsibility followed by a privilege (based on the lesson flash cards).

Responsibilities include ‘go to bed early,’ ‘scrub the sink,’ while privileges include, ‘have a party,’ and ‘sing karaoke.’

Hold up two flashcard, one responsibilities, the other privileges. Students must make sentences. Use as part of a team game.

And Finally – Screen Test

What are you responsibilities on the London Tube ?

What do you have to do ? What should you not do ?

Example: You should not stand on the left side of the escalators.

Extra conversation:

How do you travel in your country ?

What are your responsibilities ?

Subject Index: Guide and links

4th May 2020

A database of subject and where to find them on this blog. Many of the categories are really for my own reference, but general readers may be interested in general topics such as Grammar, Writing, Listening, IELTS etc.

Thank you to everyone who has visited my site; it’s really appreciated.

My Writing and Films. Music, Art and Literature

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Main Index: Themes & subjects

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Beginners’ English: Exercises & Grammar

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Business English

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Dialogues used in ESL Classes

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Famous Quotes

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Film, TV, Theatre & Music

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ESL Games & Student Surveys

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English Grammar Exercises & Examples

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IELTS: Exercises & Lesson Plans

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English Listening skills & exercises

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People and Photos used in ESL Classes

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English Sentence Building

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English Speaking: Exercises & Grammar

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Video Clips used in ESL Classes

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Vocabulary: Vocabulary Building & Exercises

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Writing, Reading & Review Classes

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Subject Index: Writing, music and film

4th December 2020

Butterfly Decal

Butterfly Decal on Bandcamp // 5th December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/05/butterfly-decal-now-on-bandcamp/

Butterfly Decal: an introduction // 18th November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/18/butterfly-decal-an-introduction/

Butterfly Decal // Berlin Suite // 1st May 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/05/01/butterfly-decal-berlin-suite/

Butterfly Decal // Berlin Suite EP on YouTube // 10th February 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/02/10/butterfly-decal-berlin-suite-online/

Butterfly Decal // Berlin Suite EP on Bandcamp // 8th February 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/02/08/butterfly-decal-berlin-suite-2/

Butterfly Decal // Cupid’s Arrow (demo) // 13th August 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/08/13/butterfly-decal-cupids-arrow-low-fi-demo-version/

Butterfly Decal // Happy Ms Huong (demo) // 11th September 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/09/11/butterfly-decal-happy-ms-huong-demo-version/

Butterfly Decal // Lavender Girl (demo) // 17th November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/17/butterfly-decal-lavender-girl-demo-version/

Butterfly Decal // Miles et Juliette // 22nd April 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/04/22/love-ive-found-you-miles-davis-juliette-greco/

Butterfly Decal // Morning Lotus // 16th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/16/butterfly-decal-morning-lotus/

Butterfly Decal // Red Ribbon in Long Hair EP // 12th June 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/06/12/butterfly-decal-red-ribbon-in-long-hair-ep/

Butterfly Decal // Red Ribbon in Long Hair EP Part 2 // 5th July 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/07/05/butterfly-decal-red-ribbon-in-long-hair-ep-part-2/

Butter Decal // Roses for Daisy, daisies for Rosie // 1st December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/01/butterfly-decal-roses-for-daisy-daisies-for-rosie-demo-version/

Butterfly Decal // Toulouse Street Blues // 4th March 2024: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2024/03/04/butterfly-decal-toulouse-street-blues/

Butterfly Decal // Waterlilies // 7th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/07/introducing-kit-harper-ambient-blues-jazzy-jingle-jangle/

Butterfly Decal // When in Rome (demo) // 22nd December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/22/butterfly-decal-when-in-rome/

Jingo Harleyman

Jingo Harleyman // Hari Karachi & the Durango 4 OST announcement // 10th September 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/09/10/coming-soon-jingo-harleyman/

Jingo Harleyman // Hari Karachi & the Durango 4 OST Part 1 // 16th September 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/09/16/jingo-harleyman-hari-karachi-the-durango-4-ost-part-1/

Jingo Harleyman // Hari Karachi & the Durango 4 OST Part 2 // 22nd September 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/09/22/jingo-harleyman-hari-karachi-the-durango-4-ost-part-2/

Jingo Harleyman // Hari Karachi & the Durango 4 OST Part 3 // 26th September 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/09/26/jingo-harleyman-hari-karachi-the-durango-4-ost-part-3/

Jingo Harleyman // Hari Karachi & the Durango 4 OST Part 4 // 2nd October 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/10/02/jingo-harleyman-hari-karachi-the-durango-4-ost-part-4/

Jingo Harleyman on Bandcamp // 2nd December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/02/jingo-harleyman-on-bandcamp-and-its-all-free/

Jingo Harleyman // Life in a Korean Movie announcement // 17th February 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/02/17/jingo-harleyman-life-in-a-korean-movie-new-ep/

Jingo Harleyman // Life in a Korean Movie. Track 1 ‘Pre-credit sequence // 19th April 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/04/19/jingo-harleyman-life-in-a-korean-movie-track-no-1/

Jingo Harleyman // Life in a Korean Movie. Track 2 ‘Samaria Girl’ // 25th April 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/04/25/jingo-harleyman-life-in-a-korean-movie-track-no-2/

Jingo Harleyman // Life in a Korean Movie. Track 3 ‘Lover’s Phobia’ // 28th April 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/04/28/jingo-harleyman-life-in-a-korean-movie-track-no-3/

Jingo Harleyman // Life in a Korean Movie. Track 4 ‘Living in a Korean Film’ // 9th May 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/05/09/jingo-harleyman-life-in-a-korean-movie-track-no-4/

Jingo Harleyman // Life in a Korean Movie. Track 5 ‘Christmas every August’ // 10th Mar 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/05/10/jingo-harleyman-life-in-a-korean-movie-track-no-5/

Jingo Harleyman // Life in a Korean Movie. Track 6 ‘We are the Cyborgs, but that’s OK’ // 17th May 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/05/17/jingo-harleyman-life-in-a-korean-movie-track-no-6/

Jingo Harleyman // Life in a Korean Movie. Track 7 ‘Ice-Cold Angels’ // 18th May 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/05/18/jingo-harleyman-life-in-a-korean-movie-track-no-7/

Jingo Harleyman // Life in a Korean Movie. Track 8 ‘Sassy Girls on the Beach’ //

Seahorse Productions: films and theatre

Ao Tuong (dreams) 2020 // short film // Seahorse Productions 30th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/30/seahorse-productions-ao-tuong-dreams-2020/

Bad Faith 2005 // short film // Seahorse Productions 6th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/06/seahorse-productions-bad-faith-berlin-germany-2005/

Inferno 2007 // short film // Seahorse Productions 25th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/24/seahorse-productions-inferno-2007/

L’ Assommoir Perdu Part 1 // Three short Berlin films 1995 // 15th June 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/06/15/l-assommoir-perdu-part-1-berlin-films-1995-1997/

Shadow Sonata 2014 // short film // Seahorse Productions 8th June 2020:https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/08/seahorse-productions-shadow-sonata-2014/

Steppenwolf (2008) 2014 // short film // Seahorse Productions 15th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/15/seahorse-productions-steppenwolf-berlin-2014/

Cinema

The Beatles // solo films and soundtracks, Part 1 // 31st August 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/08/31/the-beatles-solo-cinema-projects-some-not-so-fab-films-part-1/

The Beatles // solo films and soundtracks, Part 2 // 9th September 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/09/09/the-beatles-solo-cinema-projects-some-not-so-fab-films-part-2/

Jean-Paul Belmondo // R.I.P. // 8th September 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/09/08/jean-paul-belmondo-r-i-p/

Belmondo & Delon // Qu’est-ce que le cinema ? // 12th July 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/07/12/quest-ce-que-le-cinema-belmondo-delon/

Close up // Iran 1990 (Dir: Abbas Kiarostami // Cinema // 25th February 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/02/25/pessoa-and-kiarostami-the-disquiet-of-close-up/

