Merry Christmas from Lestonnac

Today our students of 3rd ESO have started sending their first emails to their pen-pals from Slopnice. They have also  prepared a video to show them our school. 

Do you want to have an eye on it?

Exchange with Poland

The students of 3rd ESO A & B have started a program of pen-friends via email with the students of the Gimnazjum im A. Mickiewikza, in Slopnice, a village in the southern Poland. 

To start our relationship with these students and new friends, we have decided to take a photo of ourselves and send it to Poland to wish them Merry Christmas Christmas. Here you have it...

This exchanging program has been promoted thanks to eTwinning, the community for schools to connect and develop collaborative projects in Europe.

The Story of the Christmas Tree

This presentation will show you a short story about the Christmas tree.

Christmas Vocabulary

To remember the main Christmas vocabulary, here you have this presentation:

Christmas Activities

A bunch of activities to have fun on Christmas.

Just click on the bell...

Past Simple Tense

The Past Simple expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.

• Most Verbs

Most verbs conjugate by adding -ed like the verb "wait" below.

Positive	Negative	Question
I waited. You waited. He waited. She waited. It waited. We waited. They waited.	I did not wait. You did not wait. He did not wait. She did not wait. It did not wait. We did not wait. They did not wait.	Did I wait? Did you wait? Did he wait? Did she wait? Did it wait? Did we wait? Did they wait?

Exceptions in spelling when adding -ed
after a final -e only add -d	love – loved
final consonant after a -l or short, stressed vowel as final consonant after a vowel is doubled	admit – admitted travel – travelled
final -y after a consonant becomes -i	hurry – hurried

• Irregular Verbs

Many verbs, such as "have", take irregular forms in the Past Simple. Notice that you only use the irregular verbs in statements. In negative forms and questions, did indicates Past Simple.

Positive	Negative	Question
I had. You had. We had. They had. He had. She had. It had.	I did not have. You did not have. He did not have. She did not have. It did not have. We did not have. They did not have.	Did I have? Did you have? Did he have? Did she have? Did it have? Did we have? Did they have?

• To Be

The verb "be" is also irregular in the Past Simple. Unlike other irregular verbs, there are two Past Simple forms: "was" and "were." It also has different question forms and negative forms. Always remember that you DO NOT use did with the verb to be in the Past Simple.

Positive	Negative	Question
I was. You were. We were. They were. He was. She was. It was.	I was not. You were not. We were not. They were not. He was not. She was not. It was not.	Was I? Were you? Were we? Were they? Was he? Was she? Was it?

Past Simple (Activities)

If you want to practise the past tense in English, here you have some useful links to help you:

Present Simple Tense

In theses boxes you can review the Present Simple Tense:

• First of all, the positive and negative forms:

• Secondly, the questions form:

This video could help you too:

Finally, here you've got lots of exercises to practise on-line the Present Simple Tense:

• Cartoons
• JM inglés
• The Happy Verby Gang
• Englisch-Hilfen 1
• Englisch-Hilfen 2
• English Grammar On-line 4You
• a4esl
• English Exercises