Notting Hill carnival

London has a peculiar Carnival celebration.

It isn't held in February or March. It's held in August. Winter is too cold!!!
Read this interesting easy article.
Can you complete these sentences?
Finally, watch this video to check how much you know about this Summer holiday.

fish and chips

Is there anything more British than a Chippy?

Yes, of course. Fish and chips with mushy peas and tartar sauce.
Read this short article about the most traditional British food.
And then watch this video to know how to prepare it:

Enjoy your meal !

Youtube viral video

This video is the first episode of a series from the channel ConvosWith2YrOld. Each video contains true conversations between the creator (Matthew Clarke) and his 2 year-old daughter (Coco Frances). The daughter's role is played by a friend of Matthew. Watch and enjoy it!

Two toilets!!

Read and then listen to this interesting piece of news about strange toilets in Sochi, Russia.

Two toilets

Do you like the story? Why?

Valentine's day

We talked about Valentine's day in the morning. Try these easy exercises to remember the vocabulary connected to 14th February:

• words
• text
• song

Wallace and Gromit

 

Here you are the complete interview to Nick Park, the creator of Wallace and Gromit.

Now, answer these questions:

• what's the inspiration behind creating Wallace and Gromit?
• does any of the characters reflect Nick's own personality?

Just for some fun, watch this short video:

Do you know that Gromit was not supposed to have been a dog?
Read this piece of news and find out.

Winter Olympic games

Today start the winter Olympic games.

Have a look at the website and find out:

- the names of the different sports
- the price of the tickets for bobsleigh
- which countries come from Africa
- how many Canadian athletes compete in curling
- what kind of souvenirs you can buy at the online shop

Send your answers to my g.mail account

READY, SET, GOOOOOO...............................

Past simple

Here you are the video made in the 70s we watched in the morning. Yes, the one in which American people answered the question: "what did you do yesterday?"

These are the rules you have to remember about the Past simple

Once you've watched the video, try these exercises on the Past simple:
                                                                                                    1. affirmative
                                                                                                     2. negative 
                                                                                                     3. interrogative