Descripción de la tarea
En esta tarea comenzaremos por unos ejercicios de comprensión escrita sobre un tema dado. Después, pasaremos a practicar la gramática y vocabulario que has estudiado y finalmente tendrás que realizar una pequeña composición sobre un tema que se propone.
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READING
This year’s Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street festival, is acclaimed as the best ever. Despite the cloudy skies, the carnival brought the streets to life in its own unique way with record numbers and little reported crime. After the two murders in 2011, several changes were made. Firstly, the route for the carnival was changed to avoid the narrowest streets in Notting Hill, a residential area with many small roads. Secondly, the carnival organisers provided more security and they received better training. Finally, the organisers ensured that the ending time, 9 p.m., was closely observed.
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1. Contestas las siguientes preguntas en relación al texto:
1. What was the problem in 2011?
2. What is the main aim of Notting Hill Carnival?
2. Di si las afirmaciones son VERDADDERAS (V) o FALSAS (F):
- In Europe, there is a bigger festival than Notting Hill Carnival:
- The carnival parade went a different way this year:
- Many activities continued till midnight:
- The carnival represents only one group or community in London:
GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY
Contestas a las siguientes cuestiones:
3. Find in the text the following words or expressions:
a) find in the text the verb that matches this definition: “to prevent something from happening”:
b) find a synonym in the text for the verb “to confirm”:
c) what is the opposite of the adjective “horrible” that appears in the text?:
4. Write the workplace for each job and then, make a sentence explaining what they normally do.
E.g.: police officer- police station. Police officers arrest thieves.
waiter
clerk
baker
butcher
5. Complete the following passive voice sentences with the right form of the verb to be.
a) The thief …........ (arrest) yesterday by the police.
b) My sister …........ (see) walking with her boyfriend every day.
c) Books …....... (read) by few people in general.
d) This loaf of bread …........ (not make) yesterday by the baker.
e) Portuguese ........... (speak) in Brazil.
f) Newspaper articles ......... (not write) last month by these journalists.
6. Write the sentences in the exercise above in the active voice.
7. Write the following sentences in the passive voice:
1. My mother prepared a nice meal:
2. She does her homework:
3. Her father doesn’t repair the car:
4. The postman delivers the letters:
5. They didn’t clean the office yesterday:
6. Did you paint your house?
8. Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice, as needed). Put them in the verbal tense between parentheses:
1. He (sell) .............cars. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
2. The blue car (sell) ............... (PAST SIMPLE)
3. In summer, more ice-cream (eat) ................... than in winter. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
4. She (call) ...............her grandparents every Friday. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
5. The letters (not type).............. (PAST SIMPLE)
6. He (take) ................his medicine every day. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
7. Jane (not take) ................. to school by her father. (PAST SIMPLE)
8. We (go) ..............to school by bus. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
9. She (not work) ....................for a bank. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
10. Milk (keep) ................in the refrigerator. (PRESENT SIMPLE)
9. Escribe una redacción (60-80 words) hablando de tu festividad favorita (carnaval, Navidad, Semana Santa, etc.) y expica por qué te gusta y que hace la gente en ellas. Usa las preguntas como guía:
1. What’s your favourite celebration?
2. When is it celebrated?
3. Why do you like it?
4. What does it consist of? What do you usually do before and during the celebration?
Use linkers like: but, and, or, however, etc.