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.
Oy and ahoy, moy little poyritts! From now on, it be dangerous to share foyls on the internet. A Swedish law now allows copyroyght owners to access computers that be sharing files. Be warned, lads and lasses!
Poyritt English > Standard English: Watch out, my little pirates! From now on it is dangerous to share files on the internet. A Swedish law now allows copyright owners to access computers that are sharing files. Be warned, boys and girls!
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.
These are some song titles which include a preposition at the end of the sentence. Listen to them and realise that what you have been listening to so far is the final output of your digestive system final track:
The BBC aired three radio programmes dedicated to the sounds of English. You can listen to them here or take any of the quizzes (some knowledge of phonetics may be required!).
Listen to the programmes:
Quizzes:
(From Vilaweb’s Diari d’ Escola): Intelligent, beautiful, cultured, ambitious, politically astute. These are some of the words used to describe Cleopatra (69 BC- 30 BC), queen of Egypt and considered by many to be one of the most fascinating women of all times.
Today many teachers have gone on strike. If you want to know why, click on the following links:
This is a fully detailed explanation of the use of gerunds and infinitives in English. You can have a look and see what awaits you in batxillerat
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