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A little post about verb MUST...

 

 

POEM

                EASTER BUNNY...          

                                                                                                                                                           

Easter Bunny is on, is way

Bringing eggs to hide away,

Hopping here, hopping there

He can hide them everywhere...

 

Be so kind my Bunny dear

Hide my eggs very near,

So I can find them right away

And be happy on easter day!!!

            

                                        

                                             

 

 

Here I wrote a special recipe of an easter  sweet, because I love cooking ( but I cook not very well !!! )

HOT CROSS BUNS RECIPE

 

You need:

- milk

- butter

- sugar

- yeast

- flour

- eggs

- cinnamon

- salt

- raisins

 

1. Pour the milk over the butter and sugar, stirring to dissolve.
2. Cool. Add the yeast, eggs, cinnamon and raisins. Mix well...
3. Cover and let it rised until doubled.
4. Shape it into 30 bouns and place on backing paper.
5. Cover and let rice for 30 minutes, then press the shape of a cross into each bun using a spatula.
6. Bake in a 180° oven for 45 minutes or until the bouns are browened

 

        

 

Modal verb: MUST ( = Dovere ) 

 

1. E' un verbo modale come CAN, quindi è seguito dalla forma base del verbo
2. Non cambia alla 3° persona singolare 
3. Si usa per esprimere e per dire che è obbligatorio fare qualcosa o che è raccomandabile che qualcuno faccia qualcosa
4. Si usa musn't per dire che è proibito fare qualcosa
5. Si può usare sia per il presente che per il fururo            

 

Es.

I must go to the Golf Club now

I must go to the Golf Club next Saturday

 

AFFIRMATIVE FORM	NEGATIVE FORM	INTERROGATIVE FORM
I must You must He/ she/i t must We must You must They must	I mustn't You mustn't He/ she/ it mustn't We mustn't You mustn't They mustn't	Must I ?  Must you ? Must he/ she/ it ? Must we ? Must you ? Must they ?

 

NEEDN'T=  Si usa per dire non è necessario fare qualcosa

• We aren't late. We needn't run so fast.

 

DON'T HAVE TO= Si usa per indicare che non è obbligatorio fare qualcosa

•  Your car isn't very dirty.You don't have to wash it

 

A SHORT STORY: MUST

Listen to me!!! I'm Colonel Must and I live and work at fort obbligation. I like rules and regulations. Here at the fort you must get up  at 5 o'clockand have a swim in the sea... every day!!! You must be alert and attentive at all the times. You must not sleep on duty. You must wear your uniform from Monday to Saturday; on Sunday you needn't wear it.. You must say " Hello Colonel must, Sir" when you see me. You must not forget the rules and the regulations. Do you understand? Am I clear? Right!!! Dismissed!

 

 

 

PETS IN THE WORLD...

 

Pets are very popular in Britain. About fifty per cent of all British families have got a pet. Naturally the most popular pets are cats and dogs.In fact British people have got about eight millions cats and about seven million dogs. Hamsters, rabbits, birds and gold fish are also popular pets. Some people have got unusual pets, for example: alligators, snakes, lizards and spiders... In Japan birdsand crickets are the most usual pets. The Inuit Eskimons of northern Canada have got bear cubs, foxes, birds and seal pups. Dingo( australianwild dogs) pups are the typical pets of Australian Aborigines. Afrca is a continental famous for this animals, but not for this pets. In fact Africans haven't got pets...

And you? Do you have a pets? Try to write a shirt description...

 

    

 

   

 

DO YOU LIKE THEM ?

THEY ARE VERY KIND, OR NO? 

 

EASTER HOLIDAYS...

  INTERWIEW ( About my holiday) 

    

        

 

       

                                                                       

1. When did you go on Easter holiday?    I went two years ago
2. Where did you go?     I went in Toscana
3. How did you get there?   I went by car
4. Who did you go with?    I went with my all family, and my cousins
5. How long did you stay there?   We stayed a week
6. Where did you stay?    We stayed in a wonderful hotel near Volterra
7. What was the weater like?   The weather was hot and sunny
8. What did you do?   I visited historical city, for example Firenze and Pisa, we played with my cousins, we relaxed...
9. What was the food like?    Very good, expecially "Fiorentina"
10. Did you have a good time?  Yes, I had fantastic time

• Energetic when I 'm full of beans
• Enthusiastic when I do an excellent oral test
• Nice when I wear Jeans and T- shirt
• Hard working when I worked a lot
• Intelligent when I study all the day
• Tidy when I clean the house and when I clean my bedroom
• Quickly when I do the washing up
• Active when I do gymnastic and golf and when I walk in mountains
• Friendly when I help my friends and when I'm sociable
• Honest when I say the truth    

 

                                                      

 

A  active

L  loyal

I   intelligent

C  creative

E  enthusiastic    

 

                                          

 

 

 

THE ROYAL WEDDING

- KATE MIDDLETON & PRINCE WILLIAM -

29th  April  2011

 

 

 

Today is the 29 April 2011 and it is a very important day for the British people, but also for all the world...

In fact, today we celebrate the marriage  of Chaterine Elizabeth Middleton ( called Kate) and Prince William...

Returning to the speech of marriage, it was celebrated in the Westminster Abbey, in London. Among all the guests we remember Victoria Beckham and her husband David Beckham, Alberto of Monaco, Helton John, Paolo Filo della Torre, The Queen of Norway and other royals.

Official guests are Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Carlo Spencer( William's dad), Queen Elizabeth II (85 years old) and Philip Duke of Edimburgh, Carol and Michael Middleton (Kate's mum and dad), Prince Harry and Philippa Middleton. The celebration was presied over buy the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop. The abbey was decorated with buches, trees and white flowers.

