The event of the year in the UK is finally coming along. At this same hour, Prince William & Kate Middleton will be celebrating a state dinner with their guests and spending their last hours as single people. Probably when you read this, they will already be man and wife. And on such important occasion, bearing in mind that we are fans of "All Things British" and we just LOVE happy endings, we had to be there. Why can't we practise our English while witnessing THE event? Let's take a break of so much football and speak about something else. Surely, even if you don't care at all about it, you've got something to say.Other than that, here you can check:
- Westminster Abbey 360º tour (don't miss this!)
- History of the British Monarchy in three minutes - listen to the Reduced Shakespeare Company telling a long, complex story in a very, very short time!
- Past Royal Wedding gowns (video)
- The Royal Wedding and Republicanism - Because not everybody cares about royals.
Play the Royal Wedding game: take the William & Kate challenge!
Maybe YOU want to have your say on this. What do you think? Are you going to watch the wedding? Are you a royal wedding fan? Do you enjoy get-togethers with your family and friends to comment on the ceremony and guests' attires? You couldn't care less about it? Do you think events like this are ostentatious and unnecessary? WRITE A COMMENT!
After the wedding takes place, we'll update this post! HAVE FUN (...or not)
One of the skills that is usually more difficult for students of English as a foreign language is writing. When we write, all that we have learn comes together and shapes up in a text: our grammar, our vocabulary. We mistakenly tend to assume that the way English speakers punctuate sentences is the same as in Spanish. But this is not true. There are different conventions as regards the use of the full stop (.), the comma (,) or the question mark (?), just to name a few. But before having a look at some basic punctuation rules in English, let's learn the name of the main punctuation marks:
"If you can say nothing appropriate, limit your remarks to the weather." said Mrs. Dashwood, in the film "Sense & Sensibility", to her youngest daughter Margaret, after she revealed that her sister Elinor was in love with the shy, but kind, Mr. Ferrars. They say that the weather is one of the favourite conversation topics for the British. So we'd better get ready for it, don't you think?
