Today, The Winsors and The Grandma have been talking about Past Simple with regular and irregular forms, in fact, they have been talking about yesterday.
Yesterday is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney. It was first released on the album Help! in August 1965, except in the United States, where it was issued as a single in September. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It subsequently appeared on the UK EP Yesterday in March 1966 and made its US album debut on Yesterday and Today, in June 1966.
Yesterday is a melancholic ballad about the break-up of a relationship.The singer nostalgically laments for yesterday when he and his love were together before she left because of something he said.
McCartney is the only member of the Beatles to appear on the track. The final recording was so different from other works by the Beatles that the band members vetoed the song's release as a single in the United Kingdom. However, other artists quickly recorded versions of it for single release. The Beatles'recording was issued in the U.K. as a single in 1976 and peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
Yesterday All my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be There's a shadow hanging over me Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go? I don't know She wouldn't say I said something wrong, now I long For yesterday
Yesterday Love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away Oh, I believe in yesterday
Why she had to go? I don't know She wouldn't say I said something wrong, now I long For yesterday
Yesterday Love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away Oh, I believe in yesterday
The day before yesterday was Saint George and today, The Fosters and The Grandma havedecidedto know more about his legendand his origins, which are very controversial.
They have been reading a wonderful and interesting legend about Saint George/SantJordi in Montblanc.
Once upon ago,
there was a town with a castle named Montblanc. Inhabitants were
farmers and makers. They lived happily. But, near the village, lived a
terrible Dragon with sharp nails and a long tail.
Every morning,
he hunted farm animals, ate two by two and then went to his cave. The
dragon ate all the animals and the people decided by lottery to offer
him a person to eat it.
Every day
was sadder, Dragon visited them furious and hungry again and again.
People gave him food so he wouldn't be angry anymore until one day, the
princess, that she was young a pretty simple and very educated, was
chosen to surrender to the dragon. People were terrified and all of them
wanted to take her place, but the King said sadly that her daughter was
like any other.
The next morning, the princess left the castle wearing a white dress, she crossed the village while the people were watching her sadly.
Suddenly,
the princess heart how a knight arrived on a white horse. The Princess,
very worried, stopped and recommended him that he should leave so he
wouldn't eat it. The knight, who was named Saint George, told her that
he would save the city of Montblanc from the Dragon.
Next,
the Dragon flew over the heads of the princess, it descended and it and
Saint George fought for their lives. Sant Jordi killed the dragon and
he and the princess dragged his body to the town.
Meanwhile,
the people greeted Saint George and they were very happy because he won
the bad Dragon. The dragon died, and they said that from the blood of
his wounds, was born to a rose, that Sant Jordi gave to the princess.
After,
the King offered the hand of the princess, but the knight rejected it
to continue fighting other battles (he made a cobra in Medieval style).
Then,
the people were happy again. Sant Jordi rode his horse. He mysteriously
disappeared and the Montblanquins, in gratitude, decided to let the
world know this story.
Finally, they had a party for a week, dancing, eating and wearing their best clothes.
Today, Saint George is a special day in Catalonia. People bring roses and books to commemorate love and culture.
Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.
Today, The Grandma has visited Flushing Meadows, the public park in Queens,that includes the USTABillieJean King National Tennis Center. She loves tennis and it has been a wonderful experience.
Meanwhile, The Grangershave been practising some English vocabulary about Inside the House and Foodand Drink.
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park, or simply Flushing Meadows, is a public park in the northern part of Queens, New York City.
It
is bounded by I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) on the east, Grand Central
Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and Union Turnpike on
the south.
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is the fourth-largest public park in New York City, with a total area of 363 ha.
Until the 19th century, the site consisted of wetlands straddling the FlushingRiver,
which traverses the region from north to south. Starting in the first
decade of the 20th century, it was used as a dumping ground for ashes,
since at the time, the land was so far away from the developed parts of New York City as to be considered almost worthless.
New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses first conceived the idea of developing a large park in Flushing Meadow in the 1920s as part of a system of parks across eastern Queens.
Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park was created as the site of the 1939 New York
World's Fair and also hosted the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Following the 1964 fair, the park fell into disrepair, although some improvements have taken place since the 1990s and 2000s.
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park retains much of the layout from the 1939 World's Fair. Its attractions include the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the current venue for the US Open tennis tournament;
Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets baseball team; the New York
Hall of Science; the Queens Museum; the Queens Theatre in the Park; the
Queens Zoo; the Unisphere; and the New York State Pavilion.
It formerly contained Shea Stadium, demolished in 2009. The Flushing River continues
to run through the park, and two large lakes called Meadow and Willow
Lakes take up much of the park's area south of the Long Island
Expressway.
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is owned and maintained by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also known as NYC Parks.
