Vanuatu

Today we read about Vanuatu and the Pentecost leap. Quite interesting, isn't it? Visit the country's website here and enjoy the white sandy beaches with tourquoise waters, the lush vegetation and great volcanoes.

Read some of the information and answer some questions:

- how many islands are there in the archipelago?

- how many people live there?

- how many languages do they speak there?

- what's the capital city?

- what's the weather like?

Be prepared to comment anything you find curious/interesting/funny in class.

More verbs

If you feel you need to practice the present simple and the present continuous a little bit more, try these:

• present simple - explanation + 8 exercises
• present continuous - explanation + 5 exercises
• difference between them both - explanation + 12 exercises + 3 tests
  

Verb tenses

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These days we're having an overview of verb tenses. Apart from the explanations in the textbook or your class notes, at English tenses with cartoons you will find more information about them all in a nice and entertaining way. If you need to practice, there's also lots of exercices.

As for the irregular verbs (your favourite!), at Verbbusters you can practice the three forms with its translation at five different levels. Are you fast enough to appear on the best scores chart???

International Day of Peace

The International Day of Peace is on September 21st of each year and calls for a full day of peace and ceasefire throughout the world.

In this event, the "Peace Bell" is rung at UN Headquarters. The bell is cast from coins donated by children on all continents, and considered a symbol of global solidarity. It was given as a gift by Japan, and is referred to as "a reminder of the human cost of war." The inscription on its side reads: "Long live absolute world peace."

Observance of the annual International Day of Peace is widespread across the globe. Celebrations now take place in every country.

(Wikipedia, 21-09-2008)

Learn more about this celebration at http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/

And enjoy what is probably the most famous song about peace: Imagine, by John Lenon.

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