File4 The Great Fire of London

The plan of the seance

• Sequence 1

• Sequence 2

• Sequence 3

• Sequence 4
Sequence 1:

Activity 1:
1-b 2-c 3-c 4-a 5-c

Activity 2:

1. It destroyed most of the wooden city.

2. He was the baker of King Charles II.
3. They were bringing buckets full of water.
4. It lasted 5 days.
5. Because it was a wooden city.

Activity 3:

1.When did the destruction of the medieval citybegin?

2.Who was Thomas Farynor?
3.What time did the fire start?

Activity 4:
started = began / extinguish = put out
on fire = alight / unluckily = unfortunately.
the majority = most of

Activity 5:

September - shops - some - stare - stone - Sunday.

Sequence 2:
A/
Activity 1:

went - forgot - woke - alarmed - escaped - stayed-

became.

Activity 2:
1.didn’t go
2.didn’t wake up
3didn’t escape
4.didn’t leave

Activity 3
1.When did a fire destroy London?
2.Where did the fire start?
3.How long did the fire last?4.Who reconstructed
London?

B/
Activity 1

What happened? What was happening?

1. I saw the plane I was working in the field.
2. It was flying too low.
3. It was coming down fast.
4. When the plane crashed, I was driving the tractor toward the
5. I heard an explosion. house.
6. When I woke up,
I was lying in bed, in a hospital.
Activity 2:

1. were crossing … saw …

2. were playing … were reading …
3. was phoning … was reading …
4. was asking … arrived

C/
Activity 1:
 1. Before Alain sold his car, he had repaired it.
2. As soon as the fire had begun, he alarmed people.
3. After they had escaped from the roof, they realized the danger.
4. I threw away the newspaper after I had read it.

Activity 2 :
Stayed - had rung - did not want - entered - had
begun - had - had seen - decided - took - had
dressed - prescribed.
Sequence 3 :
Activity 1:
Joke 1: laid
Joke 2: saved - took - said
Joke 3: bit
Activity 2:

was walking - heard - turned - saw - was holding -

was blowing - was carrying - acted - had taken -
jumped - saved.

Activity 3:

1. arrived - had burnt

2. had got - turned
3. had sent - sank
4. flew - had taken.

Activity 4:
1-c 2-d 3-b 4-a
5-g 6-h 7-f 8-e
Sequence 4:

Activity 1:

Ordering sentences
c- e - h - d - a - f - I - g - b .

Activity 2:

The correct order:

c-e-a-d-f-b.

Activity 3:
suggested paragraph

The old man stepped on it and fell on his back. He

dropped his umbrella and the wind blew it away into the
street. A bus ran over his umbrella. The old man was
lying on the pavement when a young woman passed. She
helped him stand up and the fat boy apologized to the
man.