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Anniversary of the “No”-A Message from Greece

moving to the front Ohi Day (also spelled Ochi Day, Greek: Επέτειος του «’Οχι» Epeteios tou “‘Ohi”, Anniversary of the “No”)  commemorates 28 October 1940. That day, Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas (in power from August 4, 1936, until January 29, 1941) used that single word (if not the actual word, this was the message of…

This is Greece-An article from the 40s

Click here to go to a news.google.com/newspapers page. Scroll down page 2 to find the article titled “This is Greece” which was published  in The Bladen Journal, 14 November, 1940. You can enlarge the page by clicking on the magnifying button. Read the article and do the following tasks: Read more

31st Athens Classic Marathon and 5 and 10km Road Races in Athens

Top runners will compete this year in the 31st Athens Classic Marathon event on Sunday, 10 November 2013.  Among them, Raymond Bett, who has won twice the race, and Gishu Mindaye. Read more about this sports event here. In parallel to the 31st Athens Classic Marathon Race, two shorter races of…

How do you take your coffee? Coffee and tea time vocabulary and quiz.

It’s so nice to chill out in a cold wintry afternoon, sipping hot, freshlly brewed coffee or tea. Do you know what all the coffee accessories are called?   Instant coffee is easily  made just by adding boiling water to coffee powder. We need a  coffee machine for filter or espresso coffee.…

What’s Poetry For or What’s Life For Should I Say?

Have you ever written any poems? What were they about? What made you write them? What is poetry for? How does it connect with us, our life and life in general? Do you agree with the following point of view? It is a video of  a small part from the…

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozon Layer

In 1994, the United Nations proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date of the signing, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Ozone, what is it? Where does it come from? Why is the ozone…

Past Habits and States with used to and would

  Here’s an excerpt from a well known short story for kids: The Selfish Giant, Oscar Wilde “Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden. It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over…

Past Tenses, Used to and Would practice

To do the exercises, click on the pictures. There is a description for every exercise next to the picture. 1)  a) sentence word order                          b) used to/ past simple/ past continuous              …

Hamster and Syntax Check up

How often do you have a health check-up? When did you last have your eyes checked? When is your next visit to the dentist to have your teeth examined? How many times have you had your blood tested? I suppose you take good care of your personal hygiene and check…