Example: “Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday.”

-Lent

Definition: The period of fasting and reflection before Easter.

Example: “Some people give up certain foods during Lent to prepare for Easter.”

• Fertility – The ability to produce plants or children.

Example: “Easter eggs symbolize fertility and new life.”

• Disciples – The twelve men who followed Jesus Christ.

Example: “Jesus’ disciples spread his teachings after his resurrection.”

• Cross – A symbol of Christianity, representing Jesus’ crucifixion.

Example: “Many people wear a cross as a sign of their faith.”

• Heaven – In Christianity and some other religions, God lives in heaven. Good people go here when they die.

Example: “Christians believe that Jesus ascended to heaven after his resurrection.”

• Bunny – A children’s name for a rabbit.

Example: “The Easter bunny brings chocolate eggs for children.”

• Hunt – In a hunt, you look for something.

Example: “The children participated in an Easter egg hunt in the park.”

• Roll – To move by turning over and over.

Example: “In some traditions, people roll eggs down a hill on Easter.”

• Pancakes – Thin, soft, flat cakes made of flour, milk, and eggs.

Example: “Many families eat pancakes as a special Easter breakfast.”

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✨ 🔹 Positive (+)

✅ We learn a lot of / lots of songs.

✅ I’ve got a lot of / lots of money.

✅ We’ve got some DVDs.

✅ I’ve got some orange juice.

✅ Thanks for letting us take a few magazines. ✅ I’ve got a little money.

🔹 Questions (?)

❓ How many bracelets are you wearing?

❓ How much luggage has she got?

❓ Have you got any pictures?

❓ Have you got any sugar?

🔹 Negative (-)

❌ There aren’t many markets near here. ❌ We haven’t got much furniture.

❌ I haven’t got any bracelets.

❌ I haven’t got any water.

❌ There are very few people.

❌ There’s very little information.

🎯 Tip: Use many / few for countable nouns & much / little for uncountable nouns!

🔹Past Simple

We use Past Simple to talk about something that happened at a specific time in the past.

We know when it happened, or it’s important to the story.

🧩 Structure: Subject + past verb (V2)

🕓 Time words: yesterday, last week, in 2005, when I was a child, etc.

✅ Example:

Saroo lost his mother when he was five.

🔹Present Perfect

We use Present Perfect to talk about something that happened in the past, but the exact time is not important, or it connects to now.

We use it for life experiences, news, or recent actions.

🧩 Structure: Subject + have/has + past participle (V3)

🕓 Time words: ever, never, already, yet, just, recently, so far

✅ Example:

He has found his mother.

(This focuses on the result — she is found — not when it happened.)

✅ Examples from listening

✅ Present Perfect

(used for experiences, recent events, or actions with a connection to the present):

1. “I’ve just listened to a really interesting programme on the radio.”

2. “He has recently found her again after twenty-five years.”

3. **“He says in the interview that he has always been very happy in his new family.”

4. **“She has believed her son was dead after all these years.”

5. “He’s done well in life.”

6. “He’s been to university.”

7. “He’s found a good job.”

✅Past Simple

(used for completed actions in the past with specific time or sequence):

1. “It was an interview with a man…”

2. **“He lost his mother when he was a boy.”

3. **“He fell asleep and woke up 14 hours later.”

4. **“He lived on the streets of Kolkata.”

5. **“He was adopted by an Australian couple.”

6. **“He moved to Tasmania.”

7. **“He drew a big circle on a map.”

8. **“He recognized a waterfall.”

9. **“He travelled to Khandwa.”

10. **“He found his old house.”

11. **“His mother didn’t live there anymore.”

12. **“Neighbours helped him to find her.”

13. **“She couldn’t speak for some time.”

14. **“He wrote a book about it.”

15. **“It’s called A Long Way Home.”

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Three men in the boat chapter 5 ex 2 adverbs