19 December 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

What happened in the Newtown School massacre?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5J0NecLhLA

On Friday morning, December 7th, 27 people were KILLED in a SHOOTING at an elementary school at Newtown, Connecticut, USA. The victims are 20 children, six adults, and the shooter. The shooter was Adam Lanza, 20 years old.

''We can't tolerate this any more,'' President Obama said. ''These tragedies must end and to end them we must change.''

What are your views on gun crime in the United States? What do you think should be done?

This is a HEINOUS crime. What is a synonym of HEINOUS?
In what moments do you give your CONDOLENCES?
If you do something with EASE you do it...?
Have you ever spoken ON BEHALF OF someone else?
What was TORN AWAY from the victims in this crime?
What can you be OVERWHELMED by?

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The use of one and one's - Easter
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adverbs of degree - very, extremely
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Present Perfect Tense - He has been to Paris
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PRESENT PERFECT TENSE Subject + has/have + Past Participle  ...

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ED-ING endings There are many adjectives that we have in English that end in -ED or -ING. Usage: We use -ING to describe the characteristic of a person or a thing. We use -ED to describe a feeling. Compare...

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The Easter Story
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxQgXgS5G3c Do you know the Easter story? There have been many film interpretations of it including controversial ones such as Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ' and funnier versions including Monty Python's '...

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Kawasaki
by Radmila Gurkova
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEP...

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Who, which or that?
by Radmila Gurkova
Do you know how to use who, that and which? Who is a relative pronoun and it is used with people The relative pronouns That and Which refe...

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Numbers in English......is it five thousand or five thousands?
by Radmila Gurkova
In British English AND is used between hundred (and)......whereas in American English it is omitted Hundreds American English 450 f...

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March 2012
What time is it?
by Radmila Gurkova
Do you know how to tell the time in English? am before noon (ante meridiem) pm after noon (post meridiem) W...

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How to log on to......? verbs with fixed prepositions
by Radmila Gurkova
Do you know how to use verbs with fixed prepositions? Prepositional verbs are transitive and require an object. This object is normally stated but sometimes implied. Log on to P...