Private, non-profit groups such as the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy and the Alliance for Flushing Meadows–Corona Park provide additional funds, services, and support. The park is at the eastern edge of the area encompassed by Queens Community Board 4.
The park is named after the nearby neighbourhoods of Flushing and Corona, which are separated by the park. The name Flushing is a corruption of the port town of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.
By the 19th century, the word flushing had become associated with a cleansing by rushing water. Corona was added to the name during the 1964 New York World's Fair.
During
at least three glacial periods, including the Wisconsin glaciation
around 20,000 years ago, ice sheets advanced south across North America
carving moraines, valleys, and hills. In particular, bays and estuaries
were formed along the north shore of Long Island.
During glaciation, what is now Flushing Meadows Park
was formed just north of the terminal moraine that runs across Long
Island, which consisted of sand, gravel, clay and boulders. The moraine
created a drainage divide, with rivers north of the moraine such as the
future Flushing River emptying into the north shore.
The Flushing Meadows site became a glacial lake, and then a salt marsh after the ice melted. Prior to glaciation, the Flushing River valley was used by the Hudson River to drain southward into the Atlantic Ocean. Through the 19th century, the site continued to consist of wetlands straddling Flushing River. Species inhabiting the site included waterfowl and fiddler crab, with fish using water pools for spawning.
The area was first settled by Algonquian Native Americans of Long Island (referred to erroneously as Mantinecocks). They consisted of the Canarsee and Rockaway Lenape groups, which inhabited coastal wetlands across Queens and Brooklyn.
Beginning
in 1640, Dutch settlers moved into the area, establishing the town of
Newtown to the west of the site (which would become Elmhurst, Corona, and other areas in western Queens), and the town of Flushing to the east.
The meadows became known as the Corona Meadows.
By 1666, the Native American population had been displaced from the Flushing Meadows site by European settlers,
although a deed reserved the right to hunt on the land for the Native
Americans. Several wealthy landowners began building farmhouses on the
site in the mid-to-late 17th century.
The
meadows provided numerous natural resources for settlers, including
timber, water, fertile soil, and grass and hay for grazing domestic
animals. During the American Revolution, a farmhouse on the site of the
modern World's Fair Marina was used as a headquarters for British
forces.
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is a stadium complex within Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City.
It has been the home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, played every year in August and September, since 1978 and is operated by the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
The
facility has 22 courts inside its 0.188 km2. The complex's three
stadiums are among the largest tennis stadiums in the world; Arthur Ashe
Stadium tops the global list with a listed capacity of 23,200. All 33
courts used the DecoTurf cushioned acrylic surface since the facility
was built in 1978. However, in March 2020, the USTA announced that
Laykold would become the new court surface supplier beginning with the
2020 tournament.
Near Citi Field (home of the New York Mets) as well as LaGuardia Airport, the tennis center is open to the public for play except during the US Open, junior and wood-racquet competitions.
Formerly called the USTA National Tennis Center, the facility was rededicated for Billie Jean King on August 28, 2006.
The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play.
Yesterday was Saint George and today, The Grangers and The Grandma havedecidedto know more about his legendand his origins, which are very controversial.
Before reading a wonderful and interesting legend about Saint George/Sant Jordi in Montblanc,the family has been studying PastSimple.
Once upon ago, there was a town with a castle named Montblanc. Inhabitants were farmers and makers. They lived happily. But, near the village, lived a terrible Dragon with sharp nails and a long tail.
Every morning, he hunted farm animals, ate two by two and then went to his cave. The dragon ate all the animals and the people decided by lottery to offer him a person to eat it.
Every day was sadder, Dragon visited them furious and hungry again and again. People gave him food so he wouldn't be angry anymore until one day, the princess, that she was young a pretty simple and very educated, was chosen to surrender to the dragon. People were terrified and all of them wanted to take her place, but the King said sadly that her daughter was like any other.
The next morning, the princess left the castle wearing a white dress, she crossed the village while the people were watching her sadly.
Suddenly, the princess heart how a knight arrived on a white horse. The Princess, very worried, stopped and recommended him that he should leave so he wouldn't eat it. The knight, who was named Saint George, told her that he would save the city of Montblanc from the Dragon.
Next, the Dragon flew over the heads of the princess, it descended and it and Saint George fought for their lives. Sant Jordi killed the dragon and he and the princess dragged his body to the town.
Meanwhile, the people greeted Saint George and they were very happy because he won the bad Dragon. The dragon died, and they said that from the blood of his wounds, was born to a rose, that Sant Jordi gave to the princess.
After, the King offered the hand of the princess, but the knight rejected it to continue fighting other battles (he made a cobra in Medieval style).
Then, the people were happy again. Sant Jordi rode his horse. He mysteriously disappeared and the Montblanquins, in gratitude, decided to let the world know this story.
Finally, they had a party for a week, dancing, eating and wearing their best clothes.
