Good afternoon everyone,

Hope you didn't just get caught in the hail.

Those pesky adverbs continue to cause us trouble. So take a moment to practise:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adverbsum.html

Now we've got that out of the way we can concentrae on the real stars of the week: The Queen and Shakespeare.

Here's the Website of the British Royal Family:
https://www.royal.uk/

Loads of lovely pix and lots of information.

Here's The Globe in London, so you can see what it would have been like 400 years ago to visit a Shakespeare Play:

http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/

And here are more phrases we used everyday, from the Bard himself:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html

The sun is shining again here so I can go and look at my tulips...


Enjoy!

I'm probably teaching my grandmother to suck eggs (Idiom!), but just wanted to check you are all enjoying Pinterest.
It's free, easy to use and has become  my go-to for vocabulary and lovely ideas.

Let's imagine we want to talk about tenses. Google 'Pinterest ESL tenses' and you will find pages like this:

https://de.pinterest.com/pinningteacher/teaching-verbs/

Click on one of the thumbnails and you will be led further to other similar and recommended pages, like this:


https://de.pinterest.com/source/en.islcollective.com/


It's an Aladin's cave of treasures...

Prepositions:
https://de.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=prepositions&rs=typed&0=prepositions%7Ctyped

Queen Elizabeth II:
https://de.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=queen%20elizabeth&rs=typed&0=queen%7Ctyped&1=elizabeth%7Ctyped

Corgis:
https://de.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=corgis&rs=typed&0=corgis%7Ctyped&remove_refine=queen%7Ctyped


But be warned, Pinterest is addictive!

Have a good Sunday and a wonderful week.

Sunday morning again so here I sit ready to share some ideas with you all.

Feel like reading some English?
Here are stories at all sorts of levels:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/easy-reading?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens


Not sure of your level? Test yourself here:

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/content?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglish

Prefer listening?

Visit and download ESL Podcasts:
https://www.eslpod.com/website/


For general browsing with lots of practice and help in all sorts of areas, visit the studyzone of the University of Victoria (Australia):

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/

Have fun and see you next week!

Good morning everyone,

What a lovely day yesterday! Just right for cleaning out our Pond.
Here's some vocabulary for Pond creatures:

http://www.wikipedy.com/pond_life_animals_plants_grass.htm

And some poems and quotations about spring (Horst is always talking about the blaues Band...)

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/springquotes1.html


Bluebells are a lovely sight in England in spring, here's the stunning Arlington bluebell walk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QYCveSKiEw

And here's a guide to other wildflowers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2niLTXqMkDc

Hoping for some sun today!