THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. The lively tale of the adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: making competitions with bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and tricks in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.
One of the most famous incidents in the book describes how Tom persuades his friends to do a boring, hateful chore for him: painting a fence.

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Have you read this book?

Do you know the name of the author of this book?

And the name of other books he wrote?

HANGMAN FOR THE WEEKEND

Here you can play the hangman. You have to look for adverbs of time. Have a good time!

Hangman

PHOTO DESCRIPTION

What´s going to happen?

ONE SONG

1. In the chorus, there are three Interrogative Pronouns. Which? What's their meaning?
2. Guess the name of the song and the group that sings it.

Here you have the video of the song. What do you think of the group?

TRAFFIC IN LONDON

For the 2 Bachillerato pupils, a Selectividad text:

TRAFFIC IN LONDON

When cars first replaced horses in London, everyone was pleased. Thank goodness, the streets would no longer be full of smelly excrements. But Londoners have changed their minds about cars since then. In February 2003, in fact, the city introduced a plan to cut traffic and make it a nicer place to live in. All motorits coming into the capital between 7 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. have to pay a 5 pounds admission free.
The success of this system is highly unexpected. It was introduced by the Mayor, Ken Livingstone, in the face of opposition from business leaders, politicians and a lot of people who just love their cars. Business leaders claimed that their companies would suffer, while politicians said it would unfairly penalise various groups. Even the Government took an attitude of wait and see. Against predictions, private traffic is now down by 20 per cent, while fees and fines provide 130 million pounds each year for improving public transport.
In order to sell this plan to the public, you cannot just introduce it, you have to get people to accept it. If you ask motorists directly, they say no, but if you put it in a package with a reduction in the price of petrol, or in a package including better roads and better public transport, a majority of motorists will support it.

Answer the questions:
1) Why do you think Londoners have changed their minds about cars since they replaced horses in the city?
2) How does this system help the public transport? (Give two reasons)

True or False:
1) If motorists want to drive into London between 7.00 a.m. and 6.30 p.m., they are charged some money.
2) The Government agreed to support this plan introduced by the Major.
3) In spite of this plan, traffic has not decreased in London.
4) Most motorists will support the plan if it is combined with other measures.

If you don't know the meaning of some word, look at Wordreference, an online dictionary.

IRREGULAR VERBS

One of the most difficult things for students is to learn the past and past participle forms of irregular verbs. Here you can check your progress:

Irregular Verbs 1

Irregular Verbs 2

Irregular Verbs 3

Irregular Verbs 4

Welcome to ESPIQUINGLIS. In this blog you will find extension and revision exercises for you to practise at home. I hope you all like it and take part in it! The only condition is that you must write in English. See you!!