WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

The most famous playwright in British literature is William Shakespeare. He was born in Strattford-Upon-Avon in 1564 and died on the 23th April 1616. This means that this year the 400th anniversary of his death is celebrated.

• Here you are a biography

 

• And these are the summaries of some of his most famous plays. Can you classify them into COMEDIES, TRAGEDIES or HISTORICAL PLAYS?

•  Would you like to know how people live in Shakespearean times? Click here

• Finally, this is the Globe Theatre in London, the place where Shakespeare's plays are reperesented

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

• MARCH 17TH IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH. YOU ARE GOING TO FIND OUT WHY, BUT FIRST WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO AND LEARN THE WORDS.

• NOW WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND COMPLETE THE QUIZ

• Limerick is a city in Ireland, but it is also a humorous poem. These poems have got five lines rhyming A A B B A. They start introducing a person and a place. Listen to two examples

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There was an old man from Peru

who dreamed he was eating his shoe.

He awoke in the night

with a terrible fright,

and found out that it was quite true.

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There was a young lady of Spain

Who was terribly sick in a train,

Not once, but again

And again and again,

And again and again and again

•  Now it's your turn to create your own limericks

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

• HERE you are a presentation about conditional sentences

• This is a song by Katie Melua. Most of the lines of the song include a second conditional

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

Do you know the indefinite pronouns in English? Do you know how to use them? Go through the following links to find out

• Here you are a simple grammar explanation about indefinite pronouns
• Indefinite pronouns (British Council)
• The Flatmates from BBC
• Exercise on indefinite pronouns
• Another exercise
• A website with many exercises

ADJECTIVES AND VERBS WITH PREPOSITIONS

In English many adjectives and verbs take prepositions, for example "good at" or "wait for". There are no rules, so you need to practise them.

• This is a list with examples of some common verbs and adjectives followed by prepositions

• This is an exercise on verbs with prepositions

• And here you are another one

• This is an exercise on adjectives with prepositions

THANKSGIVING DAY

Thanksgiving Day is a very important day for the American families. Today we are going to learn about its origin and how it is celebrated

• This was the beginning

• The celebration today

• Here you can find an article, some videos and pictures

• And in this page you will find many activities about Thanksgiving. Some of them are fun, for example crosswords, so try them

PENDIENTES ESO

INSTRUCCIONES

• Aquí podéis encontrar ejemplos de exámenes de inglés de pendientes
• Recordad que pendientes significa tener la asignatura suspensa del curso anterior. NO se refiere a las evaluaciones suspensas de este curso.
• Haced los exámenes "practice 1, 2 & 3" que corresponden al curso que tengáis pendiente y enviadmelos para corregir
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• El plazo límite para su entrega es el 14 de mayo
• Debido a las circunstancias excepcionales causadas por el COVID-19, estos ejercicios prácticos se tendrán en cuenta para la nota final de "pendientes"

EJERCICIOS PRÁCTICOS

• 1º ESO
• practice 1
• practice 2
• practice 3

• 2º ESO
• practice 1
• practice 2
• practice 3

• 3º ESO