BRITISH ACCENT

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LONDON

QUESTIONS ABOUT EASTER

Once you watched the video about Easter try to answer the following questions:


1. According to the Gospels, Jesus and his Apostles entered Jerusalem

• to observe the passing of birds





• to observe Passover





• to observe pastures

2. Jesus was crucified

• on Good Friday





• on a Thursday





• on what is now called Holy Friday

3. Pesach is a Jewish word for

• crucifiction





• resurrection





• passove

4. When was it decided that Easter should fall on a Sunday?

• in 355 AD





• in 325 AD





• in 385 AD

5. It was decided that Easter Sunday would be

• the first Sunday with full moon





• the first Sunday to follow the full moon after the spring equinox





• the first Sunday of the spring

6. Why are eggs related to Easter?

• Because they are beautiful when coloured





• Because they are a symbol of birth





• Because they are a symbol of fertility

7. When did the rabbit become related to Easter?

• Around the 16th century





• Around the 6th century





• Last century

8. Egg-shaped chocolate began to be made...

• in the 20th century




• not long ago





• in the 19th century

HISTORY OF THE HOLIDAYS: EASTER

TEXTOS SELECTIVIDAD

Click here and you can find different exams to practice (not only English tests!!) done in the Comunidad de Madrid.

LATERAL THINKING QUESTIONS

The exercise consists of every student should take a situation in this web. In the class every student has to read the situation choosen to their classmates. The others have to guess how this strange situation occurred (imagination required) by asking questions.
I give you an example: "A man pushes his car up to a hotel and immediately knows that he will have to pay hundreds of dollars. How does he knows?"
Clue: The car is not an ordinary car, and neither is the hotel. The car is VERY small...
Solution: he is playing a game of Monopoly and has just moved his "car" up to a property with a "hotel" on it...


"May the Force be with you"

SONG: HIGHER

You shoul watch the video and read the lyrics here. Aftewards, take a blank paper and divide it into 6 frames and draw a story telling us what the song is about.

Description of a place

WRITING

Look at the picture and image you are a visitor to this place. Write a description of your visit.

Remember to write three paragrahs and use the adjectives in the right order: opinion+size+age+shape+colour+origin+material

PRASAL VERBS (health and habits)

Match the phrasal verbs with the right definition:

1. Face up


2. Carry on


3. Put up with


4. Get over


5. Cut down on


6. Give up


7. Take up

• a) to start to use or accept a service


• b) to stop


• c) to do less of something or use something in smaller amounts


• d) to accept that a difficult situation exists


• e) to tolerate an unpleasant situation or experience


• f) to continue without halting, persevere


• g) to get/feel better

Exercise: -ing form / to infinitive / bare infinitive

• Pete Potter is speaking to a girl called Frances at a party. Write a dialogue using the verbs in -ing form, the to infinitive or the infinitive without to. (advanced level)

• Read the rules again and try to write a sentence of each type that is described. (lower level)

-ing form / to-infinitive / bare infinitive

TO-INFINITIVE

• To express purpose: he took the pen to sign the file


• After adjectives: It's good to see you


• After nouns: he has work to do


• After "the first", "the second", "the last", "enought", "too", "so...as": He was the first to arrive


• After "used to": He used to play tennis


• Common verbs that can be followed by infinitive: afford, begin, decide, choose, hope, learn, want, etc: they want to go to the circus

BARE INFINITIVE

• After perception verbs (hear, feel, watch, see...) with an object: I heard him lock the door


• After "Let "and "Make": The teacher make me repeat the exam


• After modal verbs: they can go there with their parents

-ING FORM

• Not only as a verbs but also like adjectives or nouns: running water (adjective); Smoking is bad your health (noun)


• After prepositions: She is good at skiing


• After "can't stand / can't bear ": I can't bear looking at her


• After expresions "be used to / get used to / look forward to / take to": My father was used to getting up at 5 am


• After certain verbs: like, hate, mind, remember, love suggest...: She likes playing the harmonica

-ING FORM OR TO-INFINITIVE

• Some verbs can be followed by to-infinitive o -ing form without different meaning such as, begin / continue/ hate / love / like / prefer / stay: He likes reading / he likes to read


• Another verbs can use both estructures:

1. Remember + to = "acordarse de algo": please, remember to go to the bank


2. Remember + -ing = "recordar haber hecho algo": she remember going to the bank

1. Stop + to = "pararse para hacer algo":I stopped to post the letter


2. Stop + -ing = "dejar de hacer algo": I can't stop loving you

1. Forget + to = "olvidarse de hacer algo": they forgot to do the exercises


2. Forget + -ing = "olvidar hacer algo": I'll never forget living in London

1. Try + to = "intentar hacer algo": I tried to phone but the lines were busy


2. Try +-ing = "probar a hacer algo /experimentar": I have a terrible headache!- Have you tried taking an aspirin?

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Homecoming Scotland

We are going to talk about Scotland, beautiful place, nice people but also different accent and event different language. That's the reason why I have choosen this advert. Students try to guess what is the name of famous Scottish people appear in it. and they will do several exercises: Name 5 themes related to Homecoming Scotland, number different sentences in the order they appear in the advert and a fill in the gap with the song.

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