GAMES

- Transportation (using logic in English)
- Friendship quiz
- Different games
- bbc games
- what is it?

GRAMMAR REVISION

WRITE QUESTIONS:

1. Everyone who knew him and Olivia thought he adored her.

2. Stephen was down on his right knee.

3. His being there now was owing to some funny accident.

4. After orange juice and coffee Olivia felt ready for her role of the horrified widow.

5. The dressing gown she was wearing was long, pink and flimsy.

6.  The officer's weapon shone in the dark

7. He sent him out of the room so as to speak to the visitor about the affair.

8. Mrs Pitts had been trying to phone them every five minutes since 11.00 a.m.

9. The hammer appeared behind the laurel bushes by the front gate.

10. It stood there for 2 hours.

REPORTED SPEECH

1.       I’m living the adventure of my life,” Banderas said.

2.       “I was taught information technology in this course,” she said.

3.       My aunt said: “Single men should drive slowly if they want to live longer”

4.       He said: “We are here today to reach consensus”

5.       Julia said: “We will meet our new instructor tomorrow” 

6.       He said to one of them: “Let me see the streets once more before I die.

7.       “Please, don’t say anything to him”, he said

8.       “Don’t talk to me like that,” said his mother.

9.       He asked: “Do you often play rugby?”

10.   Michael asked her: “Where did you find these trainers?

PASSIVE VOICE

(ACTIVE INTO PASSIVE)

1. They awarded Helen a prize for her excellent marks.

2. They may ask Tom a few questions about his attendance.

3. Someone gave her a DVD player for Christmas.

4. Are they going to redecorate the shop during the holidays?

5. They’ll send her a free replacement next week.

(PASSIVE INTO ACTIVE)

1.       Speed limit has to be introduced gradually.

2.       The runways are being lengthened at all the main airports.

3.       The damaged ship was being towed into the harbour when the towline broke.

4.       The ship was put into quarantine and passengers and crew were forbidden to land.

5.       He was made to walk along a chalked line and repeat complicated tongue-twisters.

(IMPERSONAL PASSIVE)

1. People know that he is armed.

2. People believe that Germans drink a lot of beer.

3. People say that the Prime Minister and his wife are getting divorced.

4. They reported that the home team had won.

5. People think the government will fall.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

1.       I liked the house. Its roof was made of red tiles

2.       A spade is a tool. You dig with it.

3.       Here is the museum. I told you about it.

4.       I can't respect politicians. Their only ambition is to be in power.

5.       This is the man. We bought the ring from him.

6.       Where is the cassette? We listened to it.

REPHRASING

1.       She started drinking too much alcohol two years ago.- She has

2.       I don’t have a computer so I can’t type the essay on English grammar.- If

3.       Despite having been vaccinated she caught the flu.- Although she

4.    “We will arrest them for illegal entry in the country”, the policeman said.- The policeman said.
5. The teacher glued the pieces of the broken toy.- The pieces

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

https://es.slideshare.net/anaescuadra/comparative-adjectives-11904560

- exercise 1: comparative adjectives
- exercise 2: comparative adjectives
- exercise 3: comparative and superlative adjectives
- exercise 4: superlative or comparative adjectives
comparing superheores

EASTER AROUND THE WORLD

EASTER TRADITIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Easter symbols: https://quizlet.com/_38l8bd

Which of the things mentioned above are common in your Easter holidays?

Easter Week begins with Palm Sunday and culminates in weekend commemorations of Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, and in some countries Easter Monday. Around the world, different cultures or countries have their own traditions to celebrate the Easter holiday.

1) BERMUDA: Bermudians celebrate Good Friday by flying home-made kites, eating codfish cakes, and eating hot cross buns. The tradition is said to have begun when a local teacher from the British Army had difficulty explaining Christ’s ascension to Heaven to his Sunday school class. He made a kite, traditionally shaped like a cross, to illustrate the Ascension.

2) NORWAY: Norwegians have an interesting tradition for the season known for “Easter-Crime” or Paaskekrim. At this time of year, many around the country read mystery books or watch the televised crime detective series on national television. Many families escape up to the mountains for the vacation week.

3) NORTHWESTERN EUROPE: Large bonfires, called Easter Fires, are lit on Easter Sunday and Monday. The most common explanation for the origin of the Easter Fires, that Easter is a time when spring becomes victorious over winter and the fires were to chase the darkness of winter away. Today, however, the meaning of the fires is simply to bring communities together. The nights are festive with heavy consumption of gin, lager, and snacks.

4) SWEDEN: Easter is celebrated with meals of eggs, herring, and Jansson’s Temptation (potato, onion and pickled sardines baked in cream). The most interesting tradition to come out of Sweden is that in the days leading up to Easter Sunday, children dress up as Easter witches, wearing old clothes and red cheeks. Traveling from home to home in their neighborhoods, the children trade paintings and drawings for sweets. 

5) HAITI: In Haiti, Holy Week is marked by colorful parades and traditional music played on bamboo trumpets, maracas, drums, even coffee cans. The holiday is a mixture of Catholic and Voodoo traditions. Voodoo believers bring goat heads and other parts, as offerings to the spirits, during a ceremony in Souvenance village, Haiti. 

6) WASHINGTON, DC: For 130 years, the White House has hosted the Easter Egg Roll on its South Lawn. The main activity involves rolling a colored hard-boiled egg with a large serving spoon, but now the event boasts many more amusements, like musical groups, an egg hunt, sports and crafts.

7) SPAIN: Easter processions are common in central and southern Spain, but Seville’s Semana Santa, or Holy Week festival, is one of the most impressive. Lavish floats, adorned with candles and religious statues, sail through the streets, accompanied by marching bands and crowds of worshippers who have come to see the dramatic event. But it’s the masked penitents or nazarenos that are perhaps the strangest looking members of the procession, dressed in habits with pointed hoods.

Are these statements True or False?

1. Easter day is always on a Sunday.

2. Easter is on the same date every year.

3. Easter eggs symbolise rebirth.

4. Lent lasts for the 50 days before Easter.

5. The Easter rabbit is a symbol of fertility.

6. The name Easter comes from an ancient Anglo-Saxon goddess, Eostre.