Thursday 5 May 2016

LEARN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MAKE AND DO.

The different uses of "make" and "do" require practice, my suggestion is the following:

1.Read this explanation and do some practice

2.Watch this video:



3.And finally more practice!

POETRY AND WISDOM: "ETERNITY", BY WILLIAM BLAKE.


"He who binds to himself a joy

Does the winged life destroy; 
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sun rise." 

These wise words were written by William Blake, a versatile artist who is  now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.
Watch this video as you meditate on its meaning!

Tuesday 3 May 2016

PARTICIPLE CLAUSES

Participle clauses can be used after a noun in the same way as relative clauses. 
Thanks to the web "Perfect English Grammar" remember the grammar of participles clauses and then practice!

Exercise 1: Present participle (-ing clauses)

Exercise 2: Past participle clauses

Sunday 1 May 2016

COME AGAIN, SWEET LOVE! ENJOY THE FRESHNESS OF ENGLISH RENAISSANCE POETRY TODAY.

The magic of poetry and music trascends time!. Although language and music evolve, the spirit of the words and the vibrations of the sound remain and communicate the aliveness of the period when they were written or composed. Try reading about what Shakespeare's English was like, read one of his poems, for example sonnet 147, entitled, My love is as a fever, or read John Donne's poetry.
To prove that the power of poetry and music are immortal, why don't you enjoy this video, where Sting sings a song composed in the Renaissance and allow yourself to travel to those times with the beauty, simplicity and passion of the song Come again, composed by John Dowland?