Origin of the Days of the Week and the Months of the Year

Leap Year

• A Leap Day, February 29, is added to the calendar during leap years. This extra day makes the year 366 days long – not 365 days, like a common year.

• Leap days are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the Sun. Without an extra – or intercalary – day on February 29 nearly every four years, we would lose almost six hours every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be off by approximately 24 days in relation to fixed seasonal days days like the vernal equinox or winter solstice.

•  Roman general Julius Caesar implemented the first leap day in his Julian Calendar, which he introduced in 45 BCE (Before Common Era). A leap day was added every four years. At the time, leap day was February 24, and February was the last month of the year.

• It  is still associated with age-old customs, folklore and superstition. One of the most well-known traditions is that women propose to their boyfriends, instead of the other way around. 

 Leap Days 2016 – 2032

Year	February 29 – Day of the Week
2016	Monday
2020	Saturday
2024	Thursday
2028	Tuesday
2032	Sunday

The Tube. London Underground

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What NOT TO SAY at an Interview

 Taken from  languagelearningbase.com

How Do Animals Sound In Different Languages?

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Reading B2

Countries 

Places 

Sport 

Environment 

Health 

Transport 

Holidays 

http://www.examenglish.com/B2/B2_reading.htm

Listening B2

Education 

Accommodation 

Leisure 

Tourism 

Travel 

Health 

Environment 

Describing places 

http://www.examenglish.com/B2/b2_listening_education.htm

Short films

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The Most Beautiful Thing

The Simpsons. Some facts and a Jeopardy

The Simpsons Jeopardy

Comparatives and Superlatives Quiz

Minions Language

Did you know that the language Minion-ese was created for Despicable Me Minions and many of the  words are derived from Spanish, Japanese and even Korean words?

                                                     * Apple
Other words:
Minion Language             English Translation
Kan pai                                                Cheers!
Pwede na                                             Can we start?
Luk at tu!                                              Look at you!
Muak Muak Muak                               Kiss kiss
Bi do                                                    I'm sorry
La Boda                                               Marriage
Buttom                                                 Bottom
Stupa! Stupa!                                      Stop! Stop!
Sa la ka!                                              How dare you!

Why not give it a try? Can you  create some of your own words in Minion-ese? Try the minions traslator and have fun.

Say No to Bullying

Passive Voice

Take a look at the following exercises to practice the forms and uses of passive voice. Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7

Pancake Day. Reading-comprehension activity (B1)

When is Pancake Day?

Where is it celebrated?

Learn how to make Pancakes

 

 Read the article about Pancake Day and then do the activities 
 British Council

Read the article about Pancake Day and then do the exercises. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/pancake-day#sthash.vRWRXkcy.dpuf

Read the article about Pancake Day and then do the exercises. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/pancake-day#sthash.vRWRXkcy.dpuf

Comparison of Adverbs

Comparison (-er/-est)

	Comparative ending in -er	Superlative ending in -est
one-syllable adverbs (hard)	harder	hardest
adverbs with the same form as adjectives (early)	earlier	earliest

Comparison (more / most)

	Comparative formed with more	Superlative formed with most
adverbs ending in -ly (happily)	more happily	most happily

Irregular comparisons

positive form	comparative	superlative
well	better	best
badly	worse	worst
ill	worse	worst
little	less	least
much	more	most
far (place + time)	further	furthest
far (place)	farther	farthest
late (time)	later	latest	Exercise

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of manner from jose angel isla

What's your Astrological Sign?

Horoscopes

Listen to the text (and read along)

Online Activity. Personality traits

Feelings /Emotions /Reactions (Adjectives)

How are you feeling today?

 

Click here and do the activities 

Listen and do the matching activities

Writing essays

The Wizard of Oz. (Clips/ Facts/Original Prints)

 Lyrics
 We're off to see the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. We hear he is a whiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz there was If ever, oh ever a wiz there was, The Wizard of Oz is one because Because, because, because, because, because Because of the wonderful things he does We're off to see the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz do do do do do do do do do do ( Songwriters Arlen Harold; Harburg )

FACTS  

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900. 

• It has since been reprinted on numerous occasions, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical as well as the iconic 1939 musical film adaptation.

• It has been translated or adapted into well over fifty languages.

• The Library of Congress has declared The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to be America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale", also naming it the first American fantasy for children and one of the most-read children's books  

ORIGINAL PRINTS