Friday 5 May 2017

Practicing prepositions

   
              Fendi is sitting on the steps.
        This week we have been studying prepositions.   Here is a little exercise to practice using them and also a good video to help you revise ;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLBLXptsH5c
 Prepositions
Copy these sentences and underline the preposition:
1) The car is in the garage.
2) The chair is behind the table.
3)Peter was walking beside his friend Tom.
The prepositions in the sentences below are wrong.
Copy the sentences, using a preposition which makes sense.
Check your answers
4) The cat is sitting under the carpet.
The cat is sitting on the carpet

5) The car drove above the roundabout
The car drove around the roundabout

6) The man fell up the stairs.
The man fell down the stairs

7) The CD is under the CD Player.
The CD is in the CD player
8) The ferry sailed below the sea.
The ferry sailed on the sea

9) The car drove inside the bridge.
The car drove over/under the bridge  

10) The mouse crept below the cheese.
The mouse crept towards the cheese 

11) Tom walked between Mary.
Tom walked beside Mary

12) The ghost was beneath the house
The ghost was in the house




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Sunday 30 April 2017

Happy May Day to you all



Here is a well known song by the Bee Gee's  "The First of May" with lyrics to sing along to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvr2n9q8t3I





It seems that on the 1st of May 1561 a lily flower of the valley was given as a lucky charm to King Charles IX of France. From then he continued the habit of offering lilies of the valley to all the ladies of the king as a sign of good luck and happiness starting what today is one of the most beautiful and syrupy customs of the country: the wonderfully scented tradition of exchanging flowers!
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It is also said that at that time there were sprig of muguet hanging in the doorways of the brides-to-be. Be that as it may, every year, as the month of May draws closer, French streets wear white as many flower stalls draped with bouquets of muguet bloom in every corner, where the blossoms wait to be bought to those loved ones. The scent of flowers fills the air and everywhere you go you find people with smiles in their faces and white flowers in their hands. In fact -according to the tradition- you must offer au moins un brin de muguet (“at least one sprig of lily of the valley”) in May Day. A hint of flowery white colour and an injection of happiness to light up your and your loved ones spring.