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    Lesson Share: Grammar: Figure it out!

    Practise using modals of deduction.

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    Fifteen records

    A British English worksheet to decide what 's refers to in each of the song titles.

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    Festivals: Good Friday

    Good Friday is the Friday before Easter and commemorates the day Jesus was crucified. Good Friday is a day of mourning in church when Christians remember the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross. In some countries people act out the crucifixion and special processions take place.

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    Festivals: Palm Sunday

    Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week (the week leading up to Easter and the resurrection of Jesus). During Holy Week, Christians remember the last week of Jesus' life. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem, accompanied by his disciples. He was greeted by a crowd of worshippers, who ...

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    Festivals: La Tomatina

    At the end of August in the town of Buñol near Valencia in Spain, the locals celebrate their patron saint, San Luis Bertràn and the Virgin Mary. During the week of the festival, there are paella-cooking contests, parades, music, dancing and fireworks. La Tomatina is the highlight of the festival ...

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    Festivals: Olympic Games

    The first Olympic Games took place in ancient Greece and was said to have been held in 776 BC. The object of the Games was to develop benchmarks of human creativity and excellence. Over the centuries, the Games highlighted extraordinary achievements and soon became the stage for noble competition and ...

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    Festivals: Vasant Panchami

    Vasant Panchami is a festival widely celebrated in India and throughout other Hindu communities around the world. Vasant Panchami is dedicated to Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and learning. Vasant Panchami occurs on the fifth lunar day of the month of Magh. In India, schools are closed for the ...

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    Festivals: Shrove Tuesday

    Shrove Tuesday is the last day before the Christian period of Lent, a time of abstinence when people give things up.

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    Festivals: Obon

    This is a major Buddhist festival in Japan's calendar and takes place for three days every summer. It is believed that the spirits of ancestors visit their relatives during the midsummer. Welcoming fires, known as 'mukaebi', or lanterns are lit at the beginning of the festival to guide the ...

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    Festivals: Shavuot

    This is a two day festival which takes place fifty days after the first day of Passover, marking the time that the Jews received the Torah on Mount Sinai. Shavuot is also known as the festival or feast of Weeks. During their escape from Egypt, Moses brought the Israelites to ...

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    Festivals: Oktoberfest (October)

    The mother of all beer drinking festivals held in Munich every year. Six million litres of beer are consumed in huge beer tents. That is quite a lot of beer so the locals generously host a few million tourists to help celebrate.

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    Festivals: Rosh Hashanah

    The name of this Jewish festival means 'head of the year' or 'first of the year' and signifies the Jewish New Year. It is an important and spiritual time for the Jewish people as they reflect on mistakes from the previous year and plan changes for the year ahead. This ...

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    Festivals: Ramadan

    The month of fasting for Muslims. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. In the evening and in the morning before the sun comes up, they eat small meals. During this month, they take extra time for family and spiritual growth.

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    Festivals: Hanukkah: Festival of light

    Hanukkah is the Jewish festival of light which begins on the 25th day of the Jewish month Kislev, at sundown, and lasts for eight days. The dates for Hanukkah change each year according to the Jewish calendar. Unlike our European calendar, the Jewish calendar alters its dates in accordance with ...

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    Festivals: Glastonbury Festival

    People travel from all over the world to experience this five-day festival of performing arts. The first festival took place on a farm in a small village called Pilton, which is near the town of Glastonbury in Somerset, UK. It was held in September of 1970 and was called Pilton ...

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    Festivals: Moon festival

    This is an important festival in Chinese culture and is a time for family reunions. When the full moon rises, families sit together to watch it, eat moon cakes and sing moon poems. It is also a romantic festival. Couples watch the moon and eat moon cakes, but if they ...

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    Festival mix up

    An American English worksheet to practice reading and recognizing the present and past tenses.

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    Phrase of the week: to feel out of sorts

    Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase to feel out of sorts.

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    FCE: speaking review - worksheet

    Aims to help students understand common topics found in the exam.

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    Favourites

    A British English worksheet to write about favourite things and to find people in the class with the same favourite things.