The wheel giving cyclists an extra push

A device which turns a push bike into an electric hybrid bicycle has been developed.

The Copenhagen Wheel can be attached to most bicycles and contains an onboard computer, battery, sensors and motor which respond to the rider's pedalling behaviour.

An accompanying app allows cyclists to control the level of power assistance, track their journey and share data with other users.

From BBC News

WHAT TIME IS IT? / WHAT'S THE TIME?

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/clock.html (movable clock)

LINKS FOR EXERCISES

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1648

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/time.htm

http://primarygames.com/time/3a.htm

Huge 'ice fountain' draws big crowds in American park

A huge ice fountain has formed in a New York park, as freezing cold weather continues to grip the eastern half of America.

Letchworth State Park's fountain runs year-round from a stream, but has been encased in ice as temperatures continue to plummet.The icy formation - 15.24 metres tall is continuing to draw big crowds.Park staff think it could grow even bigger.Temperatures are 20-40F below normal for February.They've come in from the Mid-Atlantic to the South.

From CBBC Newsround

Kai, the abandoned dog gets new owner

Kai, the male Shar-Pei crossbreed had been discovered tied to a rail outside Ayr station in Scotland last 2 January.  There was also a suitcase with its belongings including the dog's pillow,a toy, a food bowl and some food. Althought they tried to find its owner from its chip, it wasn't possible, so it remained in the SPCA wainting for adoption.

Now he has found a new owner

Kai became a superstar overnight - his picture was beamed all over the world and hundreds of people volunteered to take him in.

Offers came from as far away as America, France, Spain and even the Philippines.

Kai's owner revealed

Now Kai's new owner has been named as Ian Russell, an engineer from East Renfrewshire.

Lucky Smokey

Firefighters have rescued a dog from a crevice high above a beach in California in the US.

Dramatic rescue of Smoky - the dog who fell 50 feet down a tiny cliff crevice chasing a SQUIRREL but somehow survived. Smoky is lucky to be alive after he got stuck in a cliff crevice in Santa Monica on MondayThe 80-pound mutt had got trapped after chasing a squirrel and had to be rescued by firefighters. Two Santa Monica firefighters were hoisted up a ladder to try and coax a very scared Smoky from his position

Aerial images showed a team approaching the stranded dog on a ladder and coaxing him from a small hole in the cliff.

They were then able to secure the dog and slowly lower the animal on the ladder back down to the ground.

Sources: BBC News and Mail Online

7th A- Results of the Written Test-February 2015

1- 53,5%       12- 69%
2- 82%          13- 52,5%            
3- 79,5%       14- 69% 
4- 89%          15- 67%
5-76%           16- 63,5%
6- 87%          17- 92%
7- 49,5%       18- 37%
9- 95%          19- 50,5%
10- 52%        20- 53,5%
11- 51,5%      

7th B -Results of the Written Test- February 2015

 1- 52%                     14- 65,5%

 3- 64%                     15- 62%

 4- 83%                     16- 87,5%

 9- 60%                     17- 52%

10- 81%                    18- 77%

11- 64%                    19- 75,5%

12- 60%                    20- 68%

13- 66%                    21- 67%

                  22- 75,5%

Happy Valentine´s Day

JOBS and Professions

Links for funny exercises

Match it-Jobs

Multiple choice

Multiple choice

Multiple choice

A real-life treasure hunter finds thousands of coins

A man from Buckinghamshire has discovered thousands of ancient coins buried in the ground.

Using his trusty metal detector, Paul Coleman dug up an old bucket which was full of silver coins around a thousand years old.

In total Paul found around 5,200 of the old coins, which are worth over a million pounds in today's money.

Now, the coins are now going on display at the British Museum, and historians want to find out more about who hid them all those years ago.

Watch Jenny's report.

Read more

The Viking treasure hunter chats about his amazing discovery

From CBBC Newsround

Adverbs of Frequency + Present Simple for habitual actions

We use some adverbs to describe how frequently we do an activity.

These are called adverbs of frequency and include:

Frequency	Adverb of Frequency	Example Sentence
100%	always	I always go to bed before 11pm.
90%	usually	I usually walk to work.
80%	normally / generally	I normally go to the gym.
70%	often* / frequently	I often surf the internet.
50%	sometimes	I sometimes forget my wife's birthday.
30%	occasionally	I occasionally eat junk food.
10%	seldom / rarely	I seldom read the newspaper.
5%	hardly ever	I hardly ever drink alcohol.
0%	never	I never swim in the sea.

* Some people pronounce the 'T' in often but many others do not.

The Position of the Adverb in a Sentence

An adverb of frequency goes before a main verb (except with To Be).

Subject + adverb + main verb
I always remember to do my homework.
He normally gets good marks in exams.

An adverb of frequency goes after the verb To Be.

Subject + to be + adverb
They are never pleased to see me.
She isn't usually bad tempered.

Try these links for some useful exercises

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adverbs_of_frequency.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adverbs_of_frequency1.htm (HOMEWORK)

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/word-order/exercises?11

http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/eesllessons/adverbfreq/adfreqz.htm

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.frequ.i.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.frequ.i.htm

Doctor Who Lego plans announced

Lego have announced plans to make a special Doctor Who set after the idea was sent in to them by a fan.

The idea for this Doctor Who Lego set was sent in by a fan

The company have had huge success with other themed sets, such as Harry Potter and Star Wars, in recent years and asked people to suggest what they'd like to see next on their website.

A Doctor Who fanatic suggested figures and characters based on the famous time lord and the company will now start making them later this year.

Which Doctor?

The successful idea, which was sent to Lego's website, included plans for a Tardis and figures including current Doctor Peter Capaldi and the previous one David Tennant.

Lego have yet to reveal exactly what will feature within the set.

Wall-E too

Along with the Doctor Who set, Lego also announced plans for a new design based on Pixar animation Wall-E.

Emma Owen, from Lego, said: "We're extremely excited to announce that a Doctor Who and a Wall-E set will be released as our next Lego Ideas fan based sets, congratulations to the designers Andrew Clark and Angus MacLane!

"After receiving over 10,000 votes from the online community and having gone through rigorous toy testing from our expert panel, these awesome sets are on track to be on shelves later this year."

From CBBC newsround