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THIS IS HALLOWEEN

Halloween corner:     Treasure hunt     Listening exercise     Reading exercise History of Halloween: listening comprehension Halloween quiz : spooky destinations Halloween in the USA: listening comprehension Learn English with songs: prepositions exercise For older posts about Halloween, do click  here .

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Explanation Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 More practice And a bit more... Watch this video with extracts from TV series to be able to see this grammatical point in real context: Listen to these two songs to practise past tense pronunciation and our grammatical point today: http://lyricsvault.net/php/artist.php?s=39553 Teacher:  You copied from Fred's exam paper, didn't you ? Pupil:  How did you know ? Teacher:  Fred's paper says "I don't know" and you have put "Me, neither" ! (  Jokes for teachers  )

GETTING IN THE MOOD FOR HALLOWEEN

Hello, boils and ghouls ,  time to get ready for Halloween?      (whooops, sorry, boys and girls , I meant) Edgar Allan Poe The Raven (interactive poem) Summary.   It is midnight on a cold evening in December in the 1840s. In a dark and shadowy bedroom, wood burns in the fireplace as a man laments the death of Lenore, a woman he deeply loved. To occupy his mind, he reads a book of ancient stories. But a tapping noise disturbs him. When he opens the door to the bedroom, he sees nothing–only darkness. When the tapping persists, he opens the shutter of the window and discovers a raven, which flies into the room and lands above the door on a bust of Athena (Pallas in the poem), the goddess of wisdom and war in Greek mythology. It says “Nevermore” to all his thoughts and longings. The raven, a symbol of death, tells the man he will never again ("nevermore") see his beloved, never again hold her–even in heaven.   For older posts on Halloween, pl...

TODAY

To belittle sb To make a sincere effort (please, do notice the collocation) To give it a shot A  spitball

WHAT'S ON

BEST OF BE FESTIVAL in Alcalá de Henares The Birmingham European Festival http://www.corraldealcala.com/es/temporada/868/best-of-be-festival/ The Madrid Players presents An Inspector Calls   by  J.B. Priestly.  An Inspector Calls  is a play written by English  dramatist   J. B. Priestley , c onsidered to be one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre. Summary  (and notes) Character and theme BBC - GCSE Bitesize: English Literature, An Inspector Calls GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education). I n the UK except Scotland, a qualification in a specific subject typically taken by school students aged 14–16, at a level below A level. The equivalent in Scotland is Standard Grade.       a GCSE exam or pass  "you need five GCSEs" An Inspector Calls (Complete BBC Edition, Bernard Hepton, 1982) by JB Priestley: