Tuesday 27 October 2009

HALLOWEEN


Halloween History and Origin
Halloween is the one of the oldest holidays still celebrated today. It's one of the most popular holidays, second only to Christmas. While millions of people celebrate Halloween without knowing its origins and myths, the history and facts of Halloween make the holiday more fascinating.

Some people view Halloween as a time for fun, putting on costumes, trick-or-treating, and having theme parties. Others view it as a time of superstitions, ghosts, goblins and evil spirits that should be avoided at all costs.

As the Christian debate goes on, celebrating Halloween is a preference that is not always viewed as participating in an evil holiday. Halloween is often celebrated with no reference to pagan rituals or the occult.

The History Halloween
Halloween is on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. It was originally a pagan holiday, honoring the dead. Halloween was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back to over 2000 years ago.

All Hallows Eve is the evening before All Saints Day, which was created by Christians to convert pagans, and is celebrated on November 1st. The Catholic church honored saints on this designated day...

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Monday 26 October 2009

Describing people NI1


Click here to find and revise some personality adjectives, with definitions and exercises.

  • easygoing
  • ambitious
  • cheerful
  • hardworking
  • trustworthy
  • impatient
  • optimistic
  • sensitive
  • moody
  • sociable
  • indecisive
  • reserved
  • lazy
  • attentive
  • punctual
  • humorous
  • modest
  • bossy
  • intelligent
  • impulsive
  • considerate
  • imaginative
  • independent
  • selfish
  • self-confident
  • responsible
  • talkative

Tuesday 20 October 2009

Practice UNIT 1


NI1
Sports:
To revise unit 1B

Listening

Vocabulary Exercise 1, exercise 2

NA1
General:
Test your skills here

Thursday 15 October 2009

Writing. OPINION ESSAYS

Improve your writing. Activity for Advanced Students of English.
Click below and see explanations with examples on how to write an OPINION ESSAYopiinionessays