The Cranes Are Flying // USSR, 1957 (Dir: Mikhail Kalatozov) // Cinema // 13th June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/13/art-cinema-the-cranes-are-flying-1957-ussr-director-mikhail-kalatozov/

Distracted // UK, 2018 (Dir James Devereaux) // 9th August 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/08/09/f-is-for-fake-d-is-for-distracted-distracted-james-devereaux-2018-uk/

Alexander Dovzhenko Ukrainian Artists #4 // 6th March 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/03/06/ukrainian-artists-4-alexander-dovzhenko/

Makiko Esumi // 5th July 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/07/05/makiko-esumi-and-maborosi/

Olivia Hussey // R.I.P. // 17th February 2025: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2025/02/17/olivia-hussey-r-i-p/

Korean Cinema

Kim Ki-duk // Korean film director // 2nd February 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/02/02/kim-ki-duk-1960-2020/

Lee Eun-ju // A Korean Star // 3rd September 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/09/03/lee-eun-ju-a-korean-star/

Youn Yuh-jung // Congratulations ! // 28th April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/28/youn-yuh-jung-best-supporting-actress/

Korean Cinema: Shades of a Heart 2019 // 4th February 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/02/04/korean-cinema-shades-of-a-heart-2019/

Harold Lloyd // Hooray for Harold Lloyd // 28th June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/28/hooray-for-harold-lloyd/

David Lynch // R.I.P. // 19th February 2025: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2025/02/19/david-lynch-r-i-p/

Noirish Project // UK, 2018 (Dir James Devereaux) // 11th July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/11/noirish-project-theatre-literature-pure-cinema/

Peter O’Toole: A legend // 24th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/24/peter-otoole-a-legend/

Paul Ritter // R.I.P / 2nd January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/02/paul-ritter-r-i-p/

The Painted Bird // Czech Republic 2019 (Dir Vaclav Marhoul) // 29th July 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/07/29/book-into-film-the-painted-bird/

Star Wars – The power of one // 21st June 2024: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2024/06/21/star-wars-the-real-power-of-one/

Music

Classical Music: where to start ?

Part 1 // Poulenc, Wagner, Hildegard von Bingen, R.V. Williams // 8th March 2026: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2026/03/08/classical-music-where-to-start-part-1/

Part 2 //Granados, Handel, Rachmaninoff, Brahms // 14th March 2026: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2026/03/14/classical-music-where-to-start-part-2/

1966 Rock Classics // 23rd July 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/07/23/1966-rock-classics-and-some-soul-jazz-and-a-world-cup/

1967 Rock Classics // 1st March 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/03/01/1967-rock-classics-and-some-jazz-country-soul-easy-listening/

1968 Rock Classics // 11th July 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/07/11/1968-rock-classics-post-psychedelic-back-to-basics/

Jazz Music // 29th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/29/jazz-music/

Jazz // models, fashion and attitude // 5yh May 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/05/05/jazz-models-fashion-and-attitude/

Burt Bacharach tribute // 16th February 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/02/16/burt-bacharach-r-i-p/

Jeff Beck tribute // 12th January 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/01/12/jeff-beck-r-i-p/

Tony Bennett tribute // 8th August 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/08/08/tony-bennett-r-i-p/

David Crosby tribute // 22nd January 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/01/22/david-crosby-r-i-p/

Peter Green tribute // 18th February 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/02/18/peter-green-1946-2020/

Nanci Griffith tribute // 18th August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/18/nanci-griffith-last-of-the-true-believers/

Math Rock // 16th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/16/so-what-is-math-rock/

Mike Nesmith tribute // 11th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/12/mike-nesmith-r-i-p/

Phil Ochs – Happy Birthday // 21st December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/21/phil-ochs-happy-birthday/

Alice Sara Ott: Nightfall CD (Erik satie) // 30th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/30/alice-sara-ott-nightfall-french-piano-music/

Lee Scott Revelle tribute // 6th August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/06/lee-scott-revelle-rip/

Andy Rourke Tribute // 19th May 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/05/19/andy-rourke-r-i-p/

Swedish Rock // 4th October 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/10/04/swedish-rock-and-hej-da-to-stella/

Charlie Watts tribute // 30th August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/30/charlie-watts-r-i-p/

Brian Wilson tribute // 13th June 2025: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2025/06/13/brian-wilson-r-i-p/

Musicians we have recently lost // Dave Greenfield, Lee Konitz, Little Richard, Bill Withers // 16th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/16/musicians-we-have-recently-lost/

Writing

Greek Myths

Oedipus // The hubris of Oedipus // 16th September 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/09/16/greek-myths-the-hubris-of-oedipus/

Theseus and the Minotaur// 6th October 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/10/04/young-learners-level-5-welcome-to-athens/

My ‘to read’ list // 29th August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/29/my-to-read-list/

Chinese fiction // Picador Book of Contemporary Chinese Short Stories // 24th July 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/07/24/chinese-short-stories-a-recommendation/

Wyndham Lewis ‘Song of the Militant Romance’ excerpt // 25th December 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/12/25/let-me-have-silence-always-that-is-essential/

Fernando Pessoa ‘Book of Disquiet’ // Cinema // 25th February 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/02/25/pessoa-and-kiarostami-the-disquiet-of-close-up/

Poetry for pronunciation // 16th April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/16/poems-for-pronunciation-practice/

Shakespeare – Famous Quotes // Adult Speaking Class, level 3 // 14th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/14/famous-shakespeare-quotes/

Ukrainian Artists #3: modern writers // 5th March 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/03/05/ukrainian-artists-3-modern-authors/

Ukrainian Artists #5 Taras Shevchenko // 12th March 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/03/12/ukrainian-artists-5-taras-shevchenko/

Ukrainian Artists #6 Gregory Skovoroda // 14th March 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/03/14/ukrainian-artists-6-gregory-skovoroda/

Art & Literature

Three poems and some Shakespeare // Auden, Betjeman, Larkin 19th July 2020:

https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/19/three-english-poems-and-some-shakespeare/fbclid=IwAR1WoY9acqpt_cOeeoXgFmYOKfJfLl73qtFO1zKJl80Luwaiop9aimgtJbo

Portrait, Landscape, Still Life (Wyndham Lewis, John Constable, Paul Cezanne) // Adult Class, Level 1 // 19th December 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/19/adult-class-level-1-lessons-1-2/

Art: giving opinion // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Art // 13th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/13/adult-speaking-class-level-3-art-what-do-you-think/

Art: DaDa & Surrealism // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Dali, Dada & Surrealism // 23rd April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/23/adult-speaking-class-level-3-dali-dada-and-surrealism/

Art: types of art // Young Learners, level 4 (Dali, Alice in Wonderland) // 16th May 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/05/16/young-learners-level-4-art-for-arts-sake/

Art: Unusual art // Adult Speaking Class ALH 8.2 // 3rd Match 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/08/adult-speaking-class-level-2-art-for-arts-sake/

Pieter Bruegel the Elder // Young Learners // 9th January 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/01/09/young-learners-time-travellers/

Ukrainian Artists #1: Ivan Marchuk // 3rd March 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/03/03/ukrainian-artists-1-ivan-marchuk/

Ukrainian Artists #2: Tania D’Avignon // 4th march 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/03/04/ukrainian-artists-2-tania-davignon/

Seahorse Productions: theatre and writing

Takin’ Care of Business: An Elvis Comedy

Act One // 23rd April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/23/takin-care-of-business/

Act Two // https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/24/takin-care-of-business-act-two/

Act Three // https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/25/taking-care-of-business-act-three/

Waiting Fo(u)r Godard

One-actor play / Royalty-free // Seahorse Productions 5th September 2020:

https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/05/waiting-fo-u-r-godard-a-play-for-one-actor-two-laptops/?fbclid=IwAR3Sbi0dIZJSQGZOVB749tNA5YSE_zYzbF2UWwEhQX92IH8gvF3ep5ptvnY

Parables from the Land of the Scorpion

The All-Knowing Parent // 9th November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/09/parables-from-the-land-of-the-scorpion/

Love and chaos

Love and Chaos: A novel set in post-Wende Berlin of a pre-internet world. Set between the deaths of Kurt Cobain and Elliott Smith.

