UNIT 4-LESSON 2-WAR STORIES

NAME: Javier Muñoz

DATE: Friday 12th. June
VOCABULARY 1: Hearing and listening
1. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THESE WORDS.

audible eavesdrop hear listen make out overhear

1. If you overhear something, you get to hear it by accident-you aren´t listening on purpose.
2. Something is audible if it is possible for us to hear it.
3. Teachers frequently ask students to listen because they look as if they are thinking about something
else.
4. We hear Sounds around us even if we are not listening for them.
5. When people eavesdrop on a conversation, they are listening on purpose-but they probably shouldn´t
be (and the speakers don´t know they are there).
6. When there is a lot of background noise, it is sometimes difficult to make out what people are saying.
2. MATCH THE MEANING OF THESE EXPRESSIONS.

You could have heard a pin drop.
Hear me out for a minute.
I have never heard of Michael Herr.
Some people just won´t listen to reason.
I´m sorry to hear that!
4 1. They won’t follow sensible advice.
5 2.I don’t know anything about him, not even his name.
2 3.My condolences, I’m sorry that you’ve had bad news.
1 4.There was complete silence, because everyone was
either shocked or listening with great interest.
3 5.Wait until I’ve told you all the information before you
give your opinion.
3. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORDS AND PHRASES IN BOLD IN THE ARTICLE (READING 2)? MATCH.

the front line 3 1. something that people are not allowed to touch / attack
helmet 6 2. people who sell their work by the hour or day and don’t have a
regular job with one employer
off-limits 1 3. the military line or part of the army that is closest to the enemy
news outlets 4 4. publications or broadcast programs telling the news
freelancers 2 5. lacking courage, timid
faint-hearted 5 6. hard, padded protective hat

4. FIND WORDS WITH THE SOUND /eɪ/ like pay, /ɑɪ/ like cry, /oʊ/ like cold. WRITE IN THE CORRECT
COLUMN.

changing lady line wife though daily females fight describe most
Michael told like way dangerous angel places time wrote I´m
electrified soldier chaos same frightening also riding greatest only told
Rosembaum made famous flying why zone place no hoping take
today major changed braver amazing Zeina 1990s highly sometimes
celebrations Hemingway

/eɪ/ /ɑɪ/ /oʊ/

Changing famous Like Michael Famous
lady angel Line Why dangerous
places Zeina Time I’m no
place fameles electrified highly wrote
made take 1990s only
daily greatest frightening Hoping
same changed Wife Zone
celebrations way Riding Though
amazing braver Fight
today Chaos describe Rosembaum
major Flying told
hemingway sometimes soldier
VOCABULARY 2: About war
5. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH battles, engagement, skirmish, war.
1. A war is fighting between two or more countries that involves many people and often goes on for long time.
2. In a war, there are many battles when the two sides meet and fight each other. A small short fight (away
from the main “action”) between the two sides is called a skirmish
3. You have to be careful when you go to a war zone because you might get killed.
4. An engagement Is when there is fighting (but not a major clash) between two sides.
6. LOOK AT THESE COMPOUND WORDS WITH war. DO THEY REFER TO PEOPLE, PLACES OR THINGS?.
war correspondent war crime war criminal war grave war hero war veteran war wound
 people War correspondent War criminal War hero War
veteran
places War grave
things War crime War wound

UNIT 4-LESSON 3 IT´S NOT FAIR

VOCABULARY: Arguments
7. CIRCLE THE VERB THAT DOES NOT GO WITH an argument:

do get into have lose make start win

8. MATCH THE WORDS IN “A” WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS IN “B”.

A B
1. disagreement b a) a legal or oficial argument
2. conflicto f b) when two people say they have different opinions
3. dispute a c) an argument that tends to last for some time
4. feud e d) the American English equivalent of the Word row
5. fight c e) this happens between two families or gangs and lasts over generations
6. quarrel d f) a disagreement or argument between people, countries, etc.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

9. LISTEN TO A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO BOYS. MALCOLM AND JOE, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL, MISS.
GRIFFITHS. FIND OUT WHO HIT WHO AND WHY. (Audio 1.32)
Joe hit Malcolm, because Malcolm hurt Joe´s friend, Pablo.

10. LISTEN AGAIN. WRITE THE NAME FOR EACH PERSON. Miss Griffiths, Malcolm, Pablo, Joe. (Audio 1.32)

Joe´s best friend Pablo

the boy who said insulting things Malcolm
the boy who defended his friend Joe
the boy who fell on the floor and was hurt Pablo
the boy who pulled the chair away Malcolm
the first boy to hit somebody Joe
the person who has to decide what to do Miss Griffiths
the person whose patient questioning uncovered the truth Miss Griffiths

11. MATCH 1-6 WITH a-f TO MAKE PHRASES FROM THE LISTENING. Exercise 9 (Audio 1.32)

1. he called me b a) him back

2. he made d b) names
3. I couldn´t e c) this straight
4. I hit a d) a face
5. let me get c e) help it
6. you stood up f f) for your friend
GRAMMAR: Future in the past
12. COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES FROM THE CONVERSATION. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.
1. He was going to sit down 2. I didn´t know he would hurt himself.
3. Couldn´t you see he was going to hurt himself? 4. I wasn’t Going to do anything.
5. He was about to sit down.

a. Do the sentences refer to: (underline the answer)

the past the future what was the future at a time in the past?
b. Which sentences is slightly more formal than the others? (circle the answer)
1 2 3 4 5

13. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH was going to, was about to, OR would. (MATCH)

1. I called him on the phone and got him just as he……..
2. I pulled her back from the Edge of the station plataforma
because I thought…..
3. On the way to work, I had to run down the Street at top
speed because I thought….
4. When I left the house without an umbrella I didn´t know…..
4 she was going to fall off
2 I was going to miss the bus
1 was about to leave
3 that there would be a thunderstorm

READING
14. READ THE BOOK EXTRACT QUICKLY, WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS BEST SUMS IT UP? (underline the
answer)
A Music is the best way of resolving political conflict.
B Cultural Exchange is a way of getting people from different communities to understand each other.
C Playing music together creates lasting friendships.

note dynamic
stroke
something

together both

experience

solutions
settlement
matters
15. CHECK THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THESE WORDS. THEN USE THE WORDS IN “A” TO COMPLETE GAPS 1-6
IN THE EXTRACT. COMPLETE GAPS 7-10 WITH WORDS IN “B” TO MAKE TWO-WORD COLLOCATIONS.

A B
both experience
dynamic matters
note settlement
something solutions
stroke
together