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Monday, June 15, 2026

Friday I'm in Love - The Cure

The Cure is a British rock band formed in 1976. The group performed at the Firenze Rocks festival on Sunday, June 14, 2026, at the Visarno Arena in Florence.


"Friday I'm in Love" (1992) was a worldwide hit (#12 in Italy). 
You can hear it in the movies, He's Just Not That Into You (2009 with Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck), 
About Time (2013), 
and the Italian animated comedy, Questo mondo non mi renderĂ  cattivo (2023).

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

 COUNTABLE NOUNS 

Things you can count = 1-2-3-4-5... 
They can be singular 
(a dog, an apple, one cookie):

  • She has a dog. 
  • He is eating an apple. 
  • You can have one cookie. 
or plural:  She has three cats. 


Use  HOW MANY  for questions with countable nouns. 

  • How many T-shirts does Mary have?
  • How many students are there in your class?
   

 UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS 

Things you can't count, like liquids.
You can't count water, but you can count a bottle or a glass of water. 

UNCOUNTABLE  COUNTABLE

       pasta / rice                                        a bowl of pasta/rice
       pizza                                                         a slice of pizza
      clothes                                                      a shirt / a dress 
      jeans                                                         a pair of jeans
      cheese                                                   a piece of cheese
      bread                                                        a loaf of bread
     tea/coffee.                                             a cup of tea/coffee
       
Other examples of uncountable nouns:
information, money, time, love, intelligence, food, hair, homework, furniture, weather, glue, sand, shampoo

Use some for uncountable nouns:

  • Mom is buying some bread at the baker's. 
  • I would like some soup for lunch. 

Use  HOW MUCH  for questions with uncountable nouns:

  • How much homework do you have?
  • How much milk is in the fridge?
NOTE:
How much money do you have? 
How many euros do you have?

 SOME and ANY 

Use SOME before plural (countable) nouns and uncountable nouns in positive sentences: 

  • She has some cookies.
  • They have some eggs. 
  • I need to buy some clothes.
  • There is some ice cream in the freezer. 

Use ANY before plural nouns and uncountable nouns in negative sentences and questions*:

  • We don't have any oranges.
  • He doesn't have any pets. 
  • I have some paper, but I don't have any glue.
  • We don't have any tea.
  • Are there any apples?
  • Do you have any brothers or sisters?
  • Do we have any fruit?
  • Is there any milk in the fridge?

NOTE - SOME in questions (offers):

  • *Do you want / Would you like some cake? (you think the answer is yes)  
  • *Could I please have some water? (I think they will give me some water)

Use IS or ISN'T with singular nouns and uncountable nouns:

  • There is a garden, but there isn't a swimming pool.  Is there a garage
  • There's some water, but there isn't any juice. Is there any Coke?
Use ARE or AREN'T with plural nouns:
  • There are some sandwiches, but there aren't any cakes Are there any chips?

Thursday, March 27, 2025

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong
a.k.a. "Satchmo" (meaning big cheeks) and "Pops"
(Aug. 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971) was an important American musician, singer, and actor for more than 50 years.  He played Dixieland, jazz, scat, swing, and pop. 

Some Achievements and Awards:
1937- the 1st African-American to host a radio program 
1964 -the oldest artist (63 years old) to have a #1 song ("Hello
Dolly"), kicking out the Beatles 3 consecutive number ones
1968 - on RAI TV with singing, "Grassa e Bella" and at San Remo, "Mi Va da Cantare" paired with Lara Saint Paul
1972 - Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1995 - US postage stamp
He is also in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and has 12 songs in the Grammy Hall of Fame. To be in this, the song must be at least 25 years old and have "qualitative or historical significance."
You can hear one of his most famous songs, "What a Wonderful World" (1967), in the film Good Morning Vietnam (1988), and in many TV commercials. It joined the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.



1) Write the colors you hear.  
2) What objects go with those colors?
3) What is a "bright blessed day" ?   
                  "dark sacred night" ?
4) What actions do you hear?  (verbs)


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What a Wonderful World
I see trees of green, 
Red roses, too.
I see them bloom 
For me and you. 
And I think to myself, 
What a wonderful world!

I see skies of blue
And clouds of white. 
The bright blessed day;
The dark sacred night, 
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world!


The colors of the rainbow            
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces 
Of   people going by.
I see friends shaking hands,
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying,
"I love you."

I hear babies cry.
I watch them grow.
They'll learn much more
Than I'll ever know.
And I think  to myself,
What a wonderful world!
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world!
Oh yeah.

 

Friday, March 21, 2025

POSSESSIVE or PLURAL?

 When a noun   has something that belongs to it, we usually make it possessive by  adding an    APOSTROPHE and an S.  ('s)

the dog's bone
the teacher's book
the student's  pencil case
my grandmother's recipe    /   Grandma's recipe
the neighbor's yards

For plural nouns, add the apostrophe after the s:
the dogs' bones
the teachers' books
the students' pencil cases
our  grandmothers' recipes
the neighbors'  yard

When a plural noun ends in  /es/ :
class (singular)  - class's
classes (plural) -   classes'

Singular and Irregular plurals:
the  lady's shoes         --        the ladies' shoes
a child's toys                 __       the children's toys
a woman's clothing       __        women's clothing

When a singular noun ends in  /s/ we usually add an 's:

Mr. Jones's car
this class's   students
the bus's driver

 BUT we can also   write it like plural nouns:
Mr.    Jones's car  / Mr.  Jones' car
The plural of Jones is Joneses. , so the possessive is Joneses'
class's students  / class' students
the plural of class is classes, so the possessive is classes'

POSSESSIVE  or PLURAL?
1)   These computer__ are old.
2)   
Are you Richard__ uncle?
3)   Alfred has two sister__and  two brother__.
4)   My dog_ name is Lolita.  What's your dog__ name?
5)   This is Tom__ bike. 
6)   Do you work at the butcher__?
7)   When she goes to Mexico, she stays at her grandparent__ farm.
8) Piero__cousin__ live in  Leghorn. 
9)   Sarah visits her   relative__ often because her  cousin__  yard is enormous!
10)   Is that your phone? No, it's Heather__.
11) Whose bags are these? They're those men__ over there.
12)   I buy donuts at the baker__ every morning before school.
13)  Betty__ feet are the smallest in the class.
14)   Our class__ windows are open.
15) The school__ cafeteria is  not very big. 



Tuesday, March 11, 2025

IDENTITY CARD

 
Full Name______________
(First name, middle name, last name or surname) 
What's your name?  /  Who are you? 

Age __________
How old are you?
Date of Birth (DOB)_____
When were you born?

Place of birth ______
Where were you born?

Nationality __________________ 
What's your nationality? / What nationality are you?  

Languages ________
How many languages do you speak?
Which languages do you speak?

Address (City, Country) __________________  
Where do you live? 

Phone number _______________
What's your telephone number?

Occupation   _________________
What's your job / occupation? / What do you do?

Height  ___________                Weight    ________
How tall are you?                                                How much do you weigh?    
Hair color   ____________       Eye color _______
What color is your hair?                                    What color are your eyes?

Family members and ages_________________
Do you live with your parents? /  Who is in your family?
How old are they?
  

Pets ___________________
Do you have any pets?   

Hobbies / free time activities_________________
Do you have any hobbies?  / What do you do in your free time?

Likes (3)  ____________  Dislikes (2)___________
Tell me 3 things you like or like doing.
What don't you like or like doing?

Favorite subject____________
(IF you are a student) What's your favorite subject?
 

 

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

(Not really) MY FAMILY and Friends



Alfred and Forky - 5C



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