There was / were

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Prepositions

 

Have you ever heard about the Bonfire Night?

Watch the video and answer the questions below:

1) Who was the King? 

2) Why did they want to kill the king?

3) Did they kill the king?

4) What century was it?

5) Where was Guy Fawkes from?

6) What's the name of the night of the 5th of November in England? 

7) What and how do they celebrate it?

8) What do they say? 

9) Where does this celebration take place?

10) How do you say "bonfire" and "fireworks" in your language? 

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Let's see if you are right...

Four hundred years ago, the 5th of November 1605 (in the 17th century), a man called Guy Fawkes from York and a group of friends try to kill the King James I by blowing up the Houses of Parliament. 

1) WHO WAS THE KING?

James I was the king at that time.

2) WHY DID THEY WANT TO KILL THE KING?

Because the king was the president of England, but people hadn't voted for him. Also, the main religion was the Protestant religion. Guy Fawkes was a catholic and he wanted more rights for catholics, but James I didn't want to give them any more rights.

3) DID THEY KILL THE KING?

No, they didn't. Guy Fawkes was discovered and taken to the Tower of London. There, he was tortured and they cut his head off.

4) What century was it?

It was the 17th century.

5) Where was Guy Fawkes from?

He was from York. 

6) What's the name of the night of the 5th of November in England? 

Its name is Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes night.

7) What and how do they celebrate it?

People celebrate it with bonfires and fireworks.

8) What do they say? 

    They say a rhyme that says:

"Remember Remember

the 5th of November

The gunpowder treason and plot

I know of no reason

Why the gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot"

9) Where does this celebration take place?

It takes place all over Britain.

10) How do you say "bonfire" and "fireworks" in your language? 

Bonfire means sute, su, sutzar in Basque. It means fogata, hoguera, pira in Spanish.

BONFIRE NIGHT or GUY FAWKES NIGHT

Nowadays, people celebrate that Guy Fawkes didn't kill the King with bonfires and fireworks on the 5th of November. They make "Guys" to burn them on the bonfires. 

They say a rhyme that says:

"Remember Remember the 5th of November

The gunpowder treason and plot
 
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot"

 

Task 1

Let's go through this celebration's hightlights:

Slideshow

Task 2

Now let's revise the Bonfire-Night-related vocabulary

Task 3

Discuss these questions in groups of 3.

• Which festivals in your country remember historical events? The Conmemoration of the battle in Las Navas de Tolosa, in Jaén and Moors and Christians, in Alcoy (Alicante)...

• Do you have any festivals that are similar to Bonfire Night in your country? Yes, we do. The most similar ones are las Fallas, in March in Valencia, and Saint John's Eve, on June the23rd in every town.

• When do you have firework displays in your country? We usually have them during the Festivals.

• Do you think you would like Bonfire Night? Why/ why not? Yes, because it's a bank holiday and people celebrate it outside: they eat, sing and see the firework display.

• Do you think festivals are a good way to remember historical event? Yes, because there are a funny way to remind people of historical events. In fact, it's a way of bringing the past to the present and make the people live the History of their people.

Happy Halloween to everyone!!!

What do you know about Halloween???

Do you dare to get to know more about this celebration?

If yes, Watch  this presentation!

Do you dare to  live a Halloween experience in Britain?

If yes, Watch this video...

Answer the questions about the video

And now time for a....

                                  Halloween Worksheet

Quantifiers

 

 

Expressions of quantity tell us how many or how much of something there is.

We use a little and much only with non-countable nouns like money, snow, pollution etc.

We use a few and many only with countable nouns like people, cars, books etc.

Let’s take a look at some expressions of quantity that are used with both countable and non-countable nouns:

Countable and Non-countable Expressions of Quantity

Any

Countable: There aren’t any cookies left. (negative) / Are there any cookies left? (question)

Non-countable: There isn’t any water in the cup. (negative) / Is there any water in the cup? (question)

No

Countable: There are no dogs in the park.

Non-countable: There is no money in my wallet.

Some

Countable: Some children study here in the mornings. (affirmative)

Non-countable: There is some noise coming from that house. (affirmative)

More

Countable: There are more students in this school than in that other one.

Non-countable: There is more crime in poor countries than in rich countries.

A lot of / lots of

Countable: She has a lot of / lots of pets.

Non-countable: There’s a lot of / lots of traffic in my city.

Plenty of

Countable: There are plenty of cars on the street.

Non-countable: There is plenty of food in the fridge.

Most

Countable: She keeps most of her books in her backpack.

Non-countable: We spent the most time on the renovations.

All

Countable: Who ate all the oranges?

Non-countable: Jessica is the one with all the experience.

Enough

Countable: There aren’t enough cookies for everyone, we need to buy some more.

Non-countable: There is enough space for both of us.

Click on the exercises below to practice quantity expressions:

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