Title page, photo by Ana Svarz // 11th November 2020

Contents // 11th November 2020

Part One

Richard – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/11/love-and-chaos-part-1a/

Chris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/11/love-and-chaos-part-1b/

Melanie – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/11/7839/

Marina – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/13/love-and-chaos-part-1d-marina-1/

Richard – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/14/love-and-chaos-part-1e-richard-2/

Chris – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/14/love-and-chaos-part-1f-chris-2/

Claudia – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/15/love-and-chaos-part-1g-claudia/

Chris – 3 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/16/love-and-chaos-part-1h-chris-3/

Richard – 3 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/17/love-and-chaos-part-1i-richard-3/

The Divine Poet From Florence https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/17/love-and-chaos-part-1j-the-divine-poet-from-florence/

Chris – 4 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/18/love-and-chaos-part-1k-chris-4/

Shoulder – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/19/love-and-chaos-part-1l-shoulder-1/

Steffi – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/20/love-and-chaos-part-1m-steffi-1/

Part Two

Richard – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/22/love-and-chaos-part-2a-richard-1/

Chris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/23/love-and-chaos-part-2b-chris-1/

The knock on the door https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/24/love-and-chaos-part-2c-the-knock-on-the-door/

Will – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/27/love-and-chaos-part-2d-will-1/

Firefly (prologue): https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/30/love-and-chaos-part-2e-firefly-prologue/

Firefly: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/30/love-and-chaos-part-2f-firefly/

Nuno: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/01/love-and-chaos-part-2g-nuno-1/

Chris – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/02/love-and-chaos-part-2h-chris-2/

Richard – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/03/love-and-chaos-part-2i-richard-2/

Part Three

Richard – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/05/love-and-chaos-part-3a-richard-1/

Chris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/06/love-and-chaos-part-3b-chris-1/

Kurt C – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/06/love-and-chaos-part-3c-kurt-c-1/

Richard – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/07/love-and-chaos-part-3d-richard-2/

Hitch – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/09/love-and-chaos-part-3e-hitch-1/

Chris – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/13/love-and-chaos-part-3f-chris-2/

Part Four

Richard – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/15/love-and-chaos-part-4arichard-1/

Lorelei – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/18/love-and-chaos-part-4b-lorelei-1/

Chris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/23/love-and-chaos-part-4c-chris-1/

The Concert of Grotesques: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/28/love-and-chaos-part-4d-the-concert-of-grotesques/

Gabi – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/29/love-and-chaos-part-4e-gabi-1/

Chris – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/02/love-and-chaos-part-4f-chris-2/

Monika – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/09/love-and-chaos-part-4g-monika-1/

Richard – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/12/love-and-chaos-part-4h-richard-2/

Arizona Al – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/21/love-and-chaos-part-4i-arizona-al-1/

Part Five

How a coffee break started a new scientific theory https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/02/09/love-and-chaos-part-5a-how-a-coffee-break-started-a-new-scientific-theory/

Chris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/23/love-and-chaos-part-5b-chris-1/

Richard – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/29/love-and-chaos-part-5c-richard-1/

Burkhardt – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/02/love-and-chaos-part-5d-burkhard-1/

Chris – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/03/love-and-chaos-part-5e-chris-2/

Tommy – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/09/love-and-chaos-part-5f-tommy-1/

Tommy – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/22/love-and-chaos-part-5g-tommy-2/

Richard – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/22/love-and-chaos-part-5h-richard-2/

Chris – 3 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/03/love-and-chaos-part-5i-chris-3/

Sylvester – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/04/love-and-chaos-part-5j-sylvester-1/

Part Six

Chris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/06/love-and-chaos-part-6a-chris-1/

Monika – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/07/love-and-chaos-part-6-b-monika-1/

Richard – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/08/love-and-chaos-part-6-c-richard-1/

Three English Portraits – https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/09/love-and-chaos-part-6-d-three-english-portraits/

Arizona Al – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/10/love-and-chaos-part-6-e-arizona-al-1/

Monika – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/11/love-and-chaos-part-6-f-monika-2/

Johan – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/13/love-and-chaos-part-6-g-johan-1/

Descriptions of a Doctor – https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/14/love-and-chaos-part-6-h-descriptions-of-a-doctor/

Jake – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/19/love-and-chaos-part-6-i-jake-1/

Chris – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/22/love-and-chaos-part-6-j-chris-2/

Richard – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/23/love-and-chaos-part-6-k-richard-2/

Daniel – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/25/love-and-chaos-part-6-l-daniel-1/

Part Seven

Stefan – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/26/love-and-chaos-part-7-a-stefan-1/

Daniel – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/28/love-and-chaos-part-7b-daniel-1/

Chris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/30/love-and-chaos-part-7c-chris-1/

Boris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/01/love-and-chaos-part-7d-boris-1/

Ragno – Prologue https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/02/love-and-chaos-part-7e-ragno-prologue/

Ragno – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/03/love-and-chaos-part-7f-ragno-1/

Richard – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/07/love-and-chaos-part-7g-richard-1/

Daniel – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/08/love-and-chaos-part-7h-daniel-2/

Monika – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/08/love-and-chaos-part-7i-monika-1/

Alan – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/11/love-and-chaos-part-7j-alan-1/

Eric – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/12/love-and-chaos-part-7k-eric-1/

Part Eight

Alan – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/14/love-and-chaos-part-8a-alan-1/

Call me Herman https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/16/love-and-chaos-part-8b-call-me-herman/

Chris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/17/love-and-chaos-part-8c-chris-1/

Richard – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/21/love-and-chaos-part-8d-richard-1/

Julie – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/24/love-and-chaos-part-8e-julie-1/

Chris – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/06/29/love-and-chaos-part-8f-chris-2/

Daniel – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/07/02/love-and-chaos-part-8g-daniel-1/

Alan – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/07/06/love-and-chaos-part-8h-alan-2/

Part Nine

Daniel – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/07/11/love-and-chaos-part-9a-daniel-1/

Johanna – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/07/19/love-and-chaos-part-9b-johanna-1/

Sergei – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/07/26/love-and-chaos-part-9c-sergei-1/

Julie – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/07/30/love-and-chaos-part-9d-julie-1/

Chris – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/07/love-and-chaos-part-9e-chris-1/

Richard – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/14/love-and-chaos-part-nine-f-richard-1/

A Christmas Miscellany https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/09/24/love-and-chaos-part-9-g-a-christmas-miscellany/

Jake – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/09/27/love-and-chaos-part-nineg-jake-1/

Richard – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/09/30/love-and-chaos-part-9i-richard-2/

Enrique Granados – The Last Romantic https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/01/love-and-chaos-part-9j-enrique-granados-the-last-romantic/

Chris – 2 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/13/love-and-chaos-part-9k-chris-2/

Part Ten

Vincent – 1 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/09/01/love-chaos-part-tena-vincent-1/

Subject Index: IELTS – themes, language, exercises

4th December 2020

An index of various IELTS classes and topics useful to IELTS students

Subject // Lesson // Date

Pre-IELTS challenge: creative writing, plan a day, pronunciation // Adult Class Level 3 // 30th May 2020

IELTS classroom rules // What I expect from you // 7th August 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/08/07/ielts-what-i-expect-from-you/

IELTS classroom behaviour // An open blog // 14th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/14/to-my-ielts-students-an-open-blog/

IELTS: Final Review // 5th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/05/ielts-final-review/

IELTS: Mindset first day warm up // IELTS: Mindset // 23rd June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/23/ielts-mindset-introduction-lesson/

