to make excuses — to give false reasons why you cannot do sth

Example: I don’t want to *justify* myself/make excuses by saying that I wasn’t placed in a more advanced group. However, my tooth had fallen out that day, and I was late for the placement test.

The Old Town in Warsaw

Example: Many tourists visit the Old Town in Warsaw every year.

to feel awkward — embarrassed or nervous

Example: At first, I feel awkward when my friends come over because we don’t know what to do together.

It depends — to zależy

MUSIC SCHOOL

* *to have a musical ear — the ability to accurately perceive, understand, and reproduce musical elements like pitch. thyhm, melodfy, and harmony

Example: You can train yourself to have a better musical ear.

kształcenie słuchu — ear training

Example: I have ear training classes twice a week.

Ear training helps musicians recognize intervals and chords.

Knowledge of music theory — understanding the rules and principles that explain how music works. That includes:

- scales

- chords

- harmony,

- rhythm

- intervals

- key signatures

- notation

Example: My knowledge of music theory improved at music school.

to improve — to make sth better

Example: My parents signed me up for English tutoring to improve my English skills.

musical abilities/ musical potential — zasoby w muzyce ?????

Homework — Create sentences using the words and expressions in bold.

Homework: worksheet

to punish someone - The teacher punished his student unfairly.

In November;

On Monday

teach vs. learn

hard (difficult, with great effort or intesity) vs. hardly (almost not, barely)

Examples:

1. She studied hard for the exam.

2. I hardly know her ( I almost don't know her)

Greek alphabet -

Key letters include Alpha (), Beta (), Gamma (), Delta (), and Omega (),

Brass -> instrumenty dęte blaszane

E: I'd like to go to a brass music festival.

Get into -> dostawać się na (studia, do szkoły)

E: I got into a music school.

a search button

age gap -> a difference in age between people

an excuse -> a reason, justification

Homework: Create sentences with the following vocabulary:

get seasick, to reach something, break a record, achieve one’s aims and goals, share a post, put on weight, an achievement, a uniform, smart clothes, to spill something, dull, hardly, kit

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Homework: Write a short story using the following vocabulary: https://wordwall.net/resource/66727135

The eighth-rade exam = egzamin ómioklasisty

an entrance exam = egzamin wstępny

Example: Some private school don't require the eighth-grade exam. Instead, they require an entrance exam.

My example:

to require sth - to say something is necessary/needed

Example: Some schools in Poland require uniforms.

• My father will drive me to school.

• My father will drive me to school.

• My father will drop me off at school.

• My father will give me a lift/ride to school.

a one-way street -> a street where vehicles are allowed to travel in only one direction

wide=narrow

in one week -> I'll see you in one week.

after one week -> after one wek, he retured home.

proposed final grades

Example: These are only proposed grades, not the final ones yet.

a certificate with distinction/with honors

Past perfect https://youtu.be/pV6jaEy3HaE?si=Ue2DAuYe7JgXpkeR

Homework -worksheet

Przesłuchanie dyplomowe -> final recital

Przejść na emerytuę -> to retire

Ridiculous -> very silly, foolish, or unreasonable (silly, stupid, crazy)

Average

Example: My average grade this year is 4.5.

to retake a test -> to do the same test together

So far, so good -> everything is going well up to now.

One time, I made a cak for 20 people. -> Kiedyś zrobiłam ciasto dla 20 osób.

to take care of, to look after somebody -> She takes care of her younger brother after school.

a sibling -> a sister or a brother

offensive -> rude, hurtful, or likely upset or offend soemone

to eavesdrop -> podsłuchiwać

Homework: worksheet (reading practice)