Grammar focus

• If+Present Simple+Present Simple (zero conditional)

If you have an important decision to make, it is more difficult.

• If +Present Simple+will (first conditional)

If the trend continues, this figure will double in the next ten years.

• If+Past Simple+would (second conditional)

If you wanted to buy a house ,.....you'd be able to.

1 a probable situation in the future (real) (First conditional)
2 a less likely or hypothetical situation (unreal) (Second conditional)
3 a habit or general truth (real) (Zero conditional)

Examples:
1 If I go to excursion, I feel happy.
2 If I cook today, we will have lunch at noon
3 If I went a trip abroad, I would go to Paris.

Cookery Challenge

Ingredients:

1. 1 medium chicken
2. 250g mushrooms
3. 2 lemons
4. 400g cheese
5. 3 cloves garlic
6. 2 onions
7. 4 carrots
8. 2 potatoes
9. oil, salt,pepper

Instructions

Take a pan and heat 4 spoons of oil and put the chopped chicken. Add the onions and the garlic. Cook the meat and onions until they are brown. Add the mushrooms, the carrots, the potatoes, and let simmer for 30', before adding the cheese, salt, pepper and the lemons. Serve with rice.

November (words)

Don't neglet your children!
I saw two mice in the garden yesterday.
Every day I meet the dustbin man who cleans the streets.
It was raining all day yesterday so you can't walk today because of the mud which covered everything.
Have you heard about the crime on tv? Someone stabbed his wife many times.
My favourite singer brought out a new cd.
The wedding was put off because the bride was ill.
I will call off our appointment because I don't have any time.
All the company is on strike because the employees want to earn more money.
I have always had the fear that someone will kidnap my child.
The gardener comes once a week and weeds the garden.
His plan to steal things from the shops was wicked.
There are some people who sacrifice their life to rescue other people.
My cousin George was injured seriously when he had an accident with his car last year.
These days there are many floods in Europe because of the bad weather.
The car dosen't move when it has a flat tyre.
I like the decoration in your house because it is very plain.
This program which I installed in my computer is very helpful.
I don't like the fact that I grow up and I have so many wrinkles.
You had better see a dentist soon.
Every time I say to my son to lower, when he listens to music.
If you don't clean your skin every day,you are in danger of getting a skin infection.
I should take up my dress because it is very long.
My daughter's piano is tuned every day.
Every year I polish my furniture.
All the chores are postponed because I am going to Athens for a few days.
My mother rearraged all the furniture after the death of my father.
When I was a child, I didn't brush my teeth every day.
If you want to have sanitaty conditions in your house, you must mop daily.
My grandmother knew to sew very well.

Rice with vegetables

One of my favourite flavour!

Ingredients:

• Mushroom (400gr)
• One read pepper
• One green pepper
• One yellow pepper
• Two onios
• One cups of rice
• Two cups of weater
• Soy sauce
• Oil
• Salt and pepper

Execution

Put in a pan all the vegetables chopped in small pieces with oil and cook until goes brown. Put in a roasting pan the rice with hot weater and add the vegetables, the stock and the soy sauce.Stir all the ingredients and put in the oven for 30 minutes. Delicious!

Everything about Agia Roumeli

Agia Roumeli is a very special and unique place.Situated at the Southern coast of Crete at the exit of the Samaria Gorge. Agia Roumeli is a small village with 120 permanent residents.It surrounded by wild mountains and a long beach of fine pebble by the clear Libyan sea.The village is remote and a little isolated. You can only reach it on foot or by boat.There is no road.

A few lucky visitors have discovered that Agia Roumeli is a superb place to spend their holidays in and they tend to return again and again.In Agia Roumeli and its surroundings you can relax, you almost forget it exists.Agia Roumeli has no nightlife, no cinemas and no entertainment. However anyone who can relate to nature can find plenty to do.

At a distance of one hour’s walking, following the path, there is the Byzantine monastery of Agios Pavlos at the homonymous beach.This is the spot where St. Paul is said to have landed on Crete on his voyage to Greece. Further on, this path takes you to the beach of Marmara, the village of Loutro and eventually Hora Sfakion which is about 7 hours walk from Agia Roumeli. You can then take one of the frequent boats back to Agia Roumeli.With the mountains so close you might also want to walk up to the two ruined castles, situated on the nearest western hillside of the village. The view from the castles is superb.Last but not least, you will want to have a look at the gorge of Samaria. It is not difficult to walk upwards from Agia Roumeli and if you go in the early morning you will have this beautiful gorge almost to yourself.

The location is perfect for unwinding, forgetting the cares of the world and indulging in the drinking of the local wines, notably tsikoudia, and eating the local cuisine for which the island is famous. This is not a destination for the sophisticated tourist, but more for the discerning traveller looking for a laidback, and unforgettable expirience.

Holiday in Paris

If I had a choice of a country to holiday in, I would like it to be Paris. Paris is one of the most spectacular cities in the world containing a wealth of history and culture. With countless Art Galleries, scores of top museums and stunning historical monuments there is something to please every visitor. If I was there, I would like to visit the Louvre Museum because it is unquestionably one of the finest museums in the world.


To walk through the Louvre Museum is to walk through the history of France and into the minds of kings and revolutionaries. Moreover, I would like to visit the Versailles by bike because it is so massive, so this is the only way to see them.Finally I would like to visit the Eiffel Tower. I can imagine what you can see from the top of tower. I think almost all Paris. For all these reasons I would like to go to Paris.

MY BEST CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE

My best classroom experience began about two years ago. It was when I decided to use a computer to practise English. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the computer lab and learnt a great deal. I felt like a little child who takes a gift and everything was very interesting for me.But sincerely,what I felt is nothing compared to how I feel now!

Everything started when my teacher Christina suggested I should have a blog. It was a great idea! She is highly experienced with the Net with proven IT skills, so she took the initiative to show me this magic world.

She co-ordinates everything and motivates me to achieve my objectives. It's fantastic that now I can communicate with different people all over the world and get across my ideas. She broadens my horizons and I would like to tell her thank you for everything and also that I am willing to do everything it takes so that she takes pride in me.