Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Relative Clauses



A relative clause gives more information about someone or something referred to in a main clause.
There are two kinds of relative clauses:

- Defining relative clauses: used to specify which person o thing we mean, or which type of person or thing we mean.
e.g. The couple who live next to us have ten grandchildren.

- Non-defining relative clauses: used to add extra information about a noun, but this information is not necessary to explain which person or thing we mean.
e.g.  Valerie Polkoff, who has died aged 90, escaped from Russia in 1917.

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Shakespeare's World





Willam Shakespeare was born and died on April 23rd. To honor his memory and what it involves in English literature and culture, I suggest you to do this activities at home.

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Animals

These are two videos related to the topic we are dealing with: Animals. Please, watch them to have some extra practice. They are the trailer for "Project Nim" and the other the trailer for "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".
To practice, try to describe them (either by speaking with a partner or writing it by yourself) and find things they have in common and things that make them different. Which of the films do you think is most interesting?

Project Nim

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Quantifiers

Here you have two documents to review quantifiers. Click here to get some general information about them. For some extra activities that we will check in our class, click here.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Quiz: how is Easter celebrated around the world?



Here is a quiz to learn some things about Easter. Do it if you can. I will publish the answer key next week.

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