Why Sleep is Essential for Teenagers.

Teenagers need 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night for healthy physical, mental, and emotional development.

And here is my points

1.Your brain is under construction.

As a teenager, you are not just growing; your brain is actively rewiring itself for the future. Sleep is the precise window when this vital maintenance happens.

2.Lack of sleep steals your potential.

Without 8 to 10 hours of rest, your memory drops, your mood swings, and your focus fades. You are not being productive by staying up late; you are just running on an empty battery.

3.Wisdom is knowing when to stop.

Protecting your sleep is not laziness. It is the smartest way to protect your mental health, your energy, and your future.

English test

Part 1. Four Present Tenses — 15 sentences

Task: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Continuous.

  1. My sister usually walks to school, but today she took the bus.
  2. I have known David for five years.
  3. Be quiet! The baby is sleeping.
  4. How long have you been learning English?
  5. Tom hasn’t finished his homework yet.
  6. Water boils at 100°C.
  7. We have been waiting for the teacher for twenty minutes, and she still hasn’t arrived.
  8. have you ever visited (visit) a foreign country?
  9. Why are you wearing a coat indoors? Is it cold?
  10. My father has been working in this company since 2018.
  11. She rarely watches television because she prefers reading.
  12. Look! Someone is trying to open the window.
  13. I am tired because I have been cleaning the house all morning.
  14. He has already sent the email, so you don’t need to remind him.
  15. How often do your classmates participate in school competitions?

Part 2. Four Past Tenses — 15 sentences

Task: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, or Past Perfect Continuous.

  1. While I was walking home, I met an old friend.
  2. By the time we arrived at the station, the train had already left.
  3. She had been studying for three hours before she finally took a break.
  4. They where watching a film when the electricity went off.
  5. I didn’t see him at the party last Saturday.
  6. After Mark had finished his project, he sent it to his teacher.
  7. It had been raining all night, so the streets were wet in the morning.
  8. What were you doing at 8 p.m. yesterday?
  9. When we got to the cinema, the film had already starting.
  10. She was exhausted because she had been working all day.
  11. My parents bought this house in 2015.
  12. While the teacher was explaining the task, some students were talking.
  13. He had never flown before he travelled to Italy last year.
  14. The children had been playing outside for an hour when it started to snow.
  15. I lost my keys yesterday, but I found them this morning
QuestionCorrect Option
1B
2C
3C
4B
5D
6B
7C
8A
9C
10D
11A
12B
13C
14D
15B
16C
17D
18A
19C
20B
21D
22A
23C
24B
25D
26A
27C
28B
29D
30A

English homework 4,5,6 units A,B,C,D

Section A

  1. My German teacher says I’ve made a lot of progress this term! (collocation: make progress)
  2. What time are you taking the French exam tomorrow? (collocation: take an exam)
  3. I’m not in favour of giving students lots of homework each night. (phrase: be in favour of)
  4. Being able to drive a car is a very useful skill.
  5. Have we got to learn all these irregular verbs by heart? (phrase: learn by heart)
  6. Some languages, like Russian for instance, don’t have words for ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’. (phrase: for instance)
  7. I got a very good mark in my geography test. (collocation: get a mark)
  8. Many people hate learning phrasal verbs, but in fact they’re not that difficult. (phrase: in fact)

Section B

  1. Simon rubbed out the wrong answer and wrote the right one. (rub out: to remove with an eraser)
  2. Why did you rip up that piece of paper? (rip up: to tear into small pieces)
  3. If you make a mistake, just cross it out. (cross out: to draw a line through)
  4. You should look up words you don’t know in a dictionary. (look up: to search for information in a reference book)
  5. Carol, will you read out your poem to the class, please? (read out: to read aloud)
  6. Our teacher pointed out that we only had five minutes left. (point out: to mention or show)
  7. Have you all written down what the homework is? (write down: to make a note of)

Section C

  1. instructor
  2. reference
  3. beginner
  4. division
  5. incorrect
  6. bravery
  7. education
  8. memorial
  9. silence
  10. simplify

Section D

  1. A (I’ve got)
    • It’s the first time I’ve got all the answers right in a test!
  2. C (had already started)
    • The exam had already started when Jimmy finally found the right room.
  3. C (You’ve been doing)
    • You’ve been doing that crossword for over an hour and you still haven’t finished it!
  4. B (had been standing)
    • When they let us go in, we had been standing outside the exam room for over half an hour.
  5. B (yet)
    • Clare hasn’t finished her homework yet.
  6. D (ever)
    • Have you ever been on a school trip?
  7. C (since)
    • Lizzie has been having dance classes since she was four years old.
  8. A (for)
    • Had you been learning French for several years before you took your first exam?

English 08.10.2026

  1. have seen
  2. have had
  3. has not taken / hasn’t taken
  4. has been
  5. Have you ridden
  6. has made
  7. have not decided / haven’t decided
  8. Has Paul ever met

B

  1. A (I’ve)
  2. B (tidied)
  3. A (Have you lived)
  4. B (went)
  5. A (you’ve visited)
  6. A (haven’t given)
  7. B (Did you go)
  8. A (Have you ever sent)

C

  1. The lesson has not started yet.
  2. The teacher has already written on the board.
  3. Joe and Tim have just come into the classroom.
  4. Tony has not finished getting his books ready.
  5. Christine has already opened her book.
  6. Dave has dropped a pen on the floor.
  7. He has not picked it up yet.

D

  1. have you been doing
  2. I’ve been studying
  3. Have you been working
  4. I’ve just been sitting
  5. I haven’t been going
  6. I’ve been working
  7. I have been painting
  8. we’ve also been planning
  9. We’ve been looking
  10. I’ve been thinking

Assignments for 06.10.26

Navigate B1. Review slide 25 ex-es 1a, 2a,4a

  1. Last Tuesday my computer broke while I was trying to finish an important piece of work.
  2. So I called a friend who knows about computers, and he came over straightaway.
  3. He had a look at it, but he couldn’t fix it.
  4. He took my keys so he could come back to fix it the next day while I was at work.
  5. The next morning when I was trying to leave for work, I discovered that he had locked my front door from the outside, and I couldn’t get out of the flat.
  6. My parents were travelling abroad, and no one else I know had a spare key.
  7. I tried to call my friend, but he had left his phone in my flat. It was ringing right next to me.
  8. I had to wait for him to arrive, and so I was very late for work.

1.By the time he arrived, she had already left.

2.During the summer, he worked in an ice cream van.

3.He stayed there alone until it got dark, then, feeling sad, he went home.

4.He walked off happily. Meanwhile, she was already planning her revenge.

5.As soon as he got home, he turned on the news.

6.While I was walking to work, I saw something very strange.

1.Lucy mentioned you had a new job, but she didn’t say much about it.

2.At first he denied having taken the money, but in the end he admitted it was him.

3.’Ladies and gentlemen, I am very happy to announce that the winner of the award is …’

4.He claimed he had once worked for the Queen, but I didn’t believe him.

5.If you can’t say anything nice, you’d better keep quiet.

6.’I’m sorry to inform you that the company is closing down.’

Assignments for 05.10.26

Watch the video  Seven Good Stories and do the ex-es 1,4 / slide 24,
Speaking topics: please choose any topic you like and be ready to speak in class.

Should teenagers have more freedom?
Yes, personally, I think that teenagers (13–18 years old) should have not massive, but enough freedom and personal space to understand how life works and learn how to make their own decisions.

here is my point

do not overload student by homework’s, that’s better because they will manage to do all their lessons properly.

Assignments for 01.10.26

Here are the correct words to complete the exercise sentences:

  1. annual
  2. blend
  3. minimum
  4. talent
  5. persuade
  6. visible
  7. typical
  8. devise
  9. essential
  10. wholesale
  11. scarce
  12. expensive

1.vapor — գոլորշի
2.eliminate — վերացնել, հեռացնել
3.villain — չարագործ
4.dense — խիտ, թանձր
5.utilize — օգտագործել, կիրառել
6.humid — խոնավ
7.theory — տեսություն
8.descend — իջնել, ցածրանալ
9.circulate — շրջանառվել, տարածվել
10.enormous — հսկայական, ահռելի
11.predict — կանխատեսել
12.vanish — անհետանալ, չքանալ

Hoaxes

The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest (1957)

The respected BBC news show Panorama broadcast a famous video report showing happy Swiss farmers picking freshly grown spaghetti off local trees.

Many viewers called the station to ask how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. The BBC famously told them, “Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.”

The Apple Wave Microwave Charge (2014)

A viral internet ad claimed that a new software update called “Wave” allowed iPhones to fast-charge their batteries inside a standard household microwave.

The Reality: a small number of people actually tried it, resulting in ruined, smoking, and completely destroyed phones. It was an online prank designed by internet trolls to trick gullible users

The Flying Penguins (2008)

The BBC released a nature documentary clip presented by Monty Python star Terry Jones claiming they had discovered a colony of Adélie penguins in Antarctica that could fly. The video even showed the birds taking off into the air to escape the cold winter and fly to the rainforests of South America.

The Reality: The video was a highly sophisticated April Fools’ Day joke made using advanced special effects. It became one of the most viewed viral videos of its time, though many viewers quickly realized penguins are physically incapable of flight.

Words 29.09.2026

Good words anoint a man, ill words kill a man.”
-john Florio, First Fruites

typical-տիպիկ
minimum-նվազագույն
scarce-սակավ
annual-տարեկան
persuade-համոզել
essential-էական
blend-խառնուրդ
visible-տեսանելի
expensive-թանկարժեք
talent-տաղանդ
devise-մշակել
wholesale-մեծածախ

Assignments for 28.09.26

Watch the Vox Pops and answer the questions in written form , you are to speak in class

Destination B1 Unit 2 Past Tenses, ex-es, A,B, C, D
Navigate Reading Hoaxes/slide 18: learn all the unknown words and be ready to discuss the text in class.

Learn unknown words.

recently — վերջերս

circulate — շրջանառվել, տարածվել

describe — նկարագրել

afterwards — դրանից հետո, հետագայում

sour — թթու

suppose — ենթադրել (be supposed to — ենթադրվում է / համարվում է)

exist — գոյություն ունենալ

media — զանգվածային լրատվամիջոցներ (ԼՐԱՏՎԱՄԻՋՈՑՆԵՐ)

float — ճախրել, լողալ (օդում)

land — վայրէջք կատարել

nowhere to be found — ոչ մի տեղ չգտնվեց

discover — պարզել, հայտնաբերել

make up — հորինել

attempt — փորձ, ջանք

evidence — ապացույց

prove — ապացուցել

ape — կապիկ (մարդանման)

skull — գանգ

jaw — ծնոտ

genuine — իսկական, վավերական

fake — կեղծիք, կեղծ

ancient — հնագույն, հին

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