Present Continuous and Simple Present

Adverbs of Frequency-Επιρρήματα Συχνότητας

Simple Present - Use and form

Present Continuous - Use and Form

How to express possession (whose, have got, possessive case, possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns)

Past Continuous

Adjectives: an activity

Listen to the song, choose 5 adjectives and write sentences using the comparative or the superlative form.

The Z-Men! Comparatives and Superlatives

Watch the following video about the Z-Men and fill in the gaps with the correct adjective

Zack is __________________ than a lion. He is ___________________ man in the universe. (strong)
Bullet Boy is ______________ than a bullet. He is _________________ boy in the world.(fast)
Lava Girl is ___________________ than the sun. She is _________________ girl in our galaxy.(hot)
Xena's eyes are ________________ than any weapon. Her eyes are _______________ weapon ever.(deadly)

Fighting bad guys is ______________________ than going to school. (simple)
Dr. Bad Guy is_____________________ than anyone. He is ______________________ scientist on the planet. (dangerous)

Order of Adjectives in a Sentence

Simple Present

Watch the following videos on how we form the Simple Present Tense

Describing routines

Yes/No Questions
Negatives
Short answers

English Tenses

As...as...

Describing the similarity of two items

Use 'as...as' to  compare equivalent aspects of quality (adjective) or of manner (adverb) of two items.

I'm as good in maths as in science.

This book is not as exciting as the last one.

It doesn't work as well as we had hoped.

It doesn't work as well as we'd hoped

Listen to the song 'Everything at once' and fill in the gaps with  the correct word from the list.

bee -wolf - fox - day - sugar - line - sea - whale - day - road

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As sly as a _____, as strong as an ox
As fast as a hare, as brave as a bear
As free as a bird, as neat as a word
As quite as a _____, as big as a house

All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything

As mean as a _____, as sharp as a tooth
As deep as a bite, as dark as the night
As sweet as a song, as right as a wrong
As long as a _____, as ugly as a toad

As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture
Strong like a family, strong as I wanna be
Bright as _____, as light as play
As hard as nails, as grand as a _____

All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything

As warm as the, the sun, as silly as fun
As cool as a tree, as scary as the _____
As hot as fire, cold as ice
Sweet as _____ and everything nice

As old as time, as straight as a _____
As royal as a queen, as buzzed as a _____
Stealth as a tiger, smooth as a glide
Pure as a melody, pure as I wanna be

All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything

 Try to explain the meaning of the 'as...as' phrases.

Gerund or Infinitive - Like the way I do (M. Etheridge)

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps with the gerund or the infinitive form of the verb in the parenthesis.

Songwriters: ETHERIDGE, MELISSA

Is it so hard ___________________ (satisfy) your senses
You found out to love me you have to ____________(climb) some fences
Scratching and _________________ (crawl) along the floor to touch you
And just when it feels right 

You say you found someone else _____________ (hold) you
Does she like i do

Tell me does she love you like the way I love you
Does she stimulate you attract and captivate you
Tell me does she miss you existing just to kiss you
Like the way I do
Tell me does she want you infatuate and haunt you
Does she know just how __________ (shock) and electrify and rock you
Does she inject you seduce you and affect you
Like the way I do

Can I ______________(survive) all the implications
Even if I tried could you be less than an addiction
Don't you think I know there's so many others
Who would beg, steal and lie fight kill and die
Just to hold you hold you like I do

Tell me does she love you like the way I love you
Does she stimulate you attract and captivate you
Tell me does she miss you existing just to kiss you
Like the way I do
Tell me does she want you infatuate and haunt you
Does she know just how __________ (shock) and electrify and rock you
Does she inject you seduce you and affect you
Like the way I do

Nobody loves you like the way I do
Nobody wants you like the way I do
Nobody needs you like the way I do
Nobody aches nobody aches just to hold you
Like the way I do

Modal Verbs

So and...such

Another, other and the other...

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Prepositions of Time

Mummies

Egyptian Mummies

It was very important to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. A method of artificial preservation, called mummification was developed by the ancient Egyptians. Mummification was a complicated and lengthy process which lasted up to 70 days.

What are mummies?

A mummy is the body of a person (or an animal) that has been preserved after death.

Who were the mummies?

They were any Egyptian who could afford to pay for the expensive process of preserving their bodies for the afterlife.

Why did the Egyptians make mummies?

The Egyptians believed in life after death. They believed that they had to preserve their bodies so they could use them in the afterlife.

What is the afterlife?

The Egyptians believed that when they died, they would make a journey to another world where they would lead a new life. They would need all the things they had used when they were alive, so their families would put those things in their graves. Egyptians paid vast amounts of money to have their bodies properly preserved. Egyptians who were poor were buried in the sand whilst the rich ones were buried in a tomb.

What was the name of the process the Egyptians used to preserve their bodies?

It was called mummification.

How were mummies made?

It took a very long time, from start to finish, it took about 70 days to embalm a body. The priest in charge would wear the mask of a jackal representing the god Anubis.

1. The body was washed and purified.
2. Organs were removed. Only the heart remained.
3. The body was filled with stuffing.
4. The body was dried by covering it with a substance called natron*. This substance absorbed all the moisture from the body.
5. After 40 - 50 days the stuffing was removed and replaced with linen or sawdust.
6. The body was wrapped in strands of linen and covered in a sheet called a shroud.
7. The body was placed in a stone coffin called a sarcophagus.

The mummy was now ready for its journey to the afterlife.
*What is natron?
Natron is a natural salt, composed of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate with traces of sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. It was used by the ancient egyptians to dry out the bodies.

Why did they leave the heart in the body?

The Egyptians thought the heart was the centre of intelligence and emotion.

Who was the god of mummification?

Anubis was the god of mummification. He had a human body and the head of a jackal. His job was to prepare the bodies of the dead to be received by Osiris.

What objects did they put in Egyptian Tombs?

Ancient Egyptians were buried with their belongings and the tomb walls were painted with scenes from the dead persons life. The objects included furniture, games and even food was placed in the tombs for the long After Life journey!

What are canopic jars?

Canopic Jars were used by ancient Egyptians to hold mummified remains.

Where were Egyptians who were poor buried?

The poor Egyptians were buried in the sand. Only the rich ones were buried in a tomb

Where were the pharaohs buried?

In the Old and Middle Kingdoms (2628-1638 BC), Egyptian kings were buried in pyramids. About 50 royal pyramids have survived. They were built on the desert edge, west of the ancient capital of Memphis.

What are pyramids?

The pyramids are the stone tombs of Egypt's kings - the Pharaohs.

Why did the Ancient Egyptians build pyramids?

The Egyptians believed that if the pharaoh's body could be mummified after death the pharaoh would live forever. The tombs were designed to protect the buried Pharaoh's body and his belongings.

from  http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/egypt/mummies.htm

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A day in the life of Dennis Cook

A very interesting video for the use of Simple Present and the Adverbs of Frequency.
Watch the video and try to answer the questions that follow:

1.   How old is Dennis?
2.  What´s his wife´s name?
3.  At what time does Dennis wake up?
4.  What does he do after he gets up?
5.  What do they have for breakfast?
6.  What does he always do before he leaves the house?
7.  At what time does he leave the house?
8.  What does he do in the afternoon?
9.  What time does he finish work?
10.What do they do in the evenings?