IELTS Mindset 2: First Review // idioms, complex sentences, introductions, L-FWs) // 22nd December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/22/ielts-mindset-2-first-review/

IELTS Mindset 2: Mini Review // idioms & relative pronouns // 11th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/11/ielts-mini-lesson-review/

How to pass IELTS (with flying colours) // IELTS // 26th July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/26/ielts-how-to-pass-with-flying-colours/

How to attain 8.5 // IELTS: Chasing 8 1/2 // 12th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/12/ielts-8-1-2-chasing-8-1-2/

IELTS Oral Test // A reminder of what you need to say // 17th September 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/09/17/ielts-oral-test-a-refresher/

Speaking Test Part 3 // IELTS: How to nail it // IELTS // 12th September 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/15/ielts-speaking-test-part-3-how-to-nail-it/

Speaking Test Part 3 // Theme: Education // 24th September 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/24/ielts-speaking-test-part-3-theme-education/

Speaking Test Part 3 // Tackling Part 3 // 19th April 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/04/19/ielts-tackling-part-3/

Speaking Test practice // Sisyphus as metaphor // 10th May 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/05/10/ielts-sisyphus-as-metaphor/

IELTS 5 – 6.5 // all lesson plans // 13th August 2019 – 15th March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/category/ielts-5-6-5/

Animal expressions // Animal Crackers // 10th August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/10/ielts-animal-crackers-animal-expressions-to-impress-examiners/

Animal expressions // N – Z // 12th August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/12/ielts-animal-magic-expressions-n-z/

Apple workers in China // IELTS // 30th July 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/07/30/ielts-speaking-practice-manufacturing-in-vietnam/

Australia // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/15/ielts-5-6-5-i-come-from-a-land-down-under/

Cinema: Describe your favourite film // 16th March 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/03/16/ielts-talking-pictures-describe-a-favourite-film/

Complaints // IELTS: Making complaints // 24th July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/24/ielts-speaking-practice-making-complaints-writing-blogs/

Electronic devises (Part 2 sample answer) // IELTS speaking exercise // 4th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/04/ielts-chunking-express-final-lesson/

Famous Vietnamese // (Ngô Thanh Vân, Vo Thi Sao) // IELTS Lesson 3 – May The Force Be With You // 14th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/14/ielts-lesson-3-may-the-force-be-with-you/

Food // British Food // IELTS // 28th September 2020:

General // IELTS // 19th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/19/ielts-travel-follow-up/

General // IELTS: Final Review // 5th March 2019

Holidays from Hell // IELTS // 10th February 2019: Travel: my stay in Bangkok in pictures // IELTS // 10th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/10/ielts-have-love-will-travel/

Hometown, cities, neighbourhoods // IELTS 5 // 31st December 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/03/ielts-5-reading-listening/

Hometown & neighbourhood // IELTS // My Hometown // 28th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/28/ielts-my-hometown/

Hometowns & neighbourhoods // new vocab and idioms // There are places // 6th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/06/ielts-there-are-places-ill-remember/

Hometowns & neighbourhoods // Part 2 speaking practice // 4th April 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/04/04/ielts-hometowns-neighbourhoods-speaking-test-part-two-practice/

IELTS introduction (survey) // IELTS // 31st December 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/03/ielts-5-reading-listening/

India // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/24/ielts-hello-india/

India // IELTS: Hello, India // 18th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/17/ielts-focus-on-india/

Japan // Focus on Japan // Listening & paraphrasing skills // 18th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/18/ielts-focus-on-japan/

Job interviews – language and role playing // 31st January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/31/ielts-job-interviews/

Kindle // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020

Kindle // writing exercise // Chungking Express // 4th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/04/ielts-chunking-express-final-lesson/

Making excuses // IELTS // Speaking // small talk, making excuses // 12th May 2020

Manufacturing in Vietnam // IELTS // 30th July 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/07/30/ielts-speaking-practice-manufacturing-in-vietnam/

Mindset first day warm up // IELTS: Mindset // 23rd June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/23/ielts-mindset-introduction-lesson/

Plan a day compilation activities // hotels, itineraries, travel vocabulary // IELTS // 16th December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/16/ielts-planning-a-day-out/

Plan a day: What my friends can so in Sai Gon // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/category/ielts-5-6-5/

Schools in UK // IELTS: UK school system // IELTS // 17th September 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/17/ielts-the-uk-school-system/

Shopping // IELTS Speaking 4.5 // types of shopping // 7th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/06/ielts-4-5-speaking-class/

Shopping // IELTS-level exercises //IELTS, theme: shopping // 5th August 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/08/05/ielts-theme-shopping/

Technology & conversation topics // Good Technology // 19th October 2020

Tet Holiday // IELTS // 28th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/28/ielts-the-limits-of-my-language-are-the-limits-of-my-world/

Travel

Travel: airport to city centre // IELTS // 10th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/10/ielts-have-love-will-travel/

Travel in two minutes // IELTS // 19th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/19/ielts-travel-follow-up/

Travel // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019

Travel: my stay in Bangkok in pictures // IELTS // 10th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/10/ielts-have-love-will-travel/

Travel: Part 2 question // 10th April 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/04/10/ielts-travel-questions/

Travel: one day in Sai Gon // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019 //

Travel: recommend a holiday // IELTS // 4th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/04/ielts-chunking-express-final-lesson/

What’s the story (lazy student) // IELTS // 7th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/06/ielts-4-5-speaking-class/

Yoga & exercise // IELTS writing practice // 25th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/25/ielts-writing-practice-yoga-health-well-being/

IELTS Games:

IELTS: warm up games // https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/25/ielts-warm-up-games/

Pre-IELTS challenge: creative writing, plan a day, pronunciation // Adult Class Level 3 // 30th May 2020

IELTS Project // Holidays prepare an advert, plan a day // IELTS // 16th June 2020

Call My Bluff // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019

Chinese Whispers // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019

Complex sentences // 7th February 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/02/07/ielts-lets-get-complex/

Friends (men) // Personality adjectives & occupations // 28th December 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/28/friends-men-teaching-sheet/

Role-play: shopping// IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019

What’s the Story ? (Chinese film) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 11th September 2019

Word Bomb // IELTS, Love it, hate it, not my cup of tea // 21st January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/21/ielts-i-love-it-i-hate-it-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-its-ok/

Word Games // Getting across the line // 5th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/05/ielts-getting-across-the-line-how-to-boost-your-vocabulary-plus-class-games/

Films

Chungking Express (film) // IELTS // 16th April 2019 /// IELTS // 4th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/04/ielts-chunking-express-final-lesson/

Ing …(film) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019

Lost in Translation // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/06/ielts-mindset-why-do-you-like-the-film/

Not One Less (video clip) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

The Owl and the Sparrow (Vietnam) // IELTS // 16th April 2019

Social Network // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019 //

Star Wars The Last Jedi // IELTS // 14th January 2019

Take Care of my Cat (South Korea) // IELTS // 16th April 2019

Tokyo Story (Japan) // IELTS // 16th April 2019

Grammar

Adverb exercise // IELTS: use adverbs frequently // 3rd July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/03/ielts-use-adverbs-frequently-correctly-and-confidently/

Discourse Markers // IELTS // 18th February 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/02/18/ielts-discourse-markers/

Discourse Markers // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/09/25/ielts-5-6-5-all-you-need-is-love-and-relative-pronouns/

Discourse Markers // IELTS // 7th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/06/ielts-4-5-speaking-class/

Discourse Markers // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/15/ielts-5-6-5-writing-example/

IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020:

IELTS ‘ness’ or ‘ment’ ? // 28th January 2019:

Relative clauses and complex sentences // family // 17th February 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/02/17/ielts-relatives-relatively-speaking/

Relative pronouns quiz // IELTS Review // vocabulary, discourse, sentence building // 25th June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/25/ielts-review-the-basics-you-should-know-before-your-test/

Relative pronouns // IELTS // 1st July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/01/ielts-its-all-relative-relative-clause-practice/

