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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, please click here .

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: