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conditionals for 2nd BAT
For those students who want to practise the conditionals , here you have extra exercises, some online and others for you to print and do on your own.
Online:
If you have lost your class photocopies click HERE
worksheets for 2nd BAT on passives
reading comprehensions
Would you like to improve your reading? Click on the link below and do the mutiple choice exercises
Curiosities about March
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Facts about March |
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Gemstone: Bloodstone 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.
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.
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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.
If Easter should fall on Lady Day (March 25) then some disaster will shortly follow:subordinating conjunctions
If you need more theory on this topic, click on
Once you are on the webpage you can click on 2nd BAT and you’ll find lots of exercises on any grammar topic you need to practise.
reflexive pronouns worksheet
Click on this link and do the exercises
click on the link below and you’ll find the answers to the above exercise
tips for writing
Shrove Tuesday
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!