Heartache song

It's a heartache

Nothing but a heartache

Hits you when it's too late

Hits you when you're down

It's a fool's game

Nothing but a fool's game

Standing in the cold rain

Feeling like a clown

It's a heartache

Nothing but a heartache

Love him 'til your arms break

Then he let's you down

It ain't right with love to share

When you find he doesn't care for you

It ain't wise to need someone

As much as I depended on you

Oh, it's a heartache

Nothing but a heartache

Hits you when it's too late

Hits you when you're down

It's a fool's game

Nothing but a fool's game

Standing in the cold rain

Feeling like a clown

ACTION VERBS

I've prepared a game with which you can study the verbs that we learn in class. Try it!

Actions I

Actions I I

Comparative exercises I I

Train a bit more with this website:

Comparatives

Contents for the exam.

Next Monday we have got our second English exam. These are the contents:

1.- Comparatives (from the blog)

2.- Text of strange lights in Magacela.

3.- Actions.

4.- Halloween monsters: I give you the definition and you write the name in English.

5.- Physical appearance.

6.- Wh – questions: Who, where, when, what, how.

Comparatives online

comparatives online

Spanish spooky stories IV.

The bloody tower.

In Jerez de los Caballeros, a town placed in the south west of Extremadura, there is a legend about some ghosts of templar knights which are living in the "bloody tower": the keep of the Templar castle in the village.

In accordance with this legend, some templar knights were living in this fortress. But the Pope and the king decided that they must be executed (beacuse issues of faith and gold) During several days Templars were besiege in Jerez de los Caballeros, and finally cornered in the keep. The massacre was terrible: more than 30 templar knights were killed or beheaded. Old chronicles point that the blood flowed downstairs to the courtyard. A tragedy which is still remembered at the village, and which gave to the keep its actual name: "Bloody Tower".

But the knights didn't go. At least completely. Many witnesses affirm that in the new moon nights, if you go to the castle, you'll probably listen human whistles. Also far metallic noises, as if someone were walking by the ramparts. People explain that noises and whistles are produced by the souls of Templars, which are calling their horses. Before die, they swore to return to holy land on their steeds for fighting in the Crusades. They whistle and whistle with the new moon; but no horse comes to the call. For this reason, they can't abandon the caslte, and they are condemned to dwell the tower... Forever.

Dracula.

One of the most famous Halloween characters is Dracula, the vampire. In this report I'm going to answer some questions about him.

Who was Dracula?

Dracula was a real character in the 15th century. His true name was "Vlad Tepes", the impaler. He was a noble prince who fought against the Turkish empire. Old chronicles point that he was very sadist and cruel. He used to "impale" his enemies: that is, he skewered them alive in stakes through the anus until they died.

Where did he live?

He lived in Valaquia (actual Romania), ruling this land during 6 years (from 1456 to 1462)



What did he do during his life?

He expent his lifetime fighting against everybody. This is because he had many enemies: Turkish, nearby Christian kingdoms, nobles from his own country...

How did he die?

Of course, in a battle. He was killed by his own soldiers, who confused him with an enemy.

And why the legend?

The actual myth of vampires was created by Bram Stoker, an Irish writer. Inspired by the historic character of Vlad Tepes, hr wrote "Dracula". In this masterwork he invented all the features that we associate today with vampires: stakes on the heart, garlic for scaring them away, bloodsucking, inmortality...