Today, Saint George is a special day in Catalonia. People bring roses and books to commemorate love and culture.
Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.
Today, The Grandma has visited Flushing Meadows, the public park in the northern part of Queens, whose attractions include the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The Grandma loves tennis and it has been a wonderful experience for her.
Meanwhile, The Newtons have been preparing their Cambridge Exam. They have studied the Past Simple (Regular Verbs).
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park, or simply Flushing Meadows, is a public park in the northern part of Queens, New York City.
It is bounded by I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) on the east, Grand Central Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and Union Turnpike on the south.
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is the fourth-largest public park in New York City, with a total area of 363 ha.
Until the 19th century, the site consisted of wetlands straddling the Flushing River, which traverses the region from north to south. Starting in the first decade of the 20th century, it was used as a dumping ground for ashes, since at the time, the land was so far away from the developed parts of New York City as to be considered almost worthless.
New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses first conceived the idea of developing a large park in Flushing Meadow in the 1920s as part of a system of parks across eastern Queens.
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park was created as the site of the 1939 New York World's Fair and also hosted the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Following the 1964 fair, the park fell into disrepair, although some improvements have taken place since the 1990s and 2000s.
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park retains much of the layout from the 1939 World's Fair. Its attractions include the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the current venue for the US Open tennis tournament; Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets baseball team; the New York Hall of Science; the Queens Museum; the Queens Theatre in the Park; the Queens Zoo; the Unisphere; and the New York State Pavilion.
It formerly contained Shea Stadium, demolished in 2009. The Flushing River continues to run through the park, and two large lakes called Meadow and Willow Lakes take up much of the park's area south of the Long Island Expressway.
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is owned and maintained by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also known as NYC Parks.
Private, non-profit groups such as the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy and the Alliance for Flushing Meadows–Corona Park provide additional funds, services, and support. The park is at the eastern edge of the area encompassed by Queens Community Board 4.
The park is named after the nearby neighbourhoods of Flushing and Corona, which are separated by the park. The name Flushing is a corruption of the port town of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.
By the 19th century, the word flushing had become associated with a cleansing by rushing water. Corona was added to the name during the 1964 New York World's Fair.
During at least three glacial periods, including the Wisconsin glaciation around 20,000 years ago, ice sheets advanced south across North America carving moraines, valleys, and hills. In particular, bays and estuaries were formed along the north shore of Long Island.
During glaciation, what is now Flushing Meadows Park was formed just north of the terminal moraine that runs across Long Island, which consisted of sand, gravel, clay and boulders. The moraine created a drainage divide, with rivers north of the moraine such as the future Flushing River emptying into the north shore.
The Flushing Meadows site became a glacial lake, and then a salt marsh after the ice melted. Prior to glaciation, the Flushing River valley was used by the Hudson River to drain southward into the Atlantic Ocean. Through the 19th century, the site continued to consist of wetlands straddling Flushing River. Species inhabiting the site included waterfowl and fiddler crab, with fish using water pools for spawning.
The area was first settled by Algonquian Native Americans of Long Island (referred to erroneously as Mantinecocks). They consisted of the Canarsee and Rockaway Lenape groups, which inhabited coastal wetlands across Queens and Brooklyn.
Beginning in 1640, Dutch settlers moved into the area, establishing the town of Newtown to the west of the site (which would become Elmhurst, Corona, and other areas in western Queens), and the town of Flushing to the east.
The meadows became known as the Corona Meadows.
By 1666, the Native American population had been displaced from the Flushing Meadows site by European settlers, although a deed reserved the right to hunt on the land for the Native Americans. Several wealthy landowners began building farmhouses on the site in the mid-to-late 17th century.
The meadows provided numerous natural resources for settlers, including timber, water, fertile soil, and grass and hay for grazing domestic animals. During the American Revolution, a farmhouse on the site of the modern World's Fair Marina was used as a headquarters for British forces.
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is a stadium complex within Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City.
It has been the home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, played every year in August and September, since 1978 and is operated by the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
The facility has 22 courts inside its 0.188 km2. The complex's three stadiums are among the largest tennis stadiums in the world; Arthur Ashe Stadium tops the global list with a listed capacity of 23,200. All 33 courts used the DecoTurf cushioned acrylic surface since the facility was built in 1978. However, in March 2020, the USTA announced that Laykold would become the new court surface supplier beginning with the 2020 tournament.
Near Citi Field (home of the New York Mets) as well as LaGuardia Airport, the tennis center is open to the public for play except during the US Open, junior and wood-racquet competitions.
Formerly called the USTA National Tennis Center, the facility was rededicated for Billie Jean King on August 28, 2006.
The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play.
.jpg)
%20&%20The%20Grandma%20(II).jpg)
%20&%20The%20Grangers%20(I).jpg)
%20&%20The%20Grandma%20(II).jpg)