8th October 2026
partly sunny, cool
Thursday
🔸 Rain cats and dogs – rain very heavily
🔸 Feel blue – feel sad or depressed
🔸 Everything looks black – a pessimistic outlook
🔸 Carry on – continue or persist with an activity
🔸 Beachcomber – someone who walks along the beach, often collecting things washed ashore
🔸 A tear ran down my cheek – a literal description to express sadness or strong emotion
🔸 Cattle boat – a ship used to transport livestock; sometimes used metaphorically for a cheap, uncomfortable means of travel
🔸 Hotfoot – move quickly or in a hurry, often on foot
🔸 A little one – a small child or baby
🔸 Die laughing – laugh uncontrollably or excessively
🔸 Cat got your tongue – used to describe someone who is unusually silent or unable to speak
🔸 Everything looks black – a pessimistic outlook
🔸 Carry on – continue or persist with an activity
🔸 Beachcomber – someone who walks along the beach, often collecting things washed ashore
🔸 A tear ran down my cheek – a literal description to express sadness or strong emotion
🔸 Cattle boat – a ship used to transport livestock; sometimes used metaphorically for a cheap, uncomfortable means of travel
🔸 Hotfoot – move quickly or in a hurry, often on foot
🔸 A little one – a small child or baby
🔸 Die laughing – laugh uncontrollably or excessively
🔸 Cat got your tongue – used to describe someone who is unusually silent or unable to speak
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Present Perfect Simple ( have +
V3 ) |
Present Perfect Continuous (have
+ been +V-ing) |
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Focuses on the result You have cleaned the bathroom ! It is not a speck
of dust ! |
Focuses on the activity I’ ve been gardening . It is so nice there! |
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Says ‘ how many “ She has read ten books this summer . |
Says “ how long “ She has been reading this book all day. |
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Describes a completed action I have written you an email. |
Describes an activity which may continue I have been writing emails. |
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When we can see evidence of recent activity The grass looks wet. Has it been raining
? I know! I look red. I have been running ! |
Homework
words x2
on the blog , as a comment under , create contexts with the new idioms
In the weather forecast they said it will rain with cats and dogs tomorrow
ReplyDeleteMy friend was feeling blue beacuse he lost his dog a month ago
He said that he sees everything black after his dad passed away
After she lost 4 times in a row in a game she still carries on hoping she will win a match
That man said that a tear ran down his cheek beacuse he lost a 100 dollars
The cattle boat is carrying two cows to the farm
He ran hotfoot to school
I saw a little one in a baby stroller
She made a joke and her mom died laughing
Why don't you say anything?Did the cat got your tongue?
Alex C
My friend was feeling blue beCAuse he lost his dog a month ago.
DeleteThat man said that a tear ran down his cheek beCAuse he lost a 100 dollars.
Did the cat gEt your tongue? ;)
It' s very wet outside because it has rained in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI' m feel blue because my friend has just broken up with her boyfriend.
Sophie said that everything looks black because she has no friends.
She' s on a very sad period in her life but she carries on because she' s strong.
He sought something on the beach. Someone told him he looks like a beachcomber.
A tear ran down my cheek after i heard that my best friend' s dog died.
My uncle transports animals on water. He has a cattle boat.
My legs hotfooted when i heard that i have to arrive in 20 minutes at school.
I was so sad untill i saw my neighbor' s little one on the bike.
She died laughing when she heard my joke.
Why are you so quiet? Did the cat get your tongue?
Maria D
It' s very wet outside because it has rained CATS AND DOGS in the morning.
DeleteI' m feelING blue because my friend has just broken up with her boyfriend.;)
Yesterday, it started to rain cats and dogs, ruining my weekend plans. I began to feel blue and everything loked black as I stared at the storm. However, I decided to carry on with my homework about a lonely beachcomber searching the shores. The story was so emotional that a tear ran down my cheek when the character lost his way on an old cattle boat.
ReplyDeleteSuddenly my brother had to hotfoot into room. He told me that a little on from next door was dancing outside in a funny dinosaur costume. We looked out the window and started to die laughing at the toldder's moves. My brother smiled and teased me: "Why so quiet? Cat got your tongue?" MARIA B
I began to feel blue and everything loOked black as I stared at the storm.
DeleteSuddenly my brother had to hotfoot into MY room.
He told me that a little onE from next door was dancing outside in a funny dinosaur costume.
We looked out the window and dieD laughing at the toDDLer's moves.
"Why ARE YOU so quiet? Cat got your tongue?"
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Eric
ReplyDeleteYesterday it rained cats and dogs.
I started feeling blue when i saw that poor kitty.
When I hit my head, everything started to look black.
Even though he was injured, he carried on and scored in that game.
My uncle was a beachcomber for ten years.
A tear ran down his cheek when he saw the test results.
This cattle boat is gigantic!
He hotfooted to work not realising it was Saturday.
Choking hazard! Don’t let the little ones play with it!
I died laughing at David’s joke.
He was so silent that I thought that a cat got his tongue.
I started feeling blue when I saw that poor kitty.
ReplyDelete:)