Saturday 29 November 2008

The runner up must get a special medal!


You're a winner, Valéria!!
Love from all the contributors to The CPE Madureira Blog!

All Hail the big time Champion!


Congratulations, Maitê!
All the best!
From all the CPE Madureira contributors!

Wednesday 5 November 2008

I'll never leave you guys! :p (OPEN CLOZE)

Global EnglishGlobal English exists (0) ... a political and cultural reality. Many misguided theories attempt to explain why the English language should have succeeded internationally, whilst (1) ... have not. It is because there is (2) ... inherently logical or beautiful about the structure of English? Does its simple grammar (3) ... it easy to learn? Such ideas are misconceived. Latin was once a major international language, desoite having a complicated grammatical structure, and English also presents learners (4) ... all manner of real difficulties, (5) ... least its spelling system. Ease (6) ... learning, therefore, has little to (7) ... with it. (8) ... all, children learn to speak their mother tongue in approximately the same period of time, (9) ... of their language.English has spread not so (10) ... for linguistic reasons, but rather because it has often found (1) ... in the right place, at the right time. (12) ... the 1960s, two major developments have contributed to strengthening this global status. Firstly, in a number of countries, English is now used in addition to national or regional languages. As (13) ... as this, an electronic revolution has taken (14) ... . It is estimated that (15) ... the region of 80% of worldwide electronic communication is now in English.

Sunday 2 November 2008

Gapped sentences for more medals!

He is a tremendous musician who many say is ahead of his .........

The player was cautioned by the referee for delaying the game by playing for ........

I'm living with my parents for the ........ being while my ownplace is being decorated

Saturday 1 November 2008

Has anyone seen this lady around?


If you happen to know the whereabouts of the lady in the above picture,
please contact the contributors to this blog in order to end their agony... sniff... sniff