Relative pronouns and complex sentences // 16th February 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/02/16/ielts-relatively-speaking/

Idioms

Advanced idioms (chasing 8 1/2) // Get your motor running // 15th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/12/ielts-8-1-2-chasing-8-1-2/

Expressions and phrases // IELTS // 19th February 2019

Expressions using ‘feet’ // IELTS // 25th November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/25/ielts-some-footnotes-to-help-you-stand-on-your-own-two-feet/

Idioms: An introduction // IELTS // 17th March 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/17/ielts-hitting-the-ground-running-an-introduction-to-idioms-for-a-new-class/

Idioms: everyday idioms, everyday // Teaching Notes // 3rd June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/02/everyday-idioms-everyday/

Idioms: a piece of cake // Teaching Notes // 1st June 2020

Idioms: are you pulling my leg ? // Teaching Notes // 2nd June 2020

Idioms: food // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: food // 19th April 2020

Idioms: part 3 extended idioms use // Teaching Notes // 4th June 2020

Idioms // Adult Speaking Class / IELTS: Right up your street // 26th August 2020

IELTS // idioms and vocab games // Preparing for speaking test // 15th May 2020

Idioms (sweets) // IELTS // 19th February 2019

New idioms for Semester 2 // Fluency, intonation & stress // 15th October 2020

Pronunciation & Listening Practice

Listening Practice // Listening skills: Tips & links: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/23/listening-skills-tips-and-links/

Newsreader activity // Mindset 2, Lesson 1 // idioms, just a minute // 15th April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/15/mindset-2-lesson-1-say-it-feel-it-ace-it/

Pronunciation, intonation & stress // IELTS, intonation Volume 1 // 16th November 2020 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/16/ielts-intonation-stress-let-me-feel-the-emotion-volume-1/

Speaking Practice: Read all about it (Obama, Trump, Biden, Abbot, Barcow) // 2nd November 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/02/speaking-practice-read-all-about-it/

Sentence building & Vocabulary

Database of idioms, L-FWs & expressions // 22nd October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/22/ielts-language-bank-idioms-and-l-fws-you-need-to-have-at-your-beck-and-call/

IELTS expressions (heart & gold) // 18th April 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/04/18/ielts-a-heart-of-gold-and-other-expressions/

IELTS vocabulary building // IELTS: Vocabulary activities // 24th April 2020

IELTS vocabulary & expressions review // IELTS: The story so far // 7th July 2020

IELTS basic sentence building // IELTS // 28th January 2019 // // IELTS // 14th January 2019

IELTS complex sentences // What did you do, will you do ? // 7th September 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/06/ielts-complex-sentences/

IELTS complex sentences // Introduction // 23rd November 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/23/ielts-introduction-to-complex-sentences/

IELTS complex sentences practice // 4th March 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/04/ielts-complex-sentences-practice-and-more-practice/

IELTS complex sentences // IELTS, Mindset: Complex sentences (T-ara, 007, Tsai Ing-wen) // 30th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/30/ielets-mindset-complex-sentences/

IELTS complex sentences // It’s not that complicated // 24th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/24/ielts-complex-sentences-its-not-that-complicated/

IELTS complex sentences practice // 15th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/15/ielts-complex-sentences-practice/

IELTS complex sentences practice #2 // 18th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/18/ielts-complex-sentences-practice-2/

Bad Day – create a narrative // IELTS: Lesson 3 // 19th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/14/ielts-lesson-3-may-the-force-be-with-you/

Bad Student – create a narrative // IELTS Speaking Class 4.5 // 7th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/06/ielts-4-5-speaking-class/

Bangkok – create a narrative // 10th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/10/ielts-have-love-will-travel/

Cities, areas, descriptions // IELTS // 31st December 2018

IELTS describe a film // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020

IELTS describe a gadget // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020

Expressions and phrases // IELTS // 19th February 2019

IELTS How to introduce your answer // 28th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/28/ielts-please-allow-me-to-introduce-myself/

IELTS // Quick-fire talking // Part 2 questions // 12th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/12/ielts-quick-fire-talking/

IELTS // Replace standard English with IELTS language // 19th August 2020

IELTS // Review // vocabulary, discourse markers, sentence building // 25th June 2020

Match the phrase to the meaning // IELTS, Love it, hate it, not my cup of tea // 21st January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/21/ielts-i-love-it-i-hate-it-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-its-ok/

Sentence building // IELTS //22nd July 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/07/22/ielts-sentence-building/

Sentence building; a piece of cake (Mr Bean, Converse, Apple) // IELTS // 16th August 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/08/16/ielts-sentence-building-a-piece-of-cake/

Speaking, writing, thinking // Going online / hometown // 229th March 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/03/29/ielts-speaking-writing-thinking-the-ielts-way/

Tet Holiday – create a narrative // IELTS: The limits of my language … // 28th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/28/ielts-the-limits-of-my-language-are-the-limits-of-my-world/

Vocabulary boosting & fixed expressions // 27th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/27/ielts-vocabulary-boosting-fixed-expression-theres-nothing-i-like-more/

Vocabulary building // using L-FWs & signpost language // 5th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/05/ielts-getting-across-the-line-how-to-boost-your-vocabulary-plus-class-games/

Vocabulary building for Level 2 // 4th May 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/05/04/ielts-vocabulary-bank-to-help-you-ace-the-test/

What difference (definitions) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

Speaking exercises

IELTS: How to pass with flying colours // 26th July 2020 (using idioms and low-frequency words and expressions in your speaking test) https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/26/ielts-how-to-pass-with-flying-colours/

British Food // Sample answers // IELTS // 27th, 29th September, 1st October 2020

Complaining // IELTS making complaints // 24th July 2020

Electronic devises // IELTS speaking exercise // 4th March 2019

Everyday expressions // IELTS / Adult Speaking 3 // Everyday expressions // 28th August 2020

Everyday expressions database // IELTS / Adult Speaking 3 // 25th August 2020

Fluency, intonation & stress // Get Your Motor Runnin’ // 15th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/12/ielts-8-1-2-chasing-8-1-2/

Friends game & review on introductions // IELTS Mindset 1, Lesson 6 // 20th April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/20/ielts-mindset-1-lesson-6-speaking-speaking-and-more-speaking/

IELTS // intonation and stress // speaking exercises // 31st August 2020

Like or dislike // IELTS // 16th April 2019

Music // IELTS // 16th April 2019

Music // IELTS 5-6.5 // 11th September 2019

Music // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

Notes for fluent speaking // 21st January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/21/ielts-notes-for-fluent-speaking/

One of those days // IELTS // 14th January 2019

Part 2 sample answer // Chungking Express // 4th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/04/ielts-chunking-express-final-lesson/

Phrases // IELTS // 21st January 2019

Pre-Speaking Test review // idioms, L-FW, pronunciation // 30th September 2020

IELTS // Quick-fire talking // Part 2 questions // 12th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/12/ielts-quick-fire-talking/

Small talk // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019

IELTS // Preparing for speaking test // 14th May 2020

IELTS: Speaking Test checklist // 12th February 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/02/12/ielts-speaking-test-checklist/

IELTS // Speaking practice: “lend me your ears,” // Activities (LFWs, idioms, introductions, expressions, small talk) // 16th July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/16/ielts-speaking-practice-lend-me-your-ears-and-take-a-tip-from-thay-paul/

IELTS // Speaking practice // IELTS language // IELTS // 10th August 2020

Speaking Test preparation // Last Chance Saloon // IELTS // 8th September 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/08/ielts-last-chance-saloon/

Speaking Test // Final run through // 25th March 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/25/ielts-final-round-through/

Speaking Test Part 3 // IELTS: How to nail it // IELTS // 12th September 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/15/ielts-speaking-test-part-3-how-to-nail-it/

Speaking Test Part 3 // IELTS: theme – education // IELTS // 24th September 2020

IELTS // Speaking exercises // small talk & making excuses // 12th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/12/ielts-speaking-exercises/

