The Sun In My Eyes

The Sun In My Eyes

I've got to get out of whatever I'm in

Find a point with my way back to the beginning

I've had it up to here with being nowhere near

I'm through with making do, I'm cutting to a point that's new

'Cos I am on the threshold of some brighter thing

Not many understand that all I wanna do is sing

My words hold me in place, they help to keep me safe

Push my back against the wall and catch me, if I fall

Catch me, if I fall

[repeat]

With the sun in my eyes and the world at my feet

My love's in the music, the music's in me

[repeat]

The sun in my eyes

Catch me, if I fall

[repeat]

With the sun in my eyes and the world at my feet

My love's in the music, the music's in me

[repeat]

The sun in my eyes

'Cos what goes round comes back around

[repeat]

With the sun in my eyes and the world at my feet

My love's in the music, the music's in me

[repeat]

The sun in my eyes

Live Your Life

Live Your Life (ft. Erick Morillo & Eddie Thoneick)
Sometimes you just need to let go
Don't keep it all inside
Sometimes you just have to let the whole world know
That you are going to be alright
So come on and give? it up give it up
Get into your rhythm
No need for you to be stressed
So come on and give it up give it up
And get into your system
And find your happiness
Live your life, be free, you know you can have it all.
Live your life, be free, you know you can have it all
Got to be free ...
gotta be fee
Sometimes you just need to let go
Don't keep it all inside
Sometimes you just have to let the whole world know
That you are going to be alright
So come on and give? it up give it up
Get into your rhythm anekatips
No need for you to be stressed
So come on and give it up give it up
And get into your system
And find your happiness
Live your life, be free, you know you can have it all
Live your life, be free, you know you can have it all

Choose the best answer

1. _____ your homework? Did you do / Has you done / Has you done / Have you do / Have you done 2. Which books .......................................... to school yesterday? did you take / do you take / have you taken / take you / took you 3. When _____? did you arrive / did you arrived / do you arrived / has you arrived / have you arrived 4. We _____ my aunt next week on Friday. It will be her birthday. are visiting / have visited / is visiting / visited / will visit 5. We ............................... that film. already did see / already saw / has already seen / have already seen / will already seen 6. The weather forecast says the sun _____ tomorrow. is going to shine / is shining / may shine / shines / will shine 7. She _____ in this house for years. has been living / has lived / have lived / lived lives 8. Many things _____ this month. would change / have changed/ has changed / didn't changed / changed 9. Look! She ……………………………………….. from a large whisky-bottle. are drinking / drink / drinks / is drinking / will drink 10. Leif Ericson..................Vinland while he …………………………towards the west. has discovered ... were sailing / discovered ... sailed / has discovered ... was sailing / was discovering ... sailed / discovered ... was sailing 11. If I ....................... the Superman, I ........................ was- fly /were -will fly / were -would fly / would be- flew / would be -would fly 12. I ….……… (finish) doing this exercise. just have/ finished / just finished / have just / finished / has just finished / am finishing 13. I ........................................... positive reviews about that film in the papers so I am going to see it. has read / have read / read / readed / will read 14. Hi Jane, you _____ sad! What's up? will look / looks / look / is looking / are looking 15. He …………………………… mineral water every day. will drink / is drinking/ drinks / drink / are drinking 16. He was late. When he ......................... at the airport, the plane ................... left ... had arrived / has arrived ... left / had arrived ... left / had arrived ... had left / arrived ... had already left 17. He ......................................... about everything! always complain / always complains/ is always complaining/ is complaining will always complain 18. Harry ............... and we ............................ him the news. woke up -were telling / woke up -told / was waking up -told/ wakes up -told/ had woken -up told 19. After he .............................painting, he ..........................a shower. finish-have finished /had -had finished /had - had finished/ had -had /has finished- had 20. ........................................... rugby? Do you ever played /Have you ever play /Have you ever played / Has you ever played /Did you ever played

Test On Past Progressive

Was or Were? The pirates was/were fighting for the treasure. We was/were discussing the problem. The candle was/were burning. The cat was/were chasing the mice. The mice was/were running away from the cat. Write sentences in past progressive. the snowman / melt / in the sun → we / explore / a new territory → the secretary / print out / a document → the girls / not / concentrate / on the task → Garth / not / practise / on the piano → Write questions in past progressive. Jill / dance → your cousins / swim / in the lake → the student / answer / a question → William / play / the guitar → Janet / sit / on the bench → Ask for the information in the bold part of the sentence. At a quarter past six, Phil was translating the document. Sheila was waiting in the park. The pupils were talking about the United States. The boss was dictating a letter. Barbara was looking for her necklace.

