Change the clock - summer time begins

In the UK and Poland people change their clocks and watches by one hour. Do the same with your watch!

Last Sunday in March (25th March, 2012)  - clocks go forward 1 hour and British Summer Time begins (BST).

Leon and Matilda teach Present Simple

Use Present Simple to talk about:

• your emotions and feelings (I like apples, I hate cats, I dislike TV, I am hungry)
• your likes and dislikes (I like learning English, I don't like Spain, I am interested in Art)
• your job and everyday routines (I get up at 7, I am a shop assistant)
• what you have and what you don't have (I have a dog, I don't have a computer) 
• what you want and what you don't want (I want coffee, I don't want a break)
• what you know and what you don't know (I know you, I don't know your dad)
• what you can and what you can't (I can sing, I can't dance)
• nature (The earth goes round the sun, Cows eat grass)

- Leon, all we do is work. We need a break.Let's play a game!
- What kind of game?
- I have this great game. It makes you think and it helps your memory. It's exactly what you need.
- OK.
- Who is it?
- I don't know. 
- OK.
- I don't know.
- Moustache?
- No....
- Gene Kelly?
- Good. Your turn now.
- OK, pilgrim!
- Clint Eastwood? I don't know. I give up.
- John Wayne.
- I was just about to say that. I swear. It's amazing. Leon, really, brilliant. Amazing.

Answer the questions. Use Present Simple:

1. What do they do all the time?
2. Do they often play games?
3. Why is the game great?
4. Does Leon know the anserws?
5. How many answers does he know?
6. Do you work too much?
7. What do you do to relax?
8. Do you like playing games?

Vocabulary:
all we do is work - ciągle tylko pracujemy
we need a break - potrzebujemy przerwy
let's play - zagrajmy
what kind of game - co to za gra (jakiego rodzaju)?
it makes you think - zmusza do myślenia
it helps your memory - pomaga w zapamiętywaniu (ćwiczy pamięć)
exactly - dokładnie
need - potrzebować
moustache - wąsy
your turn - twoja kolej
I give up - poddaję się
I was just about to say that - właśnie miałam to powiedzieć
I swear - przysięgam
It's brilliant - to kapitalne

Forrest Gump teaches "there is / there are"

Watch the first scene of "Forrest Gump" and write as many sentences with "there is, there are, there isn't, there aren't" as you can. Use "some" in positive sentences or "any" in negative ones.

Example: There is a feather in the air. There are some cars. There aren't any trains.

Answer the questions, please:

1. Where is Forrest?
2. What's next to him?
3. What does he have in his suitcase?
4. Do you like watching films? What kind of films do you like?


You can send me all of your answers: justynakiedos@op.pl

Vocabulary you may need:

action films - filmy akcji
cartoons - kreskówki
love stories - romanse
comedies - komedie
disaster movies - filmy katastroficzne
documentaries - filmy dokumentalne
dramas - dramaty
horrors - horrory
thrillers - filmy sensacyjne
westerns - westerny
soap operas - opery mydlane, telenowele
serials - seriale

There is / There are - exercise

Vocabulary you may need:

at the moment - teraz, w tej chwili

crisps - czipsy

article - artykuł

midnight - połnoc

bust stop - przystanek autobusowy

sandwich - kanapka

You can send me your answers: justynakiedos@op.pl

Word of the week (or more:))

narcissus - narcyz

snowdrop - przebiśnieg

tulip - tulipan

daffodil - żonkil

crocus - krokus