Words

ancient  - of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time

remain - to stay in the same place or in the same condition

conquer  - to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force


potion - a liquid that is believed to have a magical effect on someone who drinks it

fearless - having no fear

accompanied - to go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same time as something

blowtorch - a tool used to heat metal or remove paint from a surface by producing anextremely hot flame

fictional -  imaginary

villain - a bad person who harms other people or breaks the law:

extremely - very

X-ray - a type of radiation that can go through many solid substances, allowing hiddenobjects such as bones and organs in the body to be photographed

vision - an idea or mental image of something

defeat - to win against someone in a fight, war, or competition

Relative clauses practice

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?04

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns.htm

Letter of thanks

Complete this letter.

History of Thanksgiving Day: by Studies Weekly

separatists, Church of England,  Mayflower,  pilgrims,  harvest,  donate,  feast,  commemorate,  nursery rhyme,  Lincoln,  racognition,  appreciation,  ppumpkin,  christmas shopping season, coincide,  1941,  Saratoga,   ratify

Commas and Relative Clauses (test)

Song2 by Blur

Pre-listening activity:
Match the words with their definitions.
Shaved - heavy metal - pins & needles - lie - I'm easy

1. _____________________: no problems, no complaints, without difficulties
2. _____________________: a type of music, very loud, hard rock and roll
3. _____________________: a tingling feeling in your body
4. _____________________: to not tell the truth
5. _____________________: to cut off all your hair, to remove body hair with a razor

Listening activity:
There are 8 words that are wrong; find them and write the correct words
I got my head shaved
By a barber
It wasn't easy
But everything is, no
When I feel like classical music
And I'm pins and I'm needles
Well I lie and I'm bad
All of the time but I'm always sure when I need you
Pleased to meet you
I got my head done
When I was old
It's not my problem
It's not my problem
When I feel like heavy metal
And I'm pins and I'm needles
Well I lie and I'm easy
All of the time but I'm never sure when I hate you
Nice to meet you
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah


Post-listening Activity: Discussion questions
When do you feel pins and needles?
Would you ever shave your head why or why not?
Is it better to lie or tell the truth even when the truth will hurt someone?
If you don't tell a person something, is that better than lying to them?
Do you think it is alright to lie in certain situations? What are those situations?

More games

http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Past_Participles.htm

http://matchthememory.com/pastparticiple

http://www.manythings.org/fq/1/8992.html

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/i_games/gotoschool/games_gts02?cc=hu&selLanguage=hu

Full Lyrics

I got my head shaved
By a jumbo jet
It wasn't easy
But nothing is, no
When I feel like heavy metal
And I'm pins and I'm needles
Well I lie and I'm easy
All of the time but I'm never sure when I need you
Pleased to meet you
I got my head done
When I was young
It's not my problem
It's not my problem
When I feel like heavy metal
And I'm pins and I'm needles
Well I lie and I'm easy
All of the time but I'm never sure when I need you
Pleased to meet you
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah

Past Participle Games

Participles

Invaders game

Practice for group B

Rule

Exercises

Quiz

Test (level 4)

Practice for group A

The rule

Online tasks

1)  The books, .......... I'd ordered over the internet, took nearly three weeks to arrive.

2)  The books .......... I'd ordered from a bookshop arrived the following week.

3)  My parents, ......... were born in the north of England, moved to London to find work.

4)  The man .......... lives upstairs is always playing music when I'm trying to get to sleep.

5)  The building .......... I live in was built in the 1920s.

6)  The building ......... I live was built in the 1920s.

7)  The car's making a funny noise again, .......... means we'll have to get someone to look at it.

8)  The employee to .......... you refer is no longer working for this company.

9)  Do you remember the name of the man .......... car you crashed into?

10)  Have you any idea .......... they were arguing about?

11)  Have you any idea .......... they were arguing?

12)  The hotel .......... we stayed was very good for the price.

13) I talked to the girl .......... car had broken down in front of the shop.

14) Mr Richards, .......... is a taxi driver, lives on the corner.

15) We often visit our aunt in Norwich .......... is in East Anglia.

16) This is the girl .......... comes from Spain.

17) That's Peter, the boy .......... has just arrived at the airport.

18) Thank you very much for your e-mail ......... was very interesting.

19) The man, .......... father is a professor, forgot his umbrella.

20) The children, .......... shouted in the street, are not from our school.

21) The car, .......... driver is a young man, is from Ireland.

22) What did you do with the money .......... your mother lent you?

