A strange boat trip

One day we went on a boat trip. At midnight our ship was sinking. We jumped on a byboat and we only had one candle on board, nothing else.Then a big ship came, but the ship didn't see us. We lit the candle and threw a shoe through a window of the ship. We hopefully waited for a few seconds then the ship stopped and saved us. But the captain looked strange 'cause he had a wooden foot an eyeclap and a parrot on his shoulder. He laught very strangely like: "HA HA HA" and tied us up at the mast. Then I woke up and everything was wet in my bed. oO

by Hummer, Leonhartsberger and last but not least Wagner.

THE THREE BRAVE LITTLE GRAPES by Birgit, Ines, Sarah and Kathi

Once upon a time there were three little grapes, who had to do three tasks.

First they had to cross a bridge, where a bad witch was living. The witch saw the grapes and ate one of them while the other two grapes moved on to the next task.

Suddenly the air turned black. And now it was really, really dark. So they had to go to heaven and beg the angels to turn on the light again and make the air transparent again :-) The angel aswered:"I will turn on the light again if I am allowed to eat one of you because I am so hungry!!!" So one of them sacrified himself. The last grape jumped into a bottle of wine to improve the taste of it. And if they had survived, they would certainly have lived happily ever after.

Grammar - make or do, and the quantifiers (much, many, ...)

Make or do? What´s it to you?
Well, it should be lots because it is a very dangerous topic in class and when writing texts! ;-) So, here is a link where you can find a multiple choice exercise to practice the difference!

• Click here to see if you can do it!
• Click this link to find another one!

Another problem, that we sometimes come across is when we try to use the correct forms of much, many, some, any... the quantifiers! So, I have also found several links with practice exercises.

• Click here for much - many... that´s a simple exercise!
• This one is a wee bit harder - check it out.
• And this one is even harder - see for yourselves!
  

So, if you can do all these exercises flawlessly (=without a mistake) You won´t have any problems with them in your texts anymore!
Good luck trying them out,
ERF

Gerund or Infinitive?

Hi everybody,

I have just found a website where you can read about and test yourselves on gerund or infinitive after different verbs... check it out by clicking here.

Is interesting and will help you to improve your style of writing tremendously!

Also, I have discovered a page where you can test yourselves on much and many sentences! Worth doing! Click here.

ERF

Monty Python´s celebrating their 40th birthday!

Hi folks,

on the Presse website today I found a link worth checking out - it shows the "best", funniest and also most "black" sketches of the Monty Python´s in their long and shining career in comedy. Check out the story by cllicking here.

ERF

Gus Backus - Superstar of the mid 20th century!

Hi folks, as we talked about Gus Backus briefly today in class, I checked him out on Youtube for you - actually, I think it was 7SB I talked to when we ... nevermind, I am putting this on here - enjoy the video of "Bohnen in die Ohr´n" ;-)
ERF

Back from the holidays

Alright future 5s?
Have just returned from 3 amazing weeks in England and am now, after recovering a little, looking forward to the next few weeks of the holidays... I still have a volleyball course with the little ones and a youth football coaching week ahead of me - a lot of fun.
The pics below shall give you an impression of my time in England. See you soon, folks, all the best!