File 4 A The Redgrave Family

Photo: the Redgrave family in the 1940's. (Left to right, Corin Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave & Lynn Redgrave). Picture courtesy Theatre Museum.

Vanessa Redgrave  and Tony Richardson

Vanessa Redgrave and her two daughters, Natasha  (left) Joely (right)

Natasha Redgrave and Liam Neeson

Natasha Redgrave and her two sons

Short Story LOST OPPORTUNITIES

Lost opportunities

Reading Guide
Questions:

ABOUT HARRIET
1- Who was Harriet?
2- How old was she?
3- Why did she lie about her age?
4- Why doesn't her father want her to accept the new job?
5- Where is Harriet new job?
6- Did her mother want her to take the job?

ABOUT EDWARD

1- Who was Edward?
2- How old was he?
3- What did he do?
4- What did his boss ask him to do?
5- Where was the new hotel?
6- Who was coming on Wednesday?
7- Why was he coming?
8- What did they need to talk about?
9- How did he feel about this?

ABOUT FREDERICK


1- Who was Frederick?
2- How old was he?
3- What did he do? Did he work?
4- Did Frederick and Edith have a legal relationship?
5- Did she love him? / did she love her husband?
6-Who wrote him a letter?
7- What did the letter say?
8- Where did Edith and her huband go?

File 4 A Who vs. Whose

Chick here and do the exercise

Short stories for children

Click on SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN and enjoy a good tale.

Short Story He-mail, She-mail

                                      HE-MAIL, SHE-MAIL

1.     Where’s Eleonora/Dan from?

2.     Where’s she now? Why?

3.     Does she/he have any brothers and sisters?

4.     What does she/he do?

5.     How old is she/he?

6.     Is her/his family rich? What do you know about the family?

7.     What does she/he like?

8.     What does she/he want to be?

9.     Is the first part of the story true?

10.   Do they meet?

11.  Does the story have a happy ending? 

Song ♫ SOMETHING STUPID - Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman ♫

I now I stand in line
Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me

Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes
That you despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever
lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I'll wait until the evening
gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right
Your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you
I love you...

File 3 A Simple Present - Practice

Practice:

Click on these links and practice

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_mix.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-present-1

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-present.php#.U45KF_l5MXw

http://www.english-4u.de/present_ex1.htm

File 3 A Present Simple

Simple Present

FORM

VERB + “s”/”es” in third person

Examples:

You play tennis.

Do you play tennis?

You do not play tennis. (don’t)

USE

 1.  Repeated Actions

Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens.

Examples:

The train leaves every morning at 6.30  AM.

The train does not leave at 8.15  AM.  (doesn’t)

When does the train usually leave?

She always forgets her mobile.

He never works on Sunday.

2.  Facts or Generalizations

The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future.

Examples:

Cats eat mice.

Birds do not like milk. (don’t)

Windows are made of glass.