TAREA DOS

Second activity for Third Grade
Hi:

Go to the link and check the next videos:

http://www.englishmedialab.com/higherlevels/comparatives/comparatives.html
http://www.englishmedialab.com/higherlevels/weather%20forecast/weather%20forecast.html

Now do the next tasks:

1. Make a chart with the most important informartion in each video. (two charts)
2. Look for two activities in internet that practice the grammar shown in videos.
3. Each team has to bring class these activities in order to share them with others teams in class.

Thanks and bye

TAREA 1

viernes 26 de marzo de 2010
Reading exercise
Hello:

Go to the next link, