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.

Password: Day of Andalucia

A	Moorish Palace
B	The name of a football team
C	City where carnival is very popular
D	Hill of sand in some beaches
E	The Imperial ___________ is an amazing bird
F	Traditional dance
G	Name of a river that runs through Seville
H	Typical food
I	Roman ruins in Seville
J	Province where olives are produced
K	How many tomatoes are there in a “salmorejo”?
L	Endangered animal that lives in Doñana
M	The most important monument in Córdoba
N	In the coat of arms of Seville
Ñ	(Contains Ñ) National Park in Andalucía
O	Olives produce it
P	Famous painter who was born in Málaga
Q	informal way to call somebody
R	Columbus stayed here
S	Typical dance
T	Name of a river that runs through Huelva
U	(Contains U) Black animal with horns
V	(Contains V) Place where you can go skiing
W	One of the colours of our flag
X	(Contains X) Autonomous region next to Andalucia
Y	(Contains Y) Name of a popular Duchess
Z	Village in the province of Huelva

St. Valentine's Day

1) Writing a love poem

Roses are red;

Violets are blue;

Sugar is sweet,

And so are you!

The rules

Here are the rules for creating your own “Roses are Red” Valentine’s Day poem:

§  The second line has to rhyme with the fourth line

§  The first line should start ‘Roses are red’

§  The second should either follow the format noun-’is/are’-adjective* or ‘And so is…noun’

§  The third line should always follow the format noun-’is/are’-adjective

§  The last line should start with ‘And’ or ‘But’

2) Think of as many pairs of objects which normally go together. Make a long list of as many as you can. Then write your own version of this poem.

Without you

 I’m like a street with no name

 I’m like a ship without sea

 or a firework without flame.

Without you

I’m like a duck on dry land,

for whatever I do

you always understand!

GREEK MYTHOLOGY

What do you know about Greek Mythology?
Watch the video and complete the chart about Greek Mythology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJCm8W5RZes

Name	God/ Goddess of	family / love	his symbol / bird /animals	weapons
_________	rain / law / order /thunder / fate	his _________	eagle	scepter / _________
Hera	_______, childbirth, ___________ and empire	Zeus’ wife	pomegranate lotus-staff ____________
Poseidon	sea, ___________, droughts and ______________	Zeus’ __________	horses and ___________	trident
Hades	underworld and ____________	Zeus’ brother Persephone
__________	war, violence and civil order		vulpture venomous ___________	bronze-tipped spear
Apollo	music, __________, archery and healing	Zeus’ __________ with his lover Leto	lyre	bow and _________
Aphrodite	love and beauty		_____________	___________ / myrtle wreath / scallop shell
___________	_________ and lustful desires	son of Aphrodite and ___________		___________ / arrow / kisses
Athena	wisdom, warfare and handicrafts		___________ / olive tree	spear / shield
Hermes	travel and trade	son of _________ and Maia
___________	celebration, drunkenness and pleasure		cup full of ___________

Read the text about Daphne and Apollo and answer the questions:

Daphne and Apollo

      Daphne was an independent young huntress. Her father, the river god Peneus, wished her to marry and have children, but all Daphne wanted was to hunt alone in the deep woods, enjoying her freedom.

     

     
One day Apollo saw her. She was beautiful and Apollo started running after the nymph but Daphne was an excellent runner. He cried out, "Do not fear, stop and find out who I am. I love you!" But Daphne flew on, even more frightened than before. She knew she could never outrun Apollo, but she was determined to resist to the end. She could almost feel Apollo's breath on the back of her neck when she saw her father's river ahead of her. She screamed to him, "Help me father, help me." At these words a dragging numbness came over her, and her feet seemed rooted in the earth. Bark was enclosing her body, and leaves were sprouting from her arms. She had been changed into a laurel tree.

     Apollo sadly watched the transformation as he held her in his arms. "Oh, lovely tree, you will always be mine. I will give you the gift of eternal life. Your leaves will always be green”. Poets also write that Apollo took a limb from one of her branches and made a musical instrument, the guitar.

     Another version of Apollo's instant love for Daphne was the cause of a trick played by Cupid who struck Apollo with one of his golden arrows when he first saw the nymph, and her with a lead arrow when she noticed his advancement.

1. Who was Daphne's father?

1. a)      Peneus
2. b)      Apollo
3. c)       Artemis
4. d)      Cupid

2. Who was the Lord of Delphi?

1. a)      Peneus
2. b)      Artemis
3. c)       Apollo
4. d)      Cupid

3. What was Daphne changed into?

1. a)      A guitar
2. b)      A golden arrow
3. c)       A wreath
4. d)      A laurel tree

4. Who was responsible for Daphne's change?

1. a)      Artemis
2. b)      Apollo
3. c)       Peneus
4. d)      Cupid

5. Who was Peneus?

1. a)      A river god
2. b)      The Lord of Delphi
3. c)       A follower of Artemis
4. d)      The god of love

Who am I?

Read the descriptions and guess the animals
Parts of Animals' bodies