Creepy kid stories

http://www.viralnova.com/babysitter-stories/#RsV7VtpIeAv42zLS.01

Stories, past simple

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=405

Past simple vs continuous

Basic past continuous exercises:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?03
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?04
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?05
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?06
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?07
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises
Past simple vs continuous
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises

Tests:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/past-progressive-1
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/past-progressive-2
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/past-progressive-3

Ads, worksheets, etc

http://nic313.wix.com/nickmi#!articles/vstc2=elt-methodology

Ads for ELT – Huggies (past simple, work)
http://youtu.be/LfKXGRZ1DNg
Ads for ELT – Harvey (household chores, can)
http://youtu.be/B1gh4JdRIiI

Wake me up when September ends

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greenday/wakemeupwhenseptemberends.html

Little Red Riding Hood by Roald Dahl (Revolting Rhymes)

Ghost sports facilities in Sicily

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18113741

Pink - Who knew

Fill in the gaps with verbs in the past simple:
You ........... my hand
You ........... me how
You ........... me you'd be around
Uh huh
That's right
I ........... your words
And I ...........
In everything
You ........... to me
Yeah huh
That's right

If someone ........... three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong
I know better
Cause you ........... forever
And ever, Who ...........

Remember when we ........... such fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh no, No no
I wish I could touch you again
I wish I could still call you friend
I'd give anything

When someone ........... count your blessings now
'fore they're long gone
I guess I just ........... how
I ........... all wrong
They ........... better
Still you ........... forever
And ever, Who ...........

Yeah yeah
I'll keep you locked in my head
Until we meet again
Until we
Until we meet again
And I won't forget you my friend
What happened

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong and
That last kiss
I'll cherish
Until we meet again
And time makes
It harder
I wish I could remember
But I keep
Your memory
You visit me in my sleep
My darling
Who ...........
My darling
My darling
Who ...........
My darling
I miss you
My darling
Who ...........
Who ...........

Full lyrics:
You took my hand
You showed me how
You promised me you'd be around
Uh huh
That's right
I took your words
And I believed
In everything
You said to me
Yeah huh
That's right

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong
I know better
Cause you said forever
And ever, Who knew

Remember when we were such fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh no, No no
I wish I could touch you again
I wish I could still call you friend
I'd give anything

When someone said count your blessings now
'fore they're long gone
I guess I just didn't know how
I was all wrong
They knew better
Still you said forever
And ever
Who knew

Yeah yeah
I'll keep you locked in my head
Until we meet again
Until we
Until we meet again
And I won't forget you my friend
What happened

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong and
That last kiss
I'll cherish
Until we meet again
And time makes
It harder
I wish I could remember
But I keep
Your memory
You visit me in my sleep
My darling
Who knew
My darling
My darling
Who knew
My darling
I miss you
My darling
Who knew
Who knew

Living online after death - video

Be careful - a sad topic!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16801154

Are we greener today than 25 years ago? - article

http://gaasedal.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/anyone-over-the-age-of-35-should-read-this-as-i-copied-this-from-a-friends-status/

Penguin Man

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (past simple, present perfect, present perfect continuous)
One day, Alfred David’s wife ________________ (1-tell) him that he walked like a penguin. Since then, his identification with the creatures _____________ (2-become) almost total. For the past twenty-five years he ______________ (3-walk) around in a penguin suit. People in his home town in Belgium long ago ______________ (4-accept) this harmless eccentric as part of the scenery.
All this time, he ______________ (5-collect) penguin objects, and so far he ______________ (6-accumulate) over two thousand. A few years ago he ______________ (7-open) the European Museum of the Penguin.
As far as anyone knows, he ______________ (8-never go) to Antarctica but this ______________ (9-not stop) him frim making friends among the penguin population. Since his fascination ______________ (10-develop) he ______________ (11-buy) tons of fish to feed his ’friends and family’ in the local zoo. If he looks more and more like one it could be because he ______________ (12-eat) too much raw fish himself.
(from Clockwise Upper-intermediate
http://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/adult_courses/clockwise/upper-intermediate/?cc=global&selLanguage=en)

Penguin obsessed pensioner wants to be buried in Antarctic

(http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/bizarre/penguin-53923.html)

A Belgian man, who is obsessed with penguins, has revealed his wish is to be buried dressed in his black-and-white costume in the Antarctic so he can be close to the flightless birds.

A Belgian pensioner wants to be buried in the Antarctic, dressed in his penguin suit in a coffin decorated with the flightless birds.

Alfred David, 79, became obsessed with penguins after he developed a limp following a car accident in 1968, leading colleagues to dub him Monsieur Pingouin or Mr. Penguin and regularly wears a hooded black-and-white costume in homage to the creatures.

He said: "My ultimate dream is to be buried in a deep ocean close to where penguins live."

However, his obsession has cost him dearly as after setting up a museum with 3,500 items of penguin memorabilia and attempting to change his name to Mr. Penguin, Mr. David's wife dumped him.

He later donated the collection - which ranged from penguin lavatory paper to cups and toys - to a local soccer team to raise money for the club.

More:
http://mysendoff.com/2011/10/a-life-in-black-and-white/

In the last decade penguins have been making quite a cultural impact around the world.
For the last 40 years of David’s life, the man has been collecting penguin paraphernalia; everything from portraits of penguin to lavatory paper, cups and toys.

KEY:
1 - told, 2- has become, 3 - has been walking, 4 - accepted, 5 - has been collecting, 6 - has accumulated, 7 - opened, 8 - has never been, 9 - hasn't stopped, 10 - developed, 11 - has bought / has been buying, 12 - has been eating

Kate Nash - Birds - animation by Dodó

Super Chill Orangutan

http://lessonstream.org/http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif2007/09/04/super-chill-orangutan/

The Pursuit of Happiness

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/search/label/past%20continuous
6:27-12:30

/0:00-6:27
Fill in the gaps with the past simple or the past continuous:
Chris ______________ (phone) his wife when the bus ______________ (arrive).
Chris ______________ (run) when the guy ______________(start) to talk about the sports game.
Christopher ______________ (play) in the kindergarden when his dad ______________ (come) to pick him up./

Grandma's trifle - from 5perc Angol

http://www.5percangol.hu/cikk/grandmas_trifle/

I know what you did...

Grammar songs

if2
The Cardigans: No Sleep
Pocahontas: If I never knew you

if2, time expressions
Colin Blunstone: Old and Wise

indirect questions
Enya: Only Time

mixed tenses
Eric Clapton: Layla
Travis: Why does it always rain on me

ought to
Katie Melua: Lilac Wine

past simple
James Blunt: You´re Beautiful

past simple, past modals
Kelly Rowland: Stole

past simple/passive
Mike Oldfield: Moonlight shadow

present perf.cont., reported speech, future cont.
Billy Joel: Lullaby

questions
Eric Clapton: My father's eyes

superlative
Brian Adams: Inside Out

used to/would
The Cranberries: Just my Imagination

will for prediction
Katie Melua: 9 million bicycles

will for promises
Pink: Family portrait
Muse: Our time is running out

Coldplay - Yellow

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah they were all yellow,

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow

So then I took my turn
Oh all the things I've done
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know you know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh all the things you do
Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you I bleed myself dry
For you I bleed myself dry

It's true look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you x4

look how they shine
look at the stars look how they shine for you