Video Clips

Vietnam on video Part 1 (3 clips: beer / weird culture / superstitions // Part 1 // 23rd October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/23/vietnam-on-video-part-1/

Vietnam on Video Part 2 (Ha Noi & SG, Top Gear driving school, Floyd on pho) // 26th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/26/vietnam-on-video-part-2/

Australian hero – Aussie slang // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/15/ielts-5-6-5-i-come-from-a-land-down-under/

Complaints // IELTS: Making complaints // 24th July 2020

Corona Virus Government video // IELTS 4 – 5 // Implementing precautions // 25th March 2020

Damn fine coffee // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019

London street trader // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019

Not One Less // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

Social Network // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019

Vietnam – country in transition // IELTS // 30th July 2019

Vietnamese beer review (Sai Gon Red) // IELTS // 21st January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/21/ielts-i-love-it-i-hate-it-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-its-ok/

Vietnam (unexpected things vlog) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019

Mark Wiens Kolkata, India // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020

Writing Examples

IELTS David Bowie // information from a text and rewriting // 23rd April 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/04/23/david-bowie-by-request/

IELTS language // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020

IELTS // Writing exercises // re-arrange poor writing // 12th May 2020

IELTS // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020

IELTS writing practice // Yoga & exercise // 25th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/25/ielts-writing-practice-yoga-health-well-being/

Review Lessons

IELTS // Mindset 1 Lesson 1 // Happy St Patrick’s Day // 17th March 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/17/ielts-hitting-the-ground-running-an-introduction-to-idioms-for-a-new-class/

IELTS // Mindset 1, Lesson 2 // Tet Holiday, Cinema, Ms Hanna from Ha Noi // 24th March 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/24/ielts-mindset-1-lesson-2-review/

IELTS // Mindset 1, Lesson 4 // Introductions, speaking practice, karaoke bars // 7th April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/07/ielts-mindset-1-lesson-4-review/

IELTS // Mindset 1, Lesson 5 // Day out for Ethan // 14th April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/14/ielts-mindset-1-lesson-5-review/

IELTS // Mindset 1, Lesson 2 // Introduce your family & relative clauses // 21st April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/21/ielts-mindset-1-lesson-6-review/

IELTS // Relative clauses, Bad day narrative, April 30th // Mindset 1 & 2 // 26th April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/26/ielts-mindset-create-narratives-april-30th/

IELTS // Relative clauses & directions // Mindset 1 & 2 // 29th April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/29/ielts-mindset-1-lesson-7-review/

Subject Index: Grammar lessons, videos and exercises

4th December 2020

Grammar

Correct the grammar game // Level 1 // 23rd November 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/11/23/is-grammar-important/

I want 100 Adjectives // Young Teens // 2nd August 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/08/02/i-want-100-adjectives/

Adjective absolute // Grammar // 6th January 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/01/06/absolutely-about-adjectives/

Adjectives // Daliiiiiiiiii ! // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/10/24/young-learners-level-4-daaaaaaaallliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii/

Adjectives and sentence building // Young Learners, Level 6 // 15th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/15/young-learners-level-6-sensational-sentences-a-great-game/

Adjectives for Young Learners // Level 1 // Basics // 24th June 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/06/24/adjectives-for-young-learners-level-1/

Adjectives for Young Learners // Amazing Adjectives // 9th August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/09/young-learners-amazing-adjectives/

Adjectives for Young Learners // 2nd August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/02/young-learners-sentence-building-and-zoom-warm-up-games/

Adjectives – adding adjectives, adding interest // hair styles, clothes, new vocabulary // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1 // 14th October 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/10/14/adding-adjectives-increasing-interest/

Adjectives & Grammar Review // present continuous // 5th July 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/07/05/young-learners-level-6-adjectives-and-grammar-review/

Adjectives and their opposites // Young Learners, Level 3 // 14th October 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/10/14/young-learners-level-3-using-new-adjectives/

Adjectives: adding interest // (describing appearance) // Adult Class, Level 1 // 14th October 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/10/14/adding-adjectives-increasing-interest/

Adjectives: order // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Describing clothes // 19th March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/19/adult-speaking-class-level-2-describing-clothes/

Adjectives: clothes and materials // Adult Speaking Class, L 2: Describing clothes // 19th March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/19/adult-speaking-class-level-2-describing-clothes/

Adjectives: describing people // Adult Speaking Class, L 3: Describing people // 27th May 2020

Adjectives: personality // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: What type of person ? // 19th June 2020

Adjectives: personality // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Extended exercises // 20th June 2020

Adjectives: personality // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: // 21st June 2020

Adjectives // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Personality adjectives // 7th June 2020

Adjectives: people and hair // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1 // 14th October 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/10/14/adding-adjectives-increasing-interest/

Adverbs // Young Teens // 21st February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/21/young-teens-deeply-madly-truly/

Adverbs & adjectives // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/category/young-learners-level-4/

Adverbs of frequency & new adjectives // Young Learners 6 // Cadburys Gorilla // 8th April 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/04/08/young-learners-level-6-adjectives-and-adverbs-review/

Adverbs of degree // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020

Adverbs of frequency // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Quick review // 7th June 2020

Adverbs of frequency // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1, How often do you … ? // 16th August 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/08/16/adult-speaking-class-level-1-how-often-do-you/

Adverbs & expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Adverbs // 26th June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/26/adult-speaking-class-level-2-adverbs-and-expressions/

Adverb exercise // IELTS: use adverbs frequently // 3rd July 2020

Adverbs of manner // Young Learners, Level 4 // 28th February 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/02/28/young-learners-level-4-adverbs-of-manner/

Adverbs of manner exercises // Young Learners, Level 4 // 9th March 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/03/09/young-learners-level-4-using-adjectives-adverbs-and-your-imagination/

Adverbs of probability // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // Coffee Shop Chat // 11th June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/11/adult-speaking-class-level-2-coffee-shop-chat/

Creative writing // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Storytelling part 2 // 30th March 2020

As … as // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 5 // 4th February 2020

Auxiliary (helping) verbs // Beginners’ English: Sentence Building // 16th March 2020

Auxiliary and infinite verbs // Teaching Notes // 9th March 2021:https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/09/students-hate-to-be-corrected-but-teachers-like-to-address-issues/

Can, could, be able to // Adult Class, Level 3 // 12th December 2019

Can, can’t, is, isn’t // Young Learners, Level 2: Senses working overtime // 3rd October 2020

Collocations // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/18/adult-speaking-class-level-2-collocations/

Collocations // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: More collocations // 16th May 2020

Comparisons and superlatives // Young Learners, Level 5 // 19th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/19/young-learners-level-5-amazon-rain-forest-quiz-and-comparisons/

Comparisons and superlatives // Young Learners, Level 5 // 9th December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/09/young-learners-level-5-superlatives-and-superheroes/

Comparisons // Young Learners, Level 5 // 24th August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/24/young-learners-level-5-comparisons/

Contractions (video) // Beginners’ English, Part 2

Discourse Markers // IELTS // 18th February 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/02/18/ielts-discourse-markers/

Discourse Markers // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/09/25/ielts-5-6-5-all-you-need-is-love-and-relative-pronouns/

Discourse Markers // IELTS // 7th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/06/ielts-4-5-speaking-class/

Discourse Markers // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/15/ielts-5-6-5-writing-example/

First & second conditional // Adult Class, Level 3 // 22nd April 2019

Future plans Signs // Young Learners 4 // 22nd June 2019

Future plans // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019

Future plans // Adult Speaking Class, level 1: What will you do ? // 24th April 2020

Future tense // Adult C, L 3 // 6th November 2019

Have to or must ? // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 20th December 2019

Have to or must ? // Beginners’ English // 1st July 2020

Idioms // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020

Idioms // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: In order to improve // 30th June 2020

IELTS

Pre-IELTS challenge: creative writing, plan a day, pronunciation // Adult Class L 3 // 30th May 2020

