HALLOWEEN

Halloween is a holiday in many English speaking countries that is celebrated on the night of October 31st. Children wear costumes and they go to people's homes saying "Trick or treat?" to ask for candy and then people give it to them.
The word Halloween comes from Hallowe'en. This is a contraction of All Hallow's Eve. All Hallows Eve is the day before the Catholic All Saints holy day, that was once called All Hallows (All Hallowed Souls). Hallowed means holy.

Do you celebrate Halloween? How?

IRREGULAR VERBS

We are starting with the Past Simple and Present Perfect tenses, and it's a difficult task for you to learn the past and past participle forms of the irregular verbs. This exercise can help you to do so:

Irregular Verbs

Come on!!

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

With this song, I want to start a series of entries in which I will show the films, books and songs that I like best. I only want you to give your opinion about them, if you have watched, read or heard them, and what did they seem to you... and any other thing you want to tell me!!



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"Smells Like Teen Spirit" was published by the American grunge band Nirvana in 1991. It belongs to their second album, "Nevermind". It is one of the most famous songs in the world, and the most representative of the grunge movement.

RAFA NADAL RECEIVES THE PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS AWARD

"It's an incredible honour for me to receive the "Prícipe de Asturias Sport Award". I'm extremely grateful to the jury and everyone else who chose me as it's an achievement greater than usual, it makes me feel proud.
Not only does it represent great sport values but also, and most importantly, good human values. This award is one of the best things that could happen to me outside of the tennis court because it says to me I'm doing this right when it comes to human values."

HARRY POTTER

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the English author J.K. Rowling. The books tell the adventures of the teenage wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasly and Hermoine Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts. The central story concerns Harry's struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents.
The names of the seven books are: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Up to June 2008, the book series has sold more than 400 million copies and has been translated into 67 languages, and the last four books have consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books in history.

Have you read any of the Harry Potter books? Dis you like them?
How does the author call the non-magical people?

COUNTABLE AND NON-COUNTABLE NOUNS

We have been studying count and noncount nouns in the first lesson. This is an exercise to practise and discover new vocabulary you didn't know. And it is also a good way to revise!!

Countable and non-countable nouns

VIDEOS AND LYRICS

In this link you will find a lot of videos of your favourite groups and singers, and in the left side, you can read the lyrics as you are listening to the song. It's amazing!!

Videos and lyrics

They are in alphabetical order, and you can find both Spanish and English songs. I hope you like and enjoy it. And use it to learn English!!!

GRACE KELLY

Listen to this song by Mika:

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In the chorus, the author mentions some colors. Which?
And another question for you to surf the internet, can you tell me where was Mika born?

U2

U2 is a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. By the mid-1980s, the band had become a top international group. Their success as a live group was greater than their success at selling records until their 1987 album The Joshua Tree. U2 responded to the dance and alternative rock revolutions, and they reinvented themselves with their 1991 album Achtung Baby! and the Zoo TV Tour. Since 2000, U2 have pursued a more traditional sound.
U2 have sold more than 140 million albums worlwide and have won 22 Grammy Awards.

Two songs by U2. The first one, With or Without you, a ballad:

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The second, Elevation:

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And the video of the first single of his last album by now, Vertigo:

A, AN OR THE

You can practise grammar with this simple exercise. I hope it will be useful for you

A, AN or THE

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS

Watch the trailer of this film:



The film is based on a best-seller of the same name. Do you know the author? Have you read the book?

How old are the children?