Answer key

 Test 1  (level2)

Test 2 (level 3)

Relative clauses - video

Alexander The Great - Group B

Alexander The Great 

1. Who is he?

2. When did he live?

3. Who was his father?

4. Can you mention three of his campaings?

5. How old was he when he died? What happened to him?

Ivanhoe - Group A

1. Who is the author of Ivanhoe?

2. What is King Richard known as?

3. Where place is King Richard returning from in Chapter 1?

4. What language becomes the official language of England as a result of Norman royalty?

5. What does Prince John do when King Richard is captured in Europe?

Guy Fawkes quiz Group B

http://inmadom-myenglishclass.blogspot.hu/2012/11/bonfire-night-story-of-guy-fawkes.html

Guy Fawkes quiz Group A

http://www.triviala.com/quizzes/play/id/3005

Bonfire night

 English Folk Verse (c.1870)

            The Fifth of November

    Remember, remember!
    The fifth of November,
    The Gunpowder treason and plot;
    I know of no reason
    Why the Gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot!
    Guy Fawkes and his companions
    Did the scheme contrive,
    To blow the King and Parliament
    All up alive.
    Threescore barrels, laid below,
    To prove old England's overthrow.
    But, by God's providence, him they catch,
    With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
    A stick and a stake
    For King James's sake!
    If you won't give me one,
    I'll take two,
    The better for me,
    And the worse for you.
    A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
    A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,
    A pint of beer to wash it down,
    And a jolly good fire to burn him.
    Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
    Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
    Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!

Halloween

In October many shop windows in Britain turn orange and black, with pumpkins, witches, broomsticks and cats. What do young people do to celebrate Halloween? Read this article to find out.
Flying witches, pumpkin lanterns, trick or treat... What do you know about Halloween? Here are some Halloween facts to get started.
 Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. This isn’t a public holiday in Britain.
 Halloween is the night before the Catholic festival of All Saints and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain (1st November).
 Halloween is also sometimes called All Hallows’ Eve, All Hallowtide and can also be written Hallowe’en.
 Halloween colours are orange and black. Orange is related to harvests because the end of October is the end of the harvest (the time when fruit and vegetables are collected). Black is related to death.
In the UK Halloween traditions are very much alive and popular, especially amongst kids and teenagers. We looked at some of the most common.
Pumpkin lanterns
These are pumpkins (an orange, football-sized vegetable) with the inside removed and a nose, eyes and mouth cut into one side. A candle is placed inside the empty pumpkin and the light creates a scary face effect. In the past people used potatoes or turnips to make lanterns but nowadays pumpkins are more popular. They are easier to cut and you can buy them in supermarkets. People use pumpkin lanterns to decorate their homes at Halloween. Do people actually eat their pumpkins? Yes, they do! Pumpkin soup and pumpkin curry are very popular meals at this time of year.
Apple bobbing
To play this game, lots of apples are placed in a large tub or bowl of water. The competitors have to take a bite from one of the apples without using their hands. To make this more difficult, the competitors have their eyes covered with a scarf. You are not allowed to use the sides of the bowl to help you bite the apple. This game often involves getting very wet so it's a good idea to bring a towel!
Apple bobbing may be related to the ancient Roman festival of remembering the dead, which was also in October. The Romans remembered the goddess of trees and fruit, called Pomona. When they came to the UK, about 2,000 years ago, they continued with this tradition.
Dressing up
People of all ages dress up on Halloween. The most popular fancy dress costumes include witches, vampires, ghosts, skeletons, zombies or monsters. You can buy a costume from a shop or you can make your own costume at home. It’s easy to make a ghost costume from an old white sheet or wear black clothes to look like a witch. You can even cover your face in bright red tomato ketchup to look like a
Halloween: Life in the UK - text
vampire! What would you choose? Rachel, 14, from Liverpool says, 'If you go trick or treating it’s best to dress up as a witch. You don’t need a bag for the sweets – you can just use your witch’s hat!'
Trick or treating
Children dress up and then visit the houses in their neighbourhood asking for a ‘trick or treat’. The neighbour gives them sweets or money as a ‘treat’. If there is no treat, the children play a trick on the neighbour, for example they might throw soap at the window. Some people think that playing tricks is unkind but luckily there is nearly always a treat! This custom is imported from the USA and is more popular with young people than with adults. The police in some parts of Britain give out 'No trick or treat, please!' posters for people to display on their door on the night of Halloween. Young children usually go trick or treating with parents or with an older brother or sister.
Halloween parties
If you are in Sheffield, in the north of England, at the end of October you can go to Fright Night. What is Fright Night? People in Sheffield say it’s 'Britain's Biggest Halloween Party' and it attracts about 40,000 people each year. There are activities for kids, teenagers and adults including a fancy dress catwalk, urban dance, a monster in the fountain and a zombie garden, as well as the traditional apple bobbing and a competition for the best pumpkin lantern. If you don't have a big Halloween party in your area, some people have parties at home or at youth clubs where they dress up and play scary games or tell ghost stories.
Watch a horror film
Not in the mood for a Halloween party? Older teenagers that aren’t helping their younger sisters and brothers to trick or treat sometimes watch a scary film with friends either at home or at the cinema. Any film with the words 'Halloween', 'Vampire', 'Dead' or 'Zombie' in the title is probably going to be quite scary. In the UK films are divided into categories depending on whether they are for children, teens or adults. 'U' films are suitable for all ages, '15' films are for people aged 15 or over, and '18' films are for adults only. Many cinemas in the UK show old black-and-white, classic horror films such as 'Psycho' on the night of October 31st. Interestingly, you needed to be over 18 to see 'Psycho' at the cinema in 1960. Now the film has a ‘15’ rating.
Happy Halloween!

Competition

http://akkrt.hu/versenyregisztracio/

Reading comprehension task - ghost towns

http://www.5percangol.hu/cikk/ghost-towns-around-the-world