Christmas - when I was a child

When I was small Christmas was fantastic! Every year someone run away and cry ( usually that's me ) but he/she came back and all family have fantastic Christmas!
Every year my parents told me that I had to took a shower before we ate our meal. When I did it, I went to the living room and under christmas tree were presents. I was really sad, because I wanted to see Santa Claus ( now I know that they told me that I must be clean because they have to took presents under the tree ). Of course, I couldn't open my presents before the fist star appeared in the sky. Sometimes adults had big fun because it was embrun. Finally they premit and told me that I could open my presents. I was really happy because I waited all year for this moment. I didn't write here about family meal because I don't remember next to nothing. For small children in the christmas time most important thing are presents and maybe felling, that they're safety.
I love Christmas and giving presents for my close relative. I like when they're happy. I think that's all about christmas when I was a child.

Write to Santa Claus

Merry Christmas!

Passive Voice

I must do some ( MANY ) exercises, because I must do better my grammar.

This exercises are from: ego4u.com

1. Exercises on Passive ( form ):
1) In Present Simple :
a. The documents are printed.
b. The window is opened.
c. The shoes are bought.
d. The car is washed.
e. The litter is thrown away.
f. The letter is sent.
g. The book isn't read.
h. The songs aren't sung.
i. The food isn't eaten.
j. The shop isn't closed.

2) In Past Simple
a. The test was written.
b. The table was set.
c. The cat was fed.
d. The lights were switched on.
e. The house was built.
f. Dinner was served.
g. This computer wasn't sold.
h. The car wasn't stopped.
i. The tables weren't cleaned.
j. The children weren't picked up.

3) In Present Perfect.
a. The postcard has been sent.
b. The pencils have been counted.
c. The door has been closed.
d. The beds have been made.
e. The mail has been written.
f. The trees have been planted.
g. The money has been spent.
h. The room hasn't been booked.
i. The rent hasn't been paid.
j. The people haven't been informed.

4) In Future I.
a. The exhibition will be visited.
b. The windows will be cleaned.
c. The message will be read.
d. The thief will be arrested.
e. The photo will be taken.
f. These songs will be sung.
g. The sign won't be seen.
h. A dictionary won't be used.
i. Credit cards won't be accepted.
j. The ring won't be found.

2. Rewrite sentences in passive voice:
1) Present Simple:
a. He opens the door. - The door is opened by him.
b. We set the table. - The table is set by us.
c. She pays a lot of money. - A lot of money is paid by her.
d. I draw a picture. - A picture is drawn by me.
e. They wear blue shoes. - Blue shoes are worn by them.
f. They don't help you. - You are not helped by them.
g. He doesn't open the book. - The book isn't opened by him.
h. You do not write the letter. - The letter isn't written by you.
i. Does your mum pick you up? - Are you picked up by your mum?
j. Does the police catch the thief? - Is the thief caught by the police?

Snow, Snow, Snow !

I love snow and make snowmen, but I don't like when it's cold. Snow it's precipitation. Snowflakes usually look like white tiny stars but they're look like dentrites, columns, plates and needles too. We can say that it is small ice-creams. Snows only when temperature is under 0°C. Snow crytals 'are born' in the clouds when water freezes.

I don't really know why snow is white and why glaciers are blue but I find information that it's because ice in the snow are much smaller than that of the glaciers and light bounce out of snowflakes so it looks white but in the glacier the light refracts less often so the light will pass through more ice before it escapes again, so any weak colour in the ice will be a lot more obvious [ this tense is from http://www.thenakedscientists.com/ because I don't know how to write it ].
But snow isn't always white. Yes it is usually white but not always. For example in February 2007 in regions of Western Siberia scientist saw yellow snow ( colour snow usually isn't natural at 100 % e.g. higher I wrote about yellow snow, it was coloured by dust from Central Asia ).

In Melbourne snow has been recorded but it's very seldom. There is too hot but in Australian Alps snows every year from June to August, so when we have hot summer and holiday[!].

Past Perfect

Czasu Past Perfect używamy:
- Jako czas zaprzeszły, kiedy podkreślamy, że jedno zdarzenie z przeszłości miało miejsce wcześniej niż drugie:
e.g. When we arrived at the stadion the train had already left.
[Kiedy przybyliśmy na stację pociąg już odjechał] - odjazd pociągu miał miejsce wcześniej niż przybycie na stację.
- Do wyrażania czynności, która miała miejsce przed określonym czasem/momentem w przeszłości:
e.g. We had finished our tests before 10 o'clock.
[ Skończyliśmy pisać testy przed godziną 10 ]
- Do wyrażania planów, postanowień, zamiarów, które nie doszły do skutku
e.g. He had hoped to see her again.
[ On miał nadzieję, że znowu ją zobaczy ]
- W zdaniach warunkowych - trzeci okres warunkowy a także zdania z "wish" oraz z "because" by wyjaśnić okoliczności/powody zdarzenia:
e.g. If I had studied for the exam, I would have passed it.
[ Gdybym uczył się do egzaminu, zdałbym go ]
He wishes he hadn't bought her the engagement ring.
[ On żałuje, że kupił jej pierścionek zaręczynowy ]
He was OK because he had put his helmet on properly.

