02 April 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

Fractions in English

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Fractions

1/2 one half or a half

2/3 two thirds

3/4 three quarters

1/4 one quarter

1/5 one fifth

Ordinal Numbers

1st	the first
2nd	the second
3rd	the third
4th	the fourth
5th	the fifth
6th	the sixth
7th	the seventh
8th	the eighth
9th	the ninth
10th	the tenth
11th	the eleventh
12th	the twelfth
13th	the thirteenth
14th	the fourteenth
15th	the fifteenth
16th	the sixteenth
17th	the seventeenth
18th	the eighteenth
19th	the nineteenth
20th	the twentieth
21st	the twenty-first
22nd	the twenty-second
23rd	the twenty-third
24th	the twenty-fourth
25th	the twenty-fifth
26th	the twenty-sixth
27th	the twenty-seventh
28th	the twenty-eighth
29th	the twenty-ninth
30th	the thirtieth
40th	the fortieth
50th	the fiftieth

Dates

In English we use ordinal numbers to talk about dates

My birthday is on the 14 of February 1980 (incorrect)

My Birthday is ON the 14^th of February 1980

Christmas is ON the 25^th of December

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June 2012

Are you an early riser?

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wROodqZT0qk Scientists in Britain have found that the average English person sleeps for seven hours and 21 minutes a night before they begin work at 8.50am. However the Germans – famous for RISING early get up before DAYBREAK to make sure their towels firmly secure their sun beds for a day LOUNGING by the pool...

14

June 2012

Vampires DO exist!

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sbkuvd3-G8 Have you heard of the recent news that Vampire skeletons have been found in Bulgaria with Iron Steaks through their hearts? Archeologists in Bulgaria have found two MEDIEVAL remains that they think are vampires. Piercing through their hearts were two Iron RODS that were supposedly to pr...

07

June 2012

No Pollution! No Cars!

by Radmila Gurkova

Have a look at this video... ...

07

June 2012

Is graffiti vandalism or street art?

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNkM3WUTAB0 Madrid has witnessed an increasing amount of Graffiti in the city recently. TAGS – are the names given to the graffiti we see – they are the initials of the artist and cover many walls, buildings and doorways of most cities, but not more recently so than in Madrid....

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May 2012

Coffee is good for you!

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTLrKXl16ug A recent study lasting for over 14 years in America, involving more than 400,000 people found that coffee is good for you!People who were studied had been drinking more than six or more cups a day. All people were middle-aged ranging from 50 to 70 years old. Research fo...

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May 2012

The Queen of Disco is dead!!!

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3zwUBtuieg&feature=related Donna Summer - the Queen of disco died recently at the age of 63. Suffering from Lung Cancer she became a LEGEND and a leading star of the seventies and eighties disco music. The woman who transformed the dance floor into a GLITTERING BALL...

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May 2012

A Diamond Celebration

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSCm4QXcwnw On the 5th June this year the Queen will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee; 60 years as a REIGNING MONARCH.In 1977 the Her Majesty celebrated her Silver JUBILEE – which marked her 25th...

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May 2012

Aliens - The truth is out there...

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI7Pb_VVqFo Commercial divers have stumbled upon an incredible find. A U.F.O! A group of divers in the Baltic Sea were making their final run to the bottom of the ocean with a ‘sonar fish’ - a sensor when it suddenly showed what looked like the shape of a U.F.O. The image was about 60 meters across, which is...

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May 2012

Information is food!!

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A1LvXRnpVg JP Rangaswami – innovator and chief information officer for many leading financial businesses likes to think that food and information are the same thing and that energy and data are similar. He believes that monkeys can learn faster than humans because their brains are larger and their stomachs a...

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May 2012

Mexican children speak out!

by Radmila Gurkova

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze7T3eNhoRA Children in Mexico have assisted in making a publicity movie to help promote a serious point about the political climate in their country. The video shows street scenes of corruption, illegal immigration and mugging. Children play all the parts as adults and it has been labelled as a ''mockumentary...

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02 April 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

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