Well, I have finally marked all the exams for unit 7. The last ones were the easy tests belonging to 4th A and C. And the average results?

• 4th A = 5.2
• 4th C = 4.7

If you cared to read the previous post, you’d notice you’ll have to study harder for this test. Don’t be too overconfident and never say I didn’t warn you!

Unit 7 was easy and difficult at the same time. It was easy because you only had to study about 15 words to master the grammar; on the other hand, it was difficult because it made you think you didn’t have to study. Well, here are the average results so far:

Difficult level:

• 4th C = 2.5
• 4th A = 7.9

Intermediate level:

• 4th C = 4.4
• 4th A = 4.2

What makes Britain British? In fact, what is Britishness? How can we define the identity of the nation known as Britain? Is it tea? Is it the hat and the umbrella? Is it the Empire, the Monarchy or the Parliament? Is it not-being Scottish, Irish or Welsh?

Listen to this thought-provoking programme from BBC Radio 4 for some answers.

While most European languages use a word related to the Latin ‘Pasqua’, the English use ‘Easter‘, which is of Germanic origin. In fact, the word is derived from the name of an ancient Pagan goddess named ‘éostre‘ in Old English. If you want to know more, here’s a link to the wikipedia article.