Budowa zdania:
had + imiesłów bierny ( past partipicle )

Forma skrócona:
I'd | You'd | he'd | she'd | we'd | they'd

Przykłady zdań w czasie Past Perfect:
- zdania twierdzące :
I had gone to Warsaw.
They had gone to Warsaw.
- zdania pytające :
Had I gone to Warsaw?
Had They gone to Warsaw?
- zdania przeczące (hadn't = had not):
I hadn't gone to Warsaw.
They hadn't gone to Warsaw.

Czas Past Perfect łączy się z czasem Past Simple.
e.g. She had spent a lot of time in hospital and needed to do exercises.

Czasu Past Simple używamy do mówienia o zdarzeniach, które wydarzyły się kiedyś, często w określonym czasie i aktualnie nie mających większego znaczenia. Czasu Past Perfect tzw. zaprzeszłego używamy do wyrażania czynności poprzedzających inne czynności - gdy jedno wydarzenie z przeszłości miało miejsce wcześniej niż drugie ( wspomniałam o tym powyżej ). W takim przypadku wydarzenia wcześniejsze występują w czasie Past Perfect zaś wydarzenia następujące po nich w czasie Past Simple ( przykłady powyżej ) .

The Generator Blog - review

Blog title: The Generator Blog
Blog URL: http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/

In this blog are many generators. We can do some special things to our blogs and have fun in the same time. Everyone can find something interesting for him/her. There're many ideas how to decorate our blogs. We can go to this blog when we have got some free time.

Background color and text are good for eyes but it isn't anything special, it's boring.

Visit this blog - it can help you when you think that your blog is boring or it could make your blog better.

When you are interested in it visit it:
The Generator Blog

Heinrich Schliemann

Heinrich Schliemann (he was born on 6th of January 1822 in Neubukow (Germany)-he died on 26th of December 1890 in Naples (Italy))was an archeologist and an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer. He discovered Troya and Mycenae. I don't write in this post about his archeologist career.

Heinrich Schliemann was prominent polyglot - autodidact. He know many languages like Eanglish, French, Portugal, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Old - Greek, Polish, Dutch, Latin, Arabian and of course his native language - German. He though that when someone want to learn new language he/she must speak laud with other people or to him/herself. Of course, when he was learning new language he speak laud and his neighburs weren't happy. He must change his flat twice. He didn't like speak to himself so he pay some money person who listen to him. This person usually didn't understand what Heinrich said, but it wasn't problem for Schliemann. I think his method for learning languages is very good because when we speak to other people we can learn more than do boring grammar exercises.

I learn three foreign languages - English, German and Russian and my native language - Polish. I have english and german at school but after school I have english lessons too ( twice a week ). Russian learn me my mother ( I was born in Belarus - my mother family comes from there ).
I very like learn other languages but I hate grammar. I know that I must learn grammar but I don't like it. When I talk with other people e.g. in Russian I am very happy that they understand me and that I understand their - it give me big satisfaction. I think that in these days we must know many languages - it help us to communicate!

You can find more informations about Schliemann in: :
Wikipedia - English language
Wikipedia - Polish language

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on 13th of August 1899 in London. He was a British film director and producer. He made more than 50 films (generally horrors) - from the silent film era to the colour era. He start his adventure with films in 1920. In 1925 he become a film director. People identify Hitchcock films because they are scary but they have characteristic type of humor. He was in his own films because he though that people don't recognizable film diretors and he wanted to be discernable. He went to the USA David Selznik invited him. Alfred Hitchcock died from renal failure on 29 of April 1980 in Los Angeles. He called "Master of suspense" because he preferred the use of suspense over surprise in his films and he built tension.

You can find more informations about Hitchcock in: :
Wikipedia - English language
Wikipedia - Polish language

Do you know that Hitchcock was afraid of eggs?

World Map

In school I have Geographie (lesson). I very like this lesson I don't know why, but I like it. We must know where is 190 place in the world for example some deserts or mountains. I will write numbers on the map and down write what is this number 'mean'. Maybe someone learn something new. In this post I will write names of mountains.

EUROPE


1. Skandinavian Mountains
2. Ural Mountains
3. Caucasus Mountains
4. Carpathian Mountains
5. Dinaric Alps
6. Apenine Mountains
7. Pyrenees
8. Cordillera Iberica
9. Beatic Cordillera
10. Harz
11. Jura Mountains
12. Northwest Highlands
13. Cambrian Mountains


ASIA
1. Himalayas
2. Kunlun Mountains
3. Tien Shan
4. Zagros Mountains
5. Altay Mountains
6. Sayan Mountains
7. Nan-ling ( South China Mountains )
8. Taurus Mountains

AUSTRALIA


1. Great Dividing Range
2. Australian Alps

I think in this post are many informations and I don't have to write about all continents.

Additional work for volunteer students

12. Please excuse my son for being absent yesterday, because there is a river in our house.

Proszę usprawiedliwić mojego syna za wczorajszą nieobecność, ponieważ mamy rzekę w domu.

11. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.

Mój syn jest pod opieką lekarza i nie powinien brać dzisiaj w-fu. Proszę wykonać go.

10. Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.

Droga szkoło: Proszę wybaczyć Johnowi nieobecność w Styczniu 28,29,30,31,32 a także 33.

9. Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. He fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

Proszę zwolnić Rolanda z w-fu na kilka dni. On spadł z drzewa i zapodział swoje biodro.

8. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.

John był nieobecny ponieważ miał dwa zęby wyjmowane z jego twarzy.

7. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.

Megan nie może przyjść dzisiaj do szkoły bo miała kłopot z bardzo zamkniętymi żyłami.

6. Chris will not be in shcool cus he has an acre in his side.

Chrisa nie będzie w szkole ponieważ on ma akr na jego stronie. [?]

5. Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels.

Proszę usprawiedliwić Ray Piątek ze szkoły. On ma bardzo wolne samogłoski.

4. Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrheea and his boots leak.

Proszę usprawiedliwić Tommy'ego za nieobecność wczoraj. On miał ...... i jego buty były nieszczelne.

3. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we fouind it Monday, we thought it was Sunday.

Proszę usprawiedliwić Jennifer nieobecność w szkole wczoraj. Zapomnieliśmy wziąść niedzielną gazetę z ganku a gdy znaleźliśmy ją w poniedziałek myśleliśmy że jest niedziela.

2. Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral.

Sally nie będzie w szkole tydzień od piątku. My musimy uczęszczać w jej pogrzebie.

1. Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot!

Proszę wybaczyć Lisie nieobecność. Ona była chora i ja miałem jej strzelić!

Death Valley National Park

This National Park is in California and partially in Nevada. In the valley air there is very high temperature - - reaching for 50°C. Since 31st of October 1994 Death Valley has been a National Park in USA.
In this Park we can find many highlights, for example: Racetrack Playa- dried salty lake, Artists Palette - it is a group of rock in center of Death Valley characterized by unusual paints, Charcoal Kilns – stoves for burning out wood carbon. Charcoal Kilns were built in 1867.

In the area of Death Valley National Park live many sorts of wild animals, for example: canadian sheep, pumas, mulakas and russet lynxes.
I think it's important to have national parks because there can live threatened sorts of animals and people could learn a lot about them.

You can find more informations about it in:
Wikipedia - English language
Wikipedia - Polish language

Beautiful World

World is beautiful - buildings, forests, rivers. For me nature is really beautiful and just people. I love forests, canyons, oceans, seas and other exquisite things but in our world there are bad things too. We shouldn't see only bad things, for example poverty, earthquakes or tsunami. We must be happy and gay! It is helping us to survive.
The world is amazing. We can travel and see sculptures, phenomenona of nature. We can learn something about cultures of other countries. My dream is travel around the world and see all its secrets. I hope that my dream will come true.

Elvis Aaron Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley - He was born in 8th of January 1935 in Tupelo. He was the best American singer in 20th century. People said that he was "The King of Rock 'n' Roll". He wrote many beautiful songs, for example: "I got a woman", "Heartbreak Hotel ", "Teddy Bear". He played many concerts. He was addicted to some medicines. He died from heart attack in 16th of August 1977 in Memphis. I think that Presley's fate was inherent in his nature.His fans love him so much - they don't believe that Elvis died. People said many legends about Presley - for example that he must be leading a quiet life somewhere. Today many newspapers write about Presley’s house - where he “propably” lives now. He is really The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll – maybe he died but his music is still alive. Many people which didn’t live in 20th century love his music now. He was, he is and he will be “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”.

You can find more informations about him in:
Wikipedia - English language
Wikipedia - Polish language

Extreme place

The Antarctica is the region around the Earth's South Pole. The name of Antarctica comes from Greeks and it means 'opposite to Arctica'. It's the biggest desert in the world. 98 % of Antarctica is covered by ice. It's the coldest continent. Minimum temperatures are between -50 °C and -90 °C in winter, and the maximum are between 5 °C and 15 °C in summer. There live many penguins, seals, whales und dolphins. Antarctica has no permanent residents. There live only animals or scientists who work in special stations, for example Wostok. In winter at these stations live 1000 people can live but in summer it is about 4000. Anterctica is a very beautiful but cold place.

You can find more informations about it in:
Wikipedia - English language
Wikipedia - Polish language

My Holidays

My Holidays was fantastic! Me and my family made a reservation for 3 tickets to France in April. We had two luggage trolleys and hand luggage. We arrived by LOT airlines. We arrivad to Paris on Saturday ( 3th July ). We had a safe trip. The first day we go to the Eiffla Tower. It was amazing. Next we go to the our hotel. The receptionist was very polite. We had one twin-bedded room and one single room. On 2nd day we went to the Disnayland by minibus. It was great. I love disnayland. On 3rd day we drove by car to the Wersal. In the Wersal museum we rode a horse. I like horse riding very much. We spent in Paris week. I saw many beautiful pictures and sculptures.