INITIAL TEST

Are you curious about your level in English? Choose these links and test yourself!! Maybe you know more than you think!!

LEVEL TEST ELEMENTARY A1

LEVEL TEST PRE INTERMEDIATE A2

LEVEL TEST INTERMEDIATE B1

LEVEL TEST UPPER INTERMEDIATE B2

LEVEL TEST C1

LEVEL TEST C2

THE ANGEL OF LOVE

In the Roman version, Cupid was the son of Venus (goddess of love) and Mars (god of war), and in the Greek version he was the son of Aphrodite and was named Eros, the following story is almost identical in both cultures. He was often depicted with wings, a bow, and a quiver of arrows.
BEWARE of this little angel, my friends, he will be around St Valentine's Day to throw his arrows!! Will he point at the right hearts?

DAY OF PEACE MESSAGES

The "School Day of Non-violence and Peace" is held on January 30 every year, on the anniversary of the death in 1948 of Mahatma Gandhi. Watch the following video, it has a special message for all.

Save the Earth: PEACE MESSAGE.

...and now...why don't you record your own PEACE MESSAGES. Follow the instructions your teacher will give you. Good luck, Love and Peace for All!!

HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN IS ONE OF THE MOST KNOWN AND FUNNY CELEBRATIONS IN THE ENGLISH CULTURE. GHOSTS, GOBLINS, MONSTERS, CARVED PUMKINS AND PARTIES ARE PART OF THE TRADITION TOGETHER WITH THE AUTUMN SMELL IN THE AIR...
HERE YOU HAVE A CREEPY AND SCARY TEXT TO READ AT NIGHT IF YOU WANT TO SPEND A SPECIAL NIGHT. IT WAS WRITTEN BY EDGAR ALAN POE, AN AMERICAN WRITER WHO WROTE MANY SCARY AND FAMOUS TALES. THIS IS A POEM CALLED "THE RAVEN". ENJOY IT!
THE RAVEN.

LIMERICKS

A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict form, originally popularized in English by Edward Lear. Limericks are frequently witty or humorous, and sometimes obscene with humorous intent. A limerick has five lines, with three metrical feet in the first, second, and fifth lines and two metrical feet in the third and fourth lines. The rhyme scheme is usually AABBA. The first line of a limerick traditionally introduces a person and a place, with the place appearing at the end of the first line and therefore establishing the rhyme scheme for the second and fifth lines.

A well-known example is:

Hickere, Dickere Dock,
A Mouse ran up the Clock,
The Clock Struck One,
The Mouse fell down,
And Hickere Dickere Dock.

Can you write a limerick? Visit http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/limerick.htm and post it here!!

WHEN A POET DIES... (BOOK DAY)

April 23rd is the INTERNATIONAL BOOK DAY because Shakespeare and Cervantes both died on that day in 1616. Later, in 1850, another writer died that same day, Wordsworth. So, if you are a writer or a similar, BE CAREFUL! This seems to be Tuesday 13th for Literature!!

WHAT IS SPRING?

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~ Charles Dickens.

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~ Proverb.

And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
~ Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~ Chinese Proverb.

April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. ~ William Shakespeare.

"I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
- William Wordsworth.