FREDDIE MERCURY: FOREVER YOUNG

Freddie Mercury

After visiting the Pope, the Holmes have continued reviewing Past Continuous, Used to and Modal Verbs (May-Might). Moreover they’ve practised some Social English.

Next, they’ve created comparisons between Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família and Vatican City and they’ve been talking about voodoo and its effects nowadays.

More information: May-Might

More information: Past Continuous Exercises

The family arrives to Venice tonight where they want to enjoy the Carnival during this weekend before going to Belgium to participate in Eurovision Song Contest. Because of this, today, they have read some interesting songs from Tom Jones, Queen, Suzanne Vega and Joan Baez.

Tomorrow, they’re going to prepare excellent songs to win the festival and continue travelling, this time, perhaps, to London. 

May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young

 Joan Baez

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.

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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!

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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

BELÉN & THE POPE

The Pope

Last news about the family!

Belén, our journalist, who was working in Vatican City State as The Pope’s correspondent has been dismissed. We don’t know what has happened although some people say that the Pope discovered Belén watching The Da Vinci’s Code and he became angry. We must confirm our sources. In these difficult moments all the family is with her and she has got all our support. Belén has decided to spend a few days in Rome, Italy, where she lives nowadays, and return to Barcelone next week. 

Please, Belén, contact us when you return because we’ll send Dámaris, our expert in picking people up from the airport, and don’t forget to check your Vespa in. It will be very useful for driving around Sant Boi and remember: he's the Pope but you're our princess!

Have a nice evening!

 

Arriverderci, Roma
Goodbye, goodbye to Rome
City of a million moon lit faces
City of a million warm embraces
Where I found the one of all the faces
Far from home