IELTS: Adverb exercise // use adverbs frequently // 3rd July 2020

IELTS: Mindset first day warm up // IELTS: Mindset // 23rd June 2020

IELTS: warm up games // https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/25/ielts-warm-up-games/

IELTS: vocabulary building // IELTS: Vocabulary activities // 24th April 2020

IELTS // idioms and vocabulary games // Preparing for speaking test // 15th May 20202

Modal verbs // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 25th July 2020

Modal verbs // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 25th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/25/adult-speaking-class-level-2-part-6-2/

‘ness’ or ‘ment’ ? // IELTS // 28th January 2019

Past continuous // Young Teens // 17th January 2019

Past continuous // Adult Class, Level 3 // 23rd September 2019

Past continuous exercises // Beginners’ English, Part 2 // 7th July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/06/beginners-english-past-tense-exercises/

Past perfect // Adult Class, Level 3 // 23rd September 2019

Past simple // Adult Class, Level 3 // 23rd September 2019

Past simple & past continuous exercise // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1 // 15th August 2020

Past simple & past continuous exercise // Young Learners, Level 5 // 28th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/28/past-simple-and-past-continuous/

Past simple & past continuous exercise // Young Learners, Level 5 // 4th November 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/04/young-learners-level-5-what-were-you-doing-when/

Past Tense // Starting Past Tense // Young Learners, Level 4 // 4th May 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/05/04/young-learners-level-4-starting-the-past-tense/

Past Tense // Exercises, common verbs, pronunciation omnibus // 21st October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/21/past-tense-various-exercises-2/

Past Tense: Get Back to basics // Beginners’ English // 9th November 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/11/09/get-back-we-spoke-in-the-past-tense/

Past tense // Beginners’ English // Beginners’ English Part 4 // 20th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/21/beginners-english-part-4/

Past tense exercise // Adult Speaking Class, L2 Part 2 //

Past tense exercises // Beginners’ English, Part 2 // 7th July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/06/beginners-english-past-tense-exercises/

Past tense exercises // Teaching Notes // 12th July 2020

Past tense sentence building // Young Learners, Level 3 // 24th August 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/08/24/young-learners-level-3-sentence-building-using-the-past-tense/

Past tense pronunciation // Beginners’ English: The past is passed // 7th July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/05/beginners-englishthe-passed-it-past-pronunciation-guide/

Past tense review // Young Learners Level 2 // 26th October 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/10/26/young-learners-level-2-basic-simple-past-exercises/

Past Tense and Tet vocabulary // Young Learners, Level 3 // 7th February 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/02/07/young-learners-levels-3-4-putting-words-into-practice/

Past tense & past continuous // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Grammar quiz // 27th June 2020

Past tense & past perfect/ // Adult Speaking Class, L 2: Grammar – perfect form // 25th May 2020

Phrasal verbs // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 3

Phrasal verbs & collocations // Beginners’ English Part 4 // 20th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/21/beginners-english-part-4/

Phrasal verb exercises // Teaching Notes: Phrasal verbs // 16th June 2020

Possessives // Young Learners 3 // 7th September 2019

Present continuous (house plan) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020

Present continuous // Young Learners, Level 5 // 17th March 2026: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2026/03/17/what-are-you-doing-present-continuous/

Present perfect exercises // 6th September 2020 // Beginners’ English // Adult Speaking Class Level 1: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/06/present-perfect-exercises/

Present perfect exercises // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 4th July 2020

Present perfect exercises // Beginners’ English

Present perfect // Adult Class, Level 3 // 23rd September 2019

Present perfect (have you ever ?) // Adult Class, Level 1 // 26th February 2019

Present perfect (for & since) // Adult Class, Level 3 // 21st November 2019

Present perfect review // Adult Class, Level 1 // 5th March 2019

Pronoun declension // I Me Mine // 3rd December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/03/i-me-mine-pronoun-declensions/

Regular & irregular verbs // Beginners’ English Part 4 // 20th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/21/beginners-english-part-4/

Reflexive verbs // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 Part 2

Relative clauses & relative pronouns // Adult Class, Level 3 // 5th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/05/adult-class-level-3-business-icons/

Relative pronouns // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019:

Relative pronouns quiz // IELTS Review // vocabulary, discourse, sentence building // 25th June 2020

Relative pronouns // IELTS // 1st July 2020

Reported Speech // Adult C, L 3 // 8th October 2019

Reported Speech // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 5 // 4th February 2020

Review (irregular verbs, adverbs) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Quick review // 7th June 2020

Sentence correction (basic) // Young Learners 4 // 15th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/15/young-learners-level-4-can-you-hear-me-major-tom-2/

Similes // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 5 // 4th February 2020

Some or Any // Young Learners, Level 2 // 2nd December 2024: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2024/12/02/some-or-any-young-learners-level-2/

Speaking Grammar

Past Tense // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1 /// Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019 /// Adult C, L 3 // 16th September 2019

Past-time expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 6 // 8th February 2020

Third Conditional: Mr Bowditch // Adult Class, Level 3 // 22nd October 2019

Superlatives (Animals: longest, smallest) // Young Learners, Level 4 // 24th November 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/24/young-learners-level-4-longest-heaviest-shortest-lightest/

Tag questions // Adult Class, Level 3 // 15 August 2019: // 12 November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/11/adult-class-level-3-is-was-the-butler-wasnt-it/

Third conditional compilation (various examples, lesson plans and exercises) // 18th July 2020 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/18/third-conditional/

Third Conditional // Adult Class, Level 3 // 22nd October 2019

Third conditional // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 3 // 16th January 2020

Third Conditional exercise // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Third Conditional 23 Jan 2020

15 most common verbs // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019 // Beginners’ English Part 4 // 20th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/21/beginners-english-part-4/

Verb endings // Conjugating basic verbs // 5th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/05/2022-the-year-of-the-grammar-back-to-basics/

Verbs ‘to be’ & ‘to have’ // To be or not to be … To have and have not // 10th November 2025: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2025/11/10/to-be-or-not-to-be-to-have-and-have-not/

Verb ‘to be’ // Young Learners, Starter & Beginners // 24th April 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/04/24/young-learners-starter-beginners-the-verb-to-be/

Verb ‘to be’ // Young Learners, Level 4 // 22nd May 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/05/22/young-learners-level-4-to-be-verb-1-verb-2-and-infinity/

Verb ‘to have’ & Viet translation // Young Learners 1 // 16th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/13/young-learners-level-1-lesson-5-parklife/

Verb ‘to have’ // Young Learners 1 // 26th May 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/05/24/young-learners-level-1-i-spy-with-my-little-eye/

Verb ‘need’ // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1:What do you need ? // 21st May 2020

Verbs ‘want’ or ‘need’ // Young Learners, Level 6 // 13th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/13/young-learners-level-6-stay-healthy/

What do they like ? // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1:What do they like ? // 22nd June 2020

Which one ? // Young learners, Level 4 // 10th November 2020

Subject Index: Beginners’ English

4th December 2020

Beginners’ English

Compilation of exercises: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/11/beginners-english/

The verb ‘to be’ // Young Learners, level 1 & Beginners’ English // 24th April 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/04/24/young-learners-starter-beginners-the-verb-to-be/

The verbs ‘to have’ & ‘to see’ // Young Learners, Parklife ! // 13th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/13/young-learners-level-1-lesson-5-parklife/

The verb ‘to like’ // Beginners’ English // 24th June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/24/beginners-english-sentence-building/

Basic verb conjugation (have / eat / wear) // Beginners’ English // 20th April 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/04/20/beginners-english-basic-verb-conjugation/

Basic Verbs (to like) // Young Learners, Levels 1 & 2 // 21st April 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/04/21/young-learners-level-1-2-the-verb-to-like/

Beginners‘ short conversations // Beginners’ English: Short dialogues // 8th April 2020