Test On Simple Past

Put the sentences into simple past. They repeat the question. → She hugs her little brother. → The snowman melts in the sun. → The candle does not burn. → Do they chat in a forum? → Write sentences in simple past. Jim / his head / cover she / the chapter / copy not / the clouds / disappear he / to our question / refer not / we / our punishment / escape Was or Were? It was/were the right thing to do. The shop was/were open. The men was/were very strong. The weather was/were great. My father and I was/were in the car. Ask for the bold part of the sentence. He clicked the mouse button. Robby Robber robbed a bank. The house burnt down. The children respected their teacher. They welcomed the new pupil warmly.

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

We (help) in the canteen this week.
Martin usually (drive) to work.
But today, he (take) the bus.
Listen! She (practise) the piano.
My friend (play) the guitar every evening.

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

He (not / spend) his holidays in Spain each year.
I (not / meet) Francis tonight.
They (not / fly) to London tomorrow.
We (not / work) this week.
The film (not / begin) at 7 o'clock.

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

(leave / you) the party now?
(have / you) any brothers or sisters?
(love / she) him?
Who (cook) dinner tonight?
(send / he) you an e-mail every day?

Text

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.
Maria (want) to improve her English.
Therefore, she (do) a language course in London at the moment.
She (stay) with a host family and (must) take the tube to get to her language school.
It (be) only a five-minute walk to the nearest tube station.
The tube (leave) at half past eight.
The first lesson (begin) at 9 o'clock.
In the afternoons, the school (offer) sightseeing tours in and around London.
Tomorrow, the students of the language school (go) to Windsor.

Exercise on Simple Present

Form questions in Simple Present.

we / a mountain / climb→
we / in London / live→
they / us / remember→
we / at the airport / arrive→
Ruth / the pencil / drop→
you / your bag / pack→
the dinner / a fortune / cost→
the train / the station / leave→
he / the street / cross→
Rupert / the number / dial→

St. Patrick´s Day

Every 17 March, Irish people all over the world celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in honour of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Let’s find out what was so special about that person.
When St. Patrick was born, his name actually was not Patrick but Maewyn. He grew up in Wales, but when he was 16, people kidnapped him and sold him into slavery in Ireland.
Maewyn spent six years as a slave in Ireland, but then he escaped and went to Gaul in France where he studied in a monastery for 12 years. Finally, Maewyn became a bishop and adopted the Christian name Patricius (in English: Patrick).
Later Patrick decided to go back to Ireland. Unlike many other missionaries before him, Patrick successfully converted Irish pagans to Christianity because he knew a lot about Irish life and their gods. So Patrick for example did not simply introduce the Christian cross – he put a sun behind it because he knew that the sun was an important symbol for the Irish. The so called Celtic Cross therefore is a cross with a circle symbolising the sun.
Furthermore, Patrick explained the holy Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) with the help of a shamrock, which grows everywhere in Ireland. The shamrock has three equally sized leaves and Patrick used this to show how the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit could exist as separate elements of the same entity.
There are several legends about St. Patrick, for example that he banned all snakes from Ireland (still now there are no snakes in Ireland). People also say that Patrick met some Irish legends such as the Children of Lir.
Patrick died on 17 March 461. That day now is a national holiday in Ireland and there are parades in the streets and music everywhere. Not only in Ireland – Irish emigrants took this tradition all over the world. So there will most probably be a St. Patrick’s Day party in an Irish pub near you. Why not go there and get a little St. Patrick’s Day feeling? Have a good time and sing along. Here are two traditional Irish songs that will surely be sung in every Irish pub that night: Whiskey in the Jar and The Wild Rover.

Questions on the text
Are the statements true or false?
St. Patrick spent his childhood in Ireland. true false
St. Patrick knew the Irish very well. true false
17 March is the day of St. Patrick’s birth true false
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in many countries. true false

Dreams - The Corrs

Dreams

Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom
Well who am I to keep you down
It's only right that you should play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound

Of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
And what you lost
[Refrain]
Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
yeh, women they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean you'll know, you'll know
Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions
I keep my visions to myself
It's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams and
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell
Dreams of loneliness...
You'll know, whoa-o-oa, you'll know

