THE HOLMES, BRITISH STYLE

Leo Messi

The Holmes have been continuing their visit to London. They’ve been in the British Museum; climbed Tower Bridge and gone to the Tower of London. They have driven by bus and by taxi and they’ve sailed through the Thames.

They are intensive days and they are taking profit of everything when they visit these emblematic places.

Yesterday, the family went to the Emirates Stadium to watch a football match between Arsenal and FC Barcelona. The Grandma was very happy with the final score and to celebrate it, she invited all the family to drink and dance in a private party in 221B, Baker Street where they were talking about Past Perfect and sharks, playing to guess characters and remembering Rosa’s TV appearances.

More information: Past Perfect Exercises

Today, the family has continued its English classes studying some passive forms and practising with a PET exam example.

More information: The Passive

Tomorrow, they are going to read another chapter of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and continue with passive forms.

More information: PET Samples

Arsenal, we're on your side
Our love we can not hide
Our hearts are open wide
To cheer you along the way

ENJOY LONDON!

The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane.

Stephen Fry

Today, The Holmes have reviewed Present Perfect and its clues: already, just and yet. They have been working hard with Social English and some exercises of vocabulary.

More information: Already, Just, Still & Yet Exercises

For other hand, the family is still in London visiting the city. Today, they have visited M&M’s store, Camden, Portobello and Notting Hill.

The Grandma has reunited with her family again after staying some hours unlocked in a phone box in the middle of Leicester Square and she has been talking with them about London, Paris and New York City.

Tomorrow, the family is going to get on The Tube and travel around the city and surroundings. Rosa wants to visit Saint Paul's Cathedral meanwhile Carmen wants to visit The Museum of the Order of Saint John, an interesting order from Malta.

Rita Hayworth used to say, 

"They go to bed with Gilda; they wake up with me" 

Anna Scott

IRIS APFEL & EUROVISION: ART & TRADITION

Yesterday, The Holmes reviewed Past Simple & Past Continuous, Articles, Present Continuous and the connectors While & When.

They also created a song for participating in the next Eurovision Contest Song. After some moments of emotion and nerves, the winners were Geni and Núria with the beautiful song “Idiot”. Both of them represented Belgium.

While the most part of The Holmes were creating their songs, Rosa was in Milano with The Grandma and Iris, an old friend of her, taking information about some new fashion business to invest.

For other hand, Geni must leave the family during some days because she must attend some personal business.

The family continues its Italian tour. After visiting Pisa, Siena and Verona they arrived to Venice where they are prepared to spend some beautiful moments enjoying the Carnival.

When you don't dress like everyone else, 

you don't have to think like everyone else.

 Iris Apfel

MIDDLE AGE: CREATING A LEGEND

Today, The Holmes have reviewed Past Simple, Used to and First Conditional. They have been practising with some exercises and paying especial attention to the irregular forms.

Don Quixote & Sancho Panza

The Grandma has continued talking about William Shakespeare and Antoni Gaudí, two old friends who she admires a lot and all of the family has talked about the importance of literature in the Middle Age and its capacity of creating heroes like Orlando Il Furioso, el Cid, Roland, Tirant, Don Quijote or King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

More information: First Conditional

More information: Used to

After that, they have described Antoni Gaudí’s works with a memo game.

Download Barcelona's Natural Wonder

Tonight, The Holmes have met the Pope in the Vatican City and they have spent good moments with him, especially Rosa who is a religious woman and Geni who is a… a… a… an excellent partner!

Download Antoni Gaudí's Works

Tomorrow, they’re going to homage Freddie Mercury preparing some songs for the Eurovision Song Contest where they are going to participate very soon.

No legacy is so rich as honesty

– William Shakespeare