Cities of the Future // Young Learners, Levels 3 & 4 // 17th April 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/04/17/young-learners-levels-3-4-imagination-and-grammar/

Grammar exercises // Beginners’ English // 23rd June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/22/beginners-englishgrammar-exercises/

Grammar past continuous // Beginners’ English // 2nd July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/02/beginners-english-i-was-reading-your-blog-past-continuous/

How was your day ? // Beginners’ English // 26th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/28/beginners-english-how-was-your-day/

Introductions – what’s your name (video) // Beginners’ English, Part 2

Introductions // Beginners’ English: dialogues // 5th June 2020

Introducing Yourself // Beginners’ English: dialogues // 25th June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/25/beginners-english-introducing-yourself/

Introducing Yourself //Young Learners, Level 4 // 5th June 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/06/05/young-learners-level-4-introducing-yourself/

Past tense exercise // Beginners’ English, Part 2

Past tense // Beginners’ English // Beginners’ English Part 4

Past continuous // Beginners’ English: I was reading your blog // 2nd July 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/07/02/beginners-english-i-was-reading-your-blog-past-continuous/

Past tense pronunciation // Begs’ English: The past is passed // 7th July 2020:

Phrasal verbs & collocations // Beginners’ English Part 4

Present perfect exercises // Beginners’ English

Regular & irregular verbs // Beginners’ English Part 4

Sentence building & irregular verbs // Beginners’ English // 27th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/26/beginners-english-sentence-building-and-irregular-verbs/

Sentence building // Beginners’ English // 5th June 2020

Sentence building // Beginners’ English // 24th June 2020

Storytelling // Let’s Tell a Story // Young Learners, Level 3 // 18th August 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/08/18/young-learners-level-3-lets-tell-a-story/

Useful sounds ‘en’ and letter ‘g’ // Beginners’ English // 20th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/20/beginners-english-useful-sounds/

Vowels and it’s a / it’s an // Beginners’ English: vowels // 20th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/21/beginners-english-vowels/

What did you do yesterday ? // Beginners’ English // 26th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/28/beginners-english-how-was-your-day/

What’s it for ? // Beginners’ English // 25th June 2020:

Subject Index: Business English

4th December 2020

Business English

Accountancy // Business English: Accountancy // 6th May 2020

Business chat and idioms // Business English: Office chat // 29th April 2020

Business email writing // Business English // email writing // 8th March 2020

Business icons // Adult Class, Level 3 // 5th November 2019 (Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Pham Nhat Vuong)

Business meetings // Business English: Time management // 29th April 2020

Subject Index: Film, TV, Theatre & Music

4th December 2020

A list of some of the major films and songs that I’ve used in various lessons

Films, TV & Theatre

Around the World in 80 Days // Young Learners 5 // 27th October 2019

Big Bang Theory // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019

Blind Date // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage

Car Share // IELTS // 19th February 2019

Chungking Express // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 2019 /// IELTS // 16th April 2019 /// IELTS // 4th March 2019

Dead Poet Society // Adult C, L 3 // 7th November 2019

Dracula // Adult C, L 1 // 2nd January 2019

Dragon’s Den (US Shark’s Tank) // Adult C, L 3 // 18th March 2019

Far Flung Floyd // Adult professionals // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?

Far Flung Floyd // Vietnamese Party Food // 19th May 2020

Four Weddings and a Funeral // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 2

Holidays from Hell // IELTS // 10th February 2019

Ing … // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019

Inglorious Besterds // Adult C, L 1 // 26th February 2019

Live and Let Die // Young Teens // 27th February 2019

Lost in Translation // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020

Man Who Fell To Earth // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019

Most Haunted // Adult C, L 1 // 2 January 2019

Nosferatu // Adult C, L 1 // 2 January 2019

The Owl and the Sparrow (Vietnam) // IELTS // 16th April 2019

Psycho // Adult C, L 3 // 12 November 2019

Rebel Without A Cause // Adult C, L 3 // 15 August 2019 \ 12 November 2019

Reservoir Dogs // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019

Social Network // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019 /// Adult C, L 3 // 5th September 2019

Star Wars The Last Jedi // IELTS // 14th January 2019

Summer Holiday //Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019

Take Care of my Cat (South Korea) // IELTS // 16th April 2019

Tokyo Story (Japan) // IELTS // 16th April 2019

Top Gear // Adult professionals // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?

Top Gear / Vietnam / Porsche challenge / Tesla car / Break for the border /

Twin Peaks // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019

2001: A Space Odyssey // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019

Waiting For Godot // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 201

Music

Abba ‘Mamma Mia’ // Young Learners 2 // 18th May 2019

The Archies ‘Sugar, Sugar’ // KinderGarten 1 // 5th May 2019

Louis Armstrong ‘Hello Dolly’ // Young Learners 2 // 26th April 2019

Louis Armstrong ‘Wonderful World’ // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019

The Bangles ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019

The Beatles ‘I’ll Be Back’ // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1

Beatles ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019

David Bowie ‘Changes’ // IELTS // 16th April 2019

David Bowie ‘Space Oddity’ // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019

Bucks Fizz ‘Making Your Mind Up’ // Adult Class, Level 2 // 27th May 2019

Chic ‘Good Times’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

The Coasters ‘Poison Ivy’ // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020

The Deep Six ‘It’s Happening’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

Bob Dylan ‘Times They Are A-Changin’ // Adult C, L 3 // 3rd December 2019

Eifel 65 ‘Move Your Body’ // KinderGarten Safari 1 // 2nd March 2019

Flying Lizards ‘Money’ // Adult Class, Level 3 // 14 November 2019

James ‘Sit Down’ // KinderGarten 1 // 24th January 2019

Gene Kelly ‘Singing in the Rain’ // Young Learners 3 // 17th August 2019

Gladys Knight ‘Baby, Don’t Change Your Mind’ // IELTS // 16th April 2019

Kraftwerk ‘The Model’ // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019

Kraftwerk ‘We Are The Robots’ // KG 1 // 24th January 2019

Ali Hassan Kuban ‘Habibi’ // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020

Led Zepplin ‘Whole Lotta Love’ // Adult C, L 1 // 12 & 19 December 2018

John Lennon ‘Starting Over’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019

John Lennon ‘Imagine’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

Lykki Li ‘Little Bit’ // Young Learners 4 // 1st May 2019

Don McLean ‘Vincent’ // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019

Men At Work ‘Down Under’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019

Paul McCartney ‘Another Day’ // Adult Speaking Class, level 2

Kylie Minogue ‘can’t get you’ // IELTS // 21st January 2019

Nirvana ‘Teen Spirit’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

Ohio Express ‘Yummy, Yummy, Yummy’ // KG 1 // 5th May 2019

Otis Redding “Dock of the Bay’ // IELTS // 16th April 2019

REM ‘Stand’ // KinderGarten 1 // 24th January 2019

Cliff Richard ‘Summer Holiday’ // Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019

Russian National Anthem (2 versions) // Young Learners 3 // 7th September 2019

The Sonics ‘Have Love, Will Travel’ // IELTS // 10th February 2019

Spice Girls ‘Tell Me What You Want’ // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019

Steppenwolf ‘Born To Be Wild’ // Adult Class, Level 3 // 22nd April 2019

Stray Cats ‘Strut’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

Sweet ‘Love is like Oxygen’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019

Talking Heads ‘Once In A Lifetime’ // Adult Speaking Class, level 2

Tchaikovsky ‘Swan Lake’ // Adult Class, Level 3 // 4th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/03/adult-class-level-3-the-russian-soul/

Tuareg music // Adult Speaking Class, level 3. Theme: Travel // 11th February 2020

10cc ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019

Hank Williams ‘I’m so lonesome’ // IELTS // 21st January 2019

‘Run, Rabbit, Run’ // KinderGarten 1 // 24th January 2019

Reading exercises

Arabian Nights // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 6 24th January 2020

Reading practice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment

Sherlock Holmes // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd March 2020