Hallelujah

I heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the lord
but you don't really care for music do ya
Well it goes like this the fourth the fifth
the minor fall and the major liftthe baffled king composing hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Well your faith was strong but you needed proof you saw her bathing on the roof her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
she tied you to a kitchen chair she broke your throne and she cut your hair and from your lips she drew the hallelujah.
Hallelujah,hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and
I've walked this floor You know,
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch and love is not a victory marchit's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Hallelujah,hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Well there was a time when you let me know
what's really going on below but now you never show that to me do youbut remember when I moved in you and the holy dove was moving too and every breath we drew was
hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Well maybe there's a god above but all I've ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at nightit's not somebody who's seen the lightit's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujahHallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujahHallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujahHallelujah

Reading Interpretation

India is working against the clock to try and save the 2010 Commonwealth Games after a series of PR disasters. The sporting event is behind the Olympics and World Championships in terms of status. India is holding it for the first time but is struggling to satisfy competing national teams. Several well-known athletes, including Jamaica’s Olympic 100-metre champion and world record holder Usain Bolt, have already pulled out, some because they have security concerns. More athletes were worried about their safety after two Taiwanese tourists were shot in Delhi last week. Other countries are worried about health and safety. The Scottish and South African teams are among many who described the athletes’ village as “unfit for human habitation.”

The Commonwealth Games are attended by countries who have strong links with the British monarchy. It is the second time for an Asian country to host the games, following Malaysia in 1998. This year has seen the Games dogged by problems. A majority of Indians believe they are a waste of money; they are already more than 500 per cent over budget. This week has seen several embarrassing accidents with the Games’ facilities; a footbridge leading to the main stadium collapsed, injuring 28 people, four critically; and part of the ceiling in the weightlifting venue fell down. Many athletes say they are worried about diseases and terrorism. The Games’ organizers are confident everything will be ready on time and that Western nations are worrying too much.

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. India has limited time to finish preparing to host a major sports event.
T / F
b. India is holding the Commonwealth Games for the first time.
T / F
c. Usain Bolt, the 100-metre champion, is the biggest star at the Games.
T / F
d. All athletes are very happy with the housing India is providing.
T / F
e. Only countries that have a king or queen can compete at the Games.
T / F
f. One other Asian country has hosted the Commonwealth Games.
T / F
g. Several weightlifters fell down at a weightlifting venue.
T / F
h. The Games’ organizers think Western countries should worry less.
T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
1.series a.fell down
2holding b.worries
3.pulled out c.hold
4.concerns d.sequence
5.habitation e.positive
6.links f.hosting
7.host g.bulk
8.majority h.living
9.collapsed i.connections
10.confident j.withdrawn

How Can I Go On?

Guide Me Home
Freddie Mercury

Now the wind has lost my sail
Now the scent has left my trail
Who will find me, take care and side with me
Guide me back safely to my home
Where I belong, once more
Where is my star in heaven's bough
Where is my strength, I need it now
Who can save me, lead me to my destiny
Guide me back safely to my home
Where I belong, once more
Who will find me, take care and side with me
Guide me back safely to my home
Where I belong, once more

How Can I Go On

How can I go on ?
How can I go on this way...
When all the salt is taken from the sea I stand dethroned
I'm naked and I bleed
But when your finger points so savagely Is anybody there to believe in me ?
To hear my plea and take care of me ?
How can I go on From day to day Who can make me strong in every way
Where can I be safe
Where can I belong
In this great big world of sadness
How can I forget
Those beautiful dreams that we shared
They're lost and they're no where to be found
How can I go on ?
Sometimes I start to tremble in the dark I cannot see
When people frighten me I try to hide myself so far from the crowd
Is anybody there to comfort me Lord...take care of me
How can I go on From day to day
Who can make me strong in every way
Where can I be safe Where can I belong In this great big world of sadness
How can I forget Those beautiful dreams that we shared
They're lost and they're no where to be found
How can I go on ?

Test on The English Tenses

Test on the English Tenses

Choose the correct answer!
1. Scientists ..... hard to find a new and effective treatment which ..... most-scared diseases.
A) have been struggling / will cure
B) struggled / had been curing
C) will struggle / have cured
D) are struggling / are being cured
E) have struggled / were curing

2. In two years, many of our school friends ....., and then we ..... no hardship in keeping our international business going.
A) graduated / had had
B) are graduating / have had
C) have graduated / will have
D) graduate / would have
E) will graduate / will have


3. The girls ...... a game called 'bomb' for almost ten minutes when the teacher suddenly ..... the classroom.
A) have played / will enter
B) were playing / entered
C) are playing / comes
D) had been playing / entered
E) played / was entering


4. It is five months since we ....... over this company.
A) have taken
B) had taken
C) will take
D) are taking
E) were taking


