4th ESO the articles

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Here you have the theory we saw in class. Download it and print it.

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And now, click on the following link and you’ll find the exercise we also did in class:

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And now time to listen to good music. This is a group from Mora who sing their own songs in English. Enjoy them!  the Atlantis

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adjectives describing personality

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50 adjectives to describe the personality

50 Adjetivos para describir a las personas
ambitious ambicioso
annoying pesado
argumentative, quarrelsome discutidor
bad-tempered malhumorado
big-headed creído, engreído
bitchy de mala leche, venenoso;
brave valiente
cantankerous cascarrabias
carefree despreocupado
careless descuidado, poco cuidadoso
cautious prudente, cauteloso, cauto;
charming encantador
cheerful alegre, jovial;
conceited, full of oneself presumido
conservative conservador
conventional convencional
cowardly cobarde
crazy, nuts loco, chiflado
cruel cruel
dull, boring soso, aburrido
flirtatious coqueta
friendly amigable, simpático, agradable
generous generoso
hard-working trabajador
honest honesto
kind amable
laid-back tranquilo, relajado
lazy perezoso, vago
loyal fiel
mean tacaño
modest modesto
moody de humor cambiante
naive ingenuo, inocentón
naughty (children) malo, travieso (niños)
narrow-minded: de mentalidad cerrada, intolerante;
pious piadoso
polite cortés, educado
proud orgulloso
reliable: he’s a very reliable person fiable, confiable: es una persona en la que se puede confiar
self-confident: to be self-confident seguro de sí mismo: tener confianza en sí mismo
selfish egoísta
sensible sensato, prudente;
sensitive sensible
shy – introverted tímido, vergonzoso – introvertido
strict estricto, severo, riguroso
stubborn terco, testarudo, tozudo
sympathetic (understanding) comprensivo
talkative conversador, hablador
trustworthy digno de confianza
two-faced falso
weird raro, extraño

Curiosities about March

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Facts about March
Customs and Traditions

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Gemstone: Bloodstone
Flower: Jonquil

Where does the word March originate from?

The word ‘March’ comes from the Roman ‘Martius’. This was originally the first month of the Roman calendar and was named after Mars, the god of war.

March used to be the first month of the year

March was the beginning of our calendar year. We changed to the ‘New Style’ or ‘Gregorian calendar in 1752, and it is only since then when we the year began on 1st January.

Another name for March

The Anglo-Saxons called the month Hlyd monath which means Stormy month, or Hraed monath which means Rugged month.

All year round Traditional games played in March

All through Lent the traditional games played are marbles and skipping. The games were stopped on the stroke of twelve noon on Good Friday, which in some places was called Marble Day or Long Rope Day.

The game of marbles has been played for hundreds of years and some historians say that it might have been started by rolling eggs. In the past, round stones, hazelnuts, round balls of baked clay and even cherry stones have been used.

All year round Superstition

25If Easter should fall on Lady Day (March 25) then some disaster will shortly follow:

‘When my Lord falls in my Lady’s lap,
England beware of some mishap.‘

Shrove Tuesday

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In the Uk there is a much-loved tradition of making and eating pancakes (crèpes) on Shrove Tuesday, that means tomorrow, just the day before Ash Wednesday (dimecres de cendra) , the first day of a period called Lent (Quaresma).

Shrove comes from the verb “Shrive”, which in Old English means to confess, since in  Christian beliefs one had to confess before Lent, a period that commemorates Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness.   In fact, Shrove Tuesday was to use up (gastar) all the food that we could not eat in Lent, and might go off (fer-se malbé): eggs, butter, and sugar… the ingredients of pancakes. Here you have a recipe in American accent!

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Another typical thing in the Uk are the pancake races , which as their name indicates, are races where some people carry a frying pan with a hot pancake inside and have to flip the pancake a specific number of times, usually three, before they get to the finishing line.

The most famous one is probably Olney Pancake Race: the ones who take part in it are local housewives wearing an apron (devantal) and a hat or a scarf. They must run 375 metres from the  market square to the church with the frying pan and the  pancake. The frist one to give the frying pan to the bell ringer (campaner) wins and gets the prize (premi) :   the bell ringer’s kiss and a prayer book (llibre d’oracions) from the vicar.

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And finally Shrovetide football, a tradition from the 12th century. See how they enjoy it!