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 «I met a girl crazy for me», Danny told his friends.
«I met a boy cute as can be», Sandy told her friends.
« I took her bowling in the arcade», Danny said.
 « We stayed out until 10 o'clock», Sandy said.
 « we went strolling, we drank lemonade», Sandy added.
 «Did you get very far?», Danny's friends asked him.
 «Does he have a car?», Sandy's friends wanted to know.
«Could she get me a friend?», one of Danny's friends enquired.
 «How much dough did he spend?», Sandy's friends asked her.
 «Tell me more», one of her friends told Sandy.
 «Tell me more», one of her friends told Danny.

April Fool's Day.

Were you tricked by anyone on April Fool's day? The first of April is April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day. It is a day when people play practical jokes to embarrass the gullible ( goofy / fool / innocent).
 






Click on the image and you'll listen to the dialogue.

* Remember: pull your leg has a second meaning: prendre el pèl.


Click here to find out famous riddles ( jokes).
Click here to find out more riddles.

 Click on the photo  to watch a BBC programme about an April Fool's Day hoax_ Spaghetti Harvest_ which was broadcast on  April Fool's Day in 1957.
 

Easter quiz.

• When is Easter celebrated?
• How are the different festivities called in English?
• Where does "Easter" name come from?  
• What are the Easter baskets?
• How do Easter eggs look like?Where do people hang Easter eggs?
• How do you play Egg rolling?Where does a famous egg rolling contest take place?
• Where does the tradition of Easter Hare or Easter Bunny come from?
• What do British people eat at Easter?

Easter chat!

You aren't going to see your partner for about two weeks, you may have lots of things to tell each other. Ask your partner:

1. What are you going to do during the Easter break?

2. What are the Spanish traditions at Easter?

( skip the skipping-rope, fly the kite, eat a bun, .....

3. Do you know any English traditions?

( give chocolate eggs, hide them and have to look for them; coloured boiled hard eggs, ....)

4.What are your commitments over the next two months?

Happy Easter!



The tradition of the Easter Hare or Easter Bunny comes from a Northern European Legend

I wish ...

If only / I wish + past simple

(to talk about a present situation that we want to be different.

If only / I wish I earned more money.
If only / I wish I had more free time.

If only I wasn't late for school. ( I am usually for school)

I wish I wasn't late for school. ( I am usually for school)

If only / I wish I didn't feel sleepy in class. ( I usually feel sleepy)

If only / I wish + past perfect

( to talk about a past situation that we want to be different)

If only / I wish I had apologized.

If only / I wish + would + infinitive

(to complain about a person, a thing or situation)

If only / I wish Jack wouldn't tell lies.

Conditionals

1) If you hurry, you will catch the bus.

2) If you hurried, you would catch the bus.

3) If you had hurried, you would have caught the bus.


1) Present situation and possible (first conditional)
(It's now 7.00. The bus leaves at 7.10 and it takes you about 8 minutes to get to the bus stop.)

2) Present situation and hypothesis (second conditinal)
(It's now 7.00. The bus leaves at 7.10, but you don't feel in the mood of hurrying. You don't feel like running; you feel so sleepy! And your parents tell you to hurry)

3) Past situation. (third conditional).Yesterday you didn't catch the bus and today at the bus stop you realise that you could have caught it.

How do you pronounce "enough"?

Listen to the song and learn how to pronounce the word "enough".  

Examples: 

• She only had enough money to go out on special occasions. 
• She wasn't rich enough to buy expensive clothes. 
• Supermarkets were too expensive. 
• Not having access to the Internet was such a big problem that she had to use my neighbour's Wi-Fi. 
•  In winter she was so cold that she used to wear gloves indoor.