5. When I .... into him on the street, he said he .... abroad for business affairs that evening.
A) ran / was going
B) will run / would go
C) had run / is going
D) have run / will be going
E) ran / will go


6. The government ..... action into increasing taxes as soon as they ..... by the IMF authorities.
A) takes /will be urged
B) took / had been urged
C) is taking / have been urged
D) had taken /were urged
E) will take / have urged


7. Don't you think it .... time we ..... typing the report.
A) has been / have started
B) is / started
C) will be / are starting
D) was / started
E) would be / had started


8. China ...... greatly in terms of its cultural values over the past five years.
A) changed
B) is changing
C) has changed
D) will have changed
E) had changed


9. I feel lucky to have found a well-paid job on time, otherwise ...... for a job now.
A) will be looking
B) have looked
C) am looking
D) would be looking
E) were looking


10. I ..... quite a low grade in the English exam, so I ..... harder and harder.
A) have got / was studying
B) got / am studying
C) will get / have studied
D) get / will have studied
E) had got / will study

Pratique Preposição

Quiz on Prepositions

Fill in the spaces using prepositional patterns

1- Causing something wrong ________ fault
2- From memory ________ heart
3- Definitely; without doubt ______ certain
4- Owing money ______ debt
5- Usually; as a whole ______ general
6- Occurring together _______ hand hand
7- Not functioning properly _______ of order
8- Accidentally ______ mistake
9- Act in a dangerous or foolish way _______ ask trouble
10- Deliberately _______ purpose
11- Being watched carefully ______ observation
12- Concerning; about _______ respect to
13- Openly; not in private _______ public
14- Near ______ the vicinity of
15- Very close to; about to _______ the verge of

What is missing?
have a talent _____
run the risk _____
pay attention _____
enthusiastic ______
detached _______
independent ______
consistent _______
report ________
intervene _______
succumb ________

Reading Interpretation 2

Official records state that the Pueblo Indians lived in New Mexico and Arizona . The word "Pueblo" comes from the Spanish word "pueblo," meaning town or village. The Spaniards found these Indians living in apartment houses, some of them on the side of a cliff in order that they could be reached only by ladders. Whenever they were attacked by Apaches, the Pueblos would pull up the ladders. They grew corn, which they watered with water flowing down in ditches. They wove cloth, made wonderful baskets, and created jars and pots out of clay proving how skilful they were at hand-craft.

1. From the passage we understand that the Pueblo Indians were afraid of ............. .
a) cliff dwelling
b) Apache Indians
c) apartment houses
d) water flowing down in ditches
e) solitary life

2. Why the Spaniards called these Indians "Pueblos" is because they ................ .
a) were close to the Apaches
b) lived together in a town or village
c) farmed and brought down water in ditches
d) pulled up their ladders when attacked
e) achieved fame thanks to their hand-craft

3. The Pueblo Indians lived on the side of a cliff ................ .
a) although they had apartment houses
b) to observe the stars in the sky for rain season
c) so that they could provide themselves with shelters
d) and, the didn't have a lake, a stream, or a pond
e) as long as they were all together

Reading Interpretation:

Researches suggest that there are creatures that do not know what light means at the bottom of the sea. They don't have either eyes or ears; they can only feel. There is no day or night for them. There are no winters, no summers, no sun, no moon, and no stars. It is as if a child spent its life in darkness in bed, with nothing to see or hear. How different our own life is! Sight shows us the ground beneath our feet and the heavens above us - the sun, moon, and stars, shooting stars, lightning, and the sunset. It shows us day and night. We are able to hear voices, the sound of the sea, and music. We feel, we taste, we smell. How fortunate we are!

1. Judging from the passage, we can say that this story is mainly about ............ .
a) life of sea creatures at the bottom of the sea
b) how changes in the seasons are perceived by the deep-sea creatures
c) how wonderful our lives were and will be
d) the differences among creatures of the earth and those of the sea
e) the superiority of human beings over some creatures in terms of senses

2. We discover that the sea creatures in the story ................ .
a) have the same senses that we do
b) have no sense of hearing as well as sight
c) hear the sounds of the ocean
d) live in darkness because no light reaches to the bottom
e) do not hear the sound of sea as they are accustomed to it

3. In the passage a child in darkness is likened to ................ .
a) someone who lives where there are no seasons
b) an animal without the sense of touch
c) a sea creature with no seeing or hearing ability
d) a deaf child unaffected by the environment
e) a perfect sleeper, for there is no sound around to hear