Now, under I show the most important events:

 

• 11:20 = William and his brother Harry arrived on a Bentley on the Wedding route. William wore a red uniform and Harry a black uniform
• 11:45 = Carlo and Camilla arrived at the Westminster abbey
• 11:50 = Queen Elizabeth and her Husband come to church. The Queen wore a yellow, original dress with a wonderful yellow hat
• 12:00 = Kate Middleton and her dad arrived at the door of the abbey
• Soon after, she saw her future husband,William, at the altar and her bridesmides.

                   

 

 The ceremony lasted about un hour. After it William and Kate became the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge.

It was a fantastic celebration, such us Lady Diana's marriage...

 

 KATE MIDDLETON

 

                         

 

 

DETERMINERS...   

 

A LOT OF- LOTS OF = Molto, Molta, Molti, Molte

• E' più informale che Much e Many
• Si usa sia con i NOMI NUMERABILI che quelli NON NUMERABILI 

EX. She read a lot of book

 

MUCH = Molto, Molta

• Si usa nelle frasi interrogative e negative
• Non viene usato nelle frasi affermative (si usa A LOT OF)

EX. Do you drink much tea?

 

MANY= Molti, Molte

EX. I have got many cats

 

TOO MUCH= Troppo, Troppa

EX. You musn't eat too much chocolate

 

TOO MANY= Troppi, Troppe

EX. I ate too many sandwiches

 

 

IL COMPARATIVO DEGLI AGGETTIVI

 

_COMPARATIVO DI MAGGIORANZA:

• Con gli aggettivi mono e bisillabici, il comparativo si forma così:

AGGETTIVO + ER+ THAN

Paul is taller than Kate

• Con gli aggettivi e gli avverbi che termina no in -E si aggiunge solo -R :

Nice-Nicer

Wide-Wider

• Con gli aggettivi che terminano in CONSONANTE+VOCALE+CONSONANTE si raddoppia la consonante finale prima di aggiungere -ER:

Big-Bigger

Thin-Thinner

• Quelli che terminano in CONSONANTE+ Y trasformano la Y in I:

Happy-Happier

Easy-Easier

 

- Se gli aggettivi sono lunghi, il comparativo si forma così:

MORE+ AGGETTIVO+THAN

Yours book is more interesting than mine

 

- Gli aggettivi particolari sono: Good- Better , Bad- Worse, Far- Farther

 

_COMPARATIVO DI MINORANZA

LESS+AGGETTIVO+THAN

Kate is less intelligent than John

 

_COMPARATIVO DI UGUALIANZA

AS+ AGGETTIVO+AS

John is as intelligent as Paul

 

 

ENGLISH LITERATURE

-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE-

 

• READ THIS POST ABOUT A FAMOUS ENGLISH WRITER

 

William Shakespeare was born in the town of Stratford upon Avon, in 1564. He died in 1616. He married Anne Hathaway and he had three children. Many people consider him the greatest English writer in the history. William was a playwright. He wrote a lot of plays, for example comedies and tragedies like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. The genious of Sheakespire is his hability to describe in beautiful words and language universal situations such as love, hate, friendship, jealousy, death... Students all over the world study Sheakespeare, because he is still very popular today!! 

 

• NOW, TRY TO DO EXERCISE PAGE 95 N° 1a (Speak Easy 2, book) 

 

 

 

The Globe Theatre in London 

 

FUTURO INTENZIONALE (Future intention) = Ho intenzione di...

 

FORMA AFFERMATIVA	FORMA NEGATIVA	FORMA INTERROGATIVA
I am going to play You are going to play He/she/it is going to play  We are going to play You are going to play They are going to play	I am not going to play You are not going to play He/she/it is not going to play We are not going to play You are not going to play They are not going to play	Am I going to play? Are you going to play?  Is he/she/it going to play? Are we going to play? Are you going to play? Are they going to play?

 

Il futuro intenzionale GOING TO si usa per esprimere l' intenzione di fare qualcosa o la decisione di fare qualcosa.                                                    Es. I'm going to read a book

 

TO BE GOING TO si usa per indicare che qualcosa sta per accadere, è imminente.

                                                          Es. The sky is dark. It is going to rain    

 

I verbi GO e COME non si usano con la forma " to be going to" ma semplicemente con " I'm going to"

                                                           Es. I'm going to shopping center later    

 

Nello slang americano I'M GONNA sta per "I'm going to"

 

 

SUMMER HOLIDAY 2011

 

How are you going on holiday this Summer?

 

In mountains or near the sea?

 

             

 

What are you going to eat?

 

                            

 

How are you going to get there?

 

            

 

HAVE A MAGIC, FANTASTIC, UNFORGETTABLE HOLIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! 

     

 

Happy Holiday to everyone!!!

 

 

                     

 

 

PRESENT CONTINUOUS FOR PLANS 

FORMA AFFERMATIVA	FORMA NEGATIVA	FORMA INTERROGATIVA
I'm playing You're playing He/she/it is playing We're playing You're plaing They' re playing	I'm not playing You aren'tplaying He/she/it isn't playing We aren't playing You aren't playing They aren't playing	Am I playing? Are you playing? Is he/she/it playing? Are we playing? Are you playing? Are they playing?

 

Il Present Continuous si usa come futuro per esprimere un' azione programmata e definita. E' accompagnata da un' espressione di tempo che indica un' azione futura

LINKERS

SO= quindi,così

FINALLY= infine

LATER= più tardi

BEFORE= prima di...

DURING= durante

AFTER THAT= dopo di ciò

BECAUSE= perchè

AFTER A BIT= dopo un po'

BUT= ma

LATER ON= in seguito

THEN= poi...

AND= e...