International Friendship Day Activity

Have a look at this activity and try to answer the questions and do the quiz! 

Answers at the end.

Sharing the human spirit through friendship

Our world faces many challenges, crises and forces of division — such as poverty, violence, and human rights abuses — among many others — that undermine peace, security, development and social harmony among the world's peoples.

To confront those crises and challenges, their root causes must be addressed by promoting and defending a shared spirit of human solidarity that takes many forms — the simplest of which is friendship.

Through friendship — by accumulating bonds of camaraderie and developing strong ties of trust — we can contribute to the fundamental shifts that are urgently needed to achieve lasting stability, weave a safety net that will protect us all, and generate passion for a better world where all are united for the greater good. (https://www.un.org/en/observances/friendship-day)

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False Friends

Yes, I know they don't mention Spanish!  But actually you can realize some cognates with other languages apply to Spanish as well!

Why don't you write a comment with your typical mistake(s) with false friends? Did you ever say you were constipated? 
 

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USA INDEPENDENCE DAY Activity

The Fourth of July is an important holiday in the United States. It is Independence Day, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Below is a quiz. The answers are words associated with the United States. 

1.- Try to complete as many as you can without looking at the word bubbles on page 2.

2.- When you finish, go to page 2, check the ones you guessed and choose the correct option from the alphabet bubbles containing the answers (mixed in with other words). 

3.- Read the clues and write down the correct words. 

4.- KEY tomorrow

Independence Day QUIZ (from OneStopEnglish)

A Beer?