The Battle of Waterloo recreated with Lego

One of the most famous battles in history has been recreated using Lego.

It's taken 20 people and more than a million bricks to construct.

It's all to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo - when the famous French general Napoleon took on an army led by England.

The bicentenary of the death of Napoleon is being celebrated in the Belgian town of Waterloo with an exhibition involving over a million bricks.

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Fish and chips the play makes its stage debut

Britain's love of fish and chips is so great that a play has been written about it.

One of Each is a tale of storms at sea, saucy secrets and sibling rivalry centred around two fish and chip shops who are battling to win the coveted title of "Golden Fish Fork". (BBC News)

Fish and chips is a hot dish of English origin, consisting of battered fish, commonly Atlantic cod or haddock, and deep-fried chips. It is a common take-away food.

Fish and chips became a stock meal among the working classes in England as a consequence of the rapid development of trawl fishing in the North Sea, and the development of railways which connected the ports to major industrial cities during the second half of the 19th century, which meant that fresh fish could be rapidly transported to the heavily populated areas. Deep-fried fish was first introduced into Britain during the 16th century by Jewish refugees from Portugal and Spain, and is derived from pescado frito. In 1860, the first fish and chip shop was opened in London by Joseph Malin.

Deep-fried chips (slices or pieces of potato) as a dish may have first appeared in Britain in about the same period: the Oxford English Dictionary notes as its earliest usage of "chips" in this sense the mention in Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities(published in 1859): "Husky chips of potatoes, fried with some reluctant drops of oil".

A blue plaque marking the first chip shop in Britain, in Oldham

The modern fish-and-chip shop ("chippy" or "chipper" in modern British slang) originated in the United Kingdom, although outlets selling fried food occurred commonly throughout Europe. Early fish-and-chip shops had only very basic facilities. Usually these consisted principally of a large cauldron of cooking fat, heated by a coal fire. During World War II fish and chips remained one of the few foods in the United Kingdom not subject to rationing.

In the United Kingdom the Fish Labelling Regulations 2003 and in Ireland the European Communities (Labelling of Fishery and Aquaculture Products) Regulations 2003  respectively enact directive 2065/2001/EC, and generally mean that "fish" must be sold with the particular commercial name or species named; so "cod and chips" now appears on menus rather than the more vague "fish and chips". In the United Kingdom the Food Standards Agency guidance excludes caterers from this. but several local Trading Standards authorities and others do say it cannot be sold merely as "fish and chips". (in Wikipedia)

Rescue pugs Jasper and Jasmine get married in Australia

Jasper and Jasmine got married in front of a crowd of 350 human guests and 60 pugs in St Kilda, Australia.

So cuuute!

The pugs were adopted 18 months ago by a couple who own a pug rescue and adoption charity.

The charity's founder, Joanna Herceg, said a lot of other charities held dinners to raise money, but she thought they needed something with a difference.

"So I thought let's do a pug wedding!

"Weddings are happy things and we are all about happiness."

The wedding has got a lot of attention, with the pair even having their own social media accounts.

There was "a puggy treats bar" full of dog food for the pugs to eat.

Human guests enjoyed drinks, canapés, wedding cake and music.

From CBBC Newsround

Sky's the limit for new jet pack pals

The jet-propelled pilot has found a friend to fly through the sky at 185 miles per hour with

Exclusive audio of the jetpack flight over Dubai

Yves Rossy, who goes by the name 'Jetman', and French parachutist Vince Reffet soared together at speed, powered by jetpacks.

They put on a world-first aerial display above landmarks in Dubai, including Palm Island.

Yves built the specially developed flying suit back in 2006, using four jet-engines, which you might normally find on a small plane.

He has already used his jetpack prototype to cross the English Channel and fly over the Grand Canyon and Rio de Janeiro.

He said the display in Dunai "was the culmination of over 20 years of innovation".

'Jetman' added it "has resulted in achieving my personal dream to fly free, soaring through the sky."

From BBC Newsround

Mexican band plays with instruments made out of rubbish

A group of musicians in Mexico have made their own instruments using rubbish.

We could say this is a kind of recycled band. Certainly this is a good way of producing musical instruments without causing any harm to nature. Quite the contrary this is a big help in reducing rubbish and creating useful items like these 

Well done guys!

They're called the Garbage Orchestra and have made three albums.

The band couldn't afford to buy their own instruments and so decided to make their own.

Using rubbish and recycled materials such as bits of wood, vinyl and plastics bricks, they've made 25 instruments such as guitars and banjos.

From CBBC newsround

Past Simple -Irregular Verbs

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-2.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-1.html

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/elementary/grammar/grammar_07_012e?cc=pt&selLanguage=pt

Was/ were / wasn't / weren't

The Past Simple of Regular Verbs

Yesterday Tigger and Piglet danced a lot

Simple Past- Affirmative	Simple Past - Negative
regular verbs: infinitive + ed Example: I worked	Auxiliary verb do in the Past = = DID + not+ verb Example: I did not work = I didn't work
Exceptions
Exceptions when adding ed: when the final letter is e, only add d Example: love - loved after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled Example: admit - admitted final l is always doubled in British English (not in American English) Example: travel - travelled                                                                              after a consonant, final y becomes i (but: not after a vowel) Example: worry - worried but: play - played

USE:


We use the Past simple to talk about actions which
 happened in the Past


Key words: YESTERDAY/ THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY / LAST... / ... AGO


Links for exercises on this topic:


http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1782

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_statements.htm (aff.)


http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-6036.php(aff./ neg.)