VIDEO WORKSHEET B2

Unit 1 What’s in a name?

SHAMAIYA

1 a Listen to the video ONLY, without watching

the images. Match the information.
1 A middle name a Studio 8
2 A book name b Beyond
3 A full name and c Kirky
nickname d Ayanna
4 A pet name e Mango
5 A video production
company name

b Work in pairs. Read the sentences and

discuss if they are true or false. Then watch and see how well you guessed.
1 Shamaiya is definitely a female. 4 Jeri-Lee may be a little girl.
2 Robert is probably a very old man. 5 Clark might be wearing a hoodie.
3 Ryan is most certainly young and confident.

2 Watch and listen again. Write the main idea of where the name comes from.
Ayanna
Beyond
Kirky
Mango
Studio 8

3 a Work individually. Choose one of the following. Research and write notes about where it
comes from.
name of a book name of a CD

your surname a friend’s nickname

b Put your information together in a paragraph (70–80 words).

c Work in groups. Read your paragraphs to each other and guess which category they refer to from
Exercise 3a.

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