Arbeitsblatt: OW_2_U_2

Englis Unit 2: Highland Name: Games Good Luck! Points: Mark: 50 Exercise 1: This is diary entry by Laura, Swiss teenager who is spending few weeks with Scottish family to learn English. First look at the exercise below. Then read the text and do the exercise. (10P) Answer the questions. You dont need to write complete sentences. 1) How many people went to the Highland Games? 2) Why did Laura and her host family nearly lose their voices? 3) Where had Laura seen the tug of war and tossing the caber before she went to these games? 4) What other sports events were there? Name two. 5) What did Laura think about bagpipe music before she came to Scotland? 6) What did Laura do when she heard songs she knew? 7) What did lots of people in the crowd do when they heard the Celtic bands? 8) Why did the children have to practise lot for the dancing competitions? 9) How did the young dancing competition winners feel? 10) Whats Lauras wish after her day at the Strathmore games? Exercise 2: Complete the dialogue with the verbs in brackets in the future with present continuous. Sometimes you will need to write negative sentences or questions including pronoun (I, you, .). (10P) Angela: Bob, Ive lost my diary. Can you tell me our arrangements for Saturday? When 1(meet) and where? Bob: Well, we 2(start) with brunch at our place, late morning. Oh, did tell you the Browns3 (not come) after all? But Helen and her kids will be there instead. Angela: Oh, OK. What time 4 (they arrive)? Dave and dont like being late. Bob: Well, they 5 (stay) over at our house on the Friday night, so we can start any time that suits you! Maybe 11 a.m.? Angela: OK, thats fine. Then what? Bob: Well, you know how Jane loves to be organised! Shes made all these precise arrangements We 6 (leave) our house at 1 p.m., so well be in Edinburgh about 1.45 p.m. Then we 7 (visit) the castle between 2 and 4 p.m. We 8 (have) dinner at Da Marcos at 6 p.m. The tables already booked for eight of us, in Janes name. Angela: Eight? Oh! Who else 9 (join) us for dinner? Bob Cathy and Mike, some old friends of ours. And then, to round off the day, we 10 (see) show in the evening. cant remember which one. Ill have to ask Jane – shell know! Exercise 3: Use the correct tense (will-, going to future or present continuous) (7P) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. think (be) teacher one day. We (meet) Sarah at 5 pm tomorrow. Im sure you (love) this movie! They (travel) to Spain next summer. Oh no, forgot my homework! (bring) it tomorrow. 6. Oh no, forgot my homework! (bring) it tomorrow. Exercise 4: Write the correct sentence. (5P) She play football every day. They is watching TV right now. He go to school by bus. am do my homework now. We plays in the garden at the moment. Exercise 5: Circle the correct word. (4P) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. She speaks (slow slowly). This is (happy happily) dog. He did the test (good well). They are (quiet quietly) in class. She sings (beautiful beautifully). It is (bad badly) idea. He runs (fast fastly). She is very (careful carefully). Exercise 6: Read the statements. Are they true (t) or false (f) (5P) Adjectives describe nouns. Adverbs describe pronouns. Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective. Adjectives can describe people or things. Good is an adverb. Exercise 7: Check your knowledge about Highland Games and finish the sentence. (4P) The Highland Games come from (country.) In the Caber Toss, athletes (for example trow, turn or jump.) In the Hammer Throw, athletes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Athletes often wear Exercise 8: Match the sport with the correct description. (5P) Caber Toss You turn large wooden log. Hammer Throw Traditional dancing from Scotland. Tug of War You throw heavy ball on chain. Stone Put Two teams pull rope against each other. Highland Dancing You throw heavy stone as far as possible Survey: How was the test for you? Circle your answer. 1. The test was Very easy – easy – okay – difficult – very difficult 2. felt Very confident – confident – okay – unsure – very unsure 3. The tasks were Very clear – clear – okay – confusing – very confusing