Monday 18 February 2013

Martisor

March is arriving, and people from Romania celebrate the coming of Spring on the 1st of March, the mărţişor.

They make them with red and white wood and it is a custom. When the 1st March arrives romanians give it toe girls and women:




If you want to make one in Spain: click the image above


Monday 11 February 2013

What time is it?

Do you know what's the time?

We can say:




First we say the minutes: 5, 10, a quarter, 20, 25... PAST/TO  and then, the hour.
Ex: It's 5 past ten. (10:05)

8:00 It's eight o'clock
8:05 It's five past eight
8:10 It's ten past eight
8:15 It's a quarter past eight
8:20 It's twenty past eight
8:25 It's twenty-five past eight
8:30 It's half-past eight
8:35 It's twenty-five TO eight
8:40 It's twenty TO eight
8:45 It's a quarter TO eight
8:50 It's ten TO eight
8:55 It's five TO eight
9:00 It's nine o'clock