Descripción de la tarea
Antes de comenzar con la tarea en sí, tendrás que realizar una serie de pequeñas actividades preparatorias (Enabling Tasks) que te permitirán practicar los aspectos de la lengua que vas a necesitar para poder llevar a cabo la tarea en sí. Posteriormente, tendrás que realizar una tarea donde escucharás una audición (Listening) sobre alguien que cuenta una anécdota. En la última parte de la tarea, tendrás que elaborar un texto (Writing) contando una anécdota personal siguiendo las instrucciones que te damos.
Complete the following sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets:
- I ______(go) to Holland on holiday last summer.
- It _________(not/snow) while we ______(be) in Nevada.
- We _________(not/visit) our cousins at the beach.
- Where_________(he/wait) for you?
Imagen de elaboración propia - Why __________(they/order) this chocolate cake?
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We _________ (travel) in the Middle East last year.
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_________ (Lucy/read) a novel at school?
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She ________(not/write) to her grandmother.
Complete these sentences with the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets:
- Sally ___________(walk) around the lake yesterday at 15.00.
- Albert __________ (not/clean) on Saturday at 12.00
- Billy ____________ (not/do) his homework at school.
- __________ (Lee/have) a shower when I phoned?
- What ___________ (Rob/read) yesterday at 20.00?
- Dr Ford ___________(not/sleep) in his room when the accident happened.
- When _____________ (they/talk)?
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They __________ (study) last night at 9.00.
Complete these sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets:
- I ___________ (not/ sit) in a café when I ____________(see) you.
- While we ___________(study), the lights ___________(go) out.
- I ___________(cycle) in the park when I _________(run) over a dog.
- Tony ___________(break) a leg while he __________(play) football.
- ________the phone________(ring) while I _________(have) a shower?
- We __________ (watch) TV when we __________ (hear) a loud noise.
- Julie _________ (work) in the garden when Lawrence _________ (arrive)
- While David _________ (read) his book, Gina __________ (leave) for school.
Look at the chart and complete the sentences with the correct adjective.
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- She had a 10 in her exam. She feels_____________.
- We didn’t know about the party. We feel ____________.
- They have climbed the mountain today. They feel________________.
- You have nothing to do. You feel ______________.
Complete these sentences choosing the correct connectors of sequence:
- After/While John has done his homework, he can play computer games.
- Eventually/In the beginning she fell in love with Paul.
- At first/Next she didn’t understand why he was acting so strangely.
- She came to visit Mum and while/later she is going to visit Charles.
1. Listen to this audio with an anecdote about two friends who get arrested.
2. Now, say if these sentences are True (T) or False (F) according to the audio:
a. They had been studying all day and decided to have some fresh air outside.
b. They started throwing snowballs at some houses and neighbours got angry.
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c. Garreth threw a snowball to his friend but, unfortunately, it hit a policeman.
d. They got arrested because they were drunk.
e. Garreth got angry and the police put him ina cold cell all night.
f. The two friends got breakfast the next morning.
3. Look at these actions/facts and say which did NOT happen in the story:
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a. It was January or February. |
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b. The police came over and asked them to stop throwing snowballs. |
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c. They started a snowball fight with the police. |
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d. They hit an old woman with a snowball . |
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e. They put them in prison for two nights. |
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f. The police only gave them a verbal caution not to do that again. |
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Now it is your turn. You will have to write your own anecdote, but before that, we are going to work a little bit on the structure of these writings. Have a look at this anecdote that a student tells us:
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1. Now have a look at these expressions and say where in your composition you could use them: Introduction, Anecdote or End.
I'm going to tell you about something unforgettable that happened to me .. |
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When I look back on that story now, I feel ... |
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What happened next was ...
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I'd like to talk about the time when I ...
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Suddenly, ...
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At that time, I was ...
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After all this, I learnt that ...
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This made me realise something important ...
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This is a story about ...
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This took place a few years ago.
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Later on ...
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2. Now you have to write your own story. Do not forget to include these points:
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Esta tarea tarea practicarás los aspectos de la lengua inglesa necesarios para poder realizar las tareas individuales restantes del trimestre y del curso , además de las tareas globales.