3/27/2013

QUESTION TAGS


QUESTION TAGS

  1. He always loses money, ....................?
  2. My father took the keys, ....................?
  3. He lives in London, ....................?
  4. It is very cold, ....................?
  5. We are not going to sleep, ....................?
  6. Your brother was very sorry, ....................?
  7. They want to sell their house, ....................?
  8. Your mother enjoyed the opera last night ................?
  9. This is a beautiful house, ....................?
  10. My sister never writes letters, ....................?

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Solutions:

  1. He always loses money, doesn't he?
  2. My father took the keys, didn't he?
  3. He lives in London, doesn't he?
  4. It is very cold, isn't it?
  5. We are not going to sleep, are we?
  6. Your brother was very sorry, wasn't he?
  7. They want to sell their house, don't they?
  8. Your mother enjoyed the opera last night, didn't she?
  9. This is a beautiful house, isn't it?
  10. My sister never writes letters, doesn't she?


3/21/2013

THE STORY OF SAINT PATRICK 2

Watch the video and find 10 words in the alphabet soup.





R
J
B
A
P
T
I
S
M
D
V
A
N
I
S
H
F
I
E
E
B
H
I
O
L
E
U
R
S
A
I
G
D
D
A
S
I
U
S
D
S
S
A
L
V
T
F
M
E
U
H
A
F
L
E
E
H
O
R
T
O
W
A
R
R
I
O
R
K
Y
P
U
S
V
Y
L
Z
C
A
B

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Solutions:

R
J
B
A
P
T
I
S
M
D
V
A
N
I
S
H
F
I
E
E
B
H
I
O
L
E
U
R
S
A
I
G
D
D
A
S
I
U
S
D
S
S
A
L
V
T
F
M
E
U
H
A
F
L
E
E
H
O
R
T
O
W
A
R
R
I
O
R
K
Y
P
U
S
V
Y
L
Z
C
A
B

BISHOP, VANISH, BAPTISM, SLAVERY, FLEE, WARRIOR, DUTY, RETIRE, REFUSE, RAID

3/20/2013

THE STORY OF SAINT PATRICK

Watch the video and answer the questions





  1. Where and when is Saint Patrick celebrated?
  2. Who is Saint Patrick?
  3. What did he bring to the country?
  4. Where and when was Saint Patrick born?
  5. What was he until the age of 16?
  6. Where did he flee after 6 years in captivity?
  7. What did he think it was his duty?
  8. What was Saint Patrick appointed?
  9. What did he establish throughout his travels in Ireland? 
  10. How long did the mission last in Ireland?
  11. When did he die?
  12. How do people celebrate Saint Patrick ’s Day?
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Solutions:


  1. All over the world. On March the 17th.
  2. The patron Saint of Ireland.
  3. He brought Christianity to the country.
  4. He was born in Wales around 385 A.D.
  5. He was a pagan.
  6. He fled to France.
  7. To convert pagans into Christians.
  8. He was appointed Bishop of Ireland.
  9. He established monasteries, schools and churches.
  10. It lasted 30 years.
  11. He died on March 17th 465 A.D.
  12. People wear green, eat Irish food or green foods, drink Irish drink and attending carnivals.

3/11/2013

Les Miserables (Synonyms or Definitions)


Read the following excerpt from by Victor Hugo, and find a word in the text for the synonyms or definitions below:

The doll is one of the most imperious necessities, and at the same time one of the most charming instinct of female childhood. To care for, to clothe, to adorn, to dress, to undress, to dress over again, to teach, to scold a little, to rock, to cuddle, to put to sleep, to imagine that something is somebody – all the future of women is there. Even while musing and prattling, while making little wardrobes and little baby clothes, while sewing little dresses, little bodices, and little jackets, the child becomes a little girl, the little girl becomes a great girl, the great girl becomes a woman. The first baby takes the place of the last doll. 
A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as a woman without children.
Cosette had therefore made a doll of her sward.


Victor Hugo, Les Miserables (Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994: page 275)

1. Hug, hold tight:
2. Very pleasant or attractive:   
3. Reprimand:
4. For that reason, consequently:   
5. Dominating, forceful:
6. Swing, move back and forth:  
7. Chatter, to talk a lot about trivial things:   
8. To repair something using needle and thread: 
9. The period of life when you are a child:

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Solutions:

1. Cuddle 
2. Charming 
3. Scold
4. Therefore
5. Imperious
6. Rock 
7. Prattle 
8. Sew
9. Childhood 

3/05/2013

Relative Pronouns


Relative Pronouns

Choose the correct relative pronoun(who, which, that, whom, whose, when, why, where):

1. The boy ________ is eating a sandwich is my son.
2. The hotel ________ we stayed at wasn't very cheap.
3. I saw the man ________ wife died last month.
4. I received your letter yesterday, _______ was very interesting.
5. That's the woman for ________ David suffers. 
6. The place _______ I would love to live one day is Copenhagen.
The reason _______ I hate you is that I love you.
8. I'll go out ______ I'm ready.

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Solutions:

1. Who/that
2. Where
3. Whose
4. Which
5. Whom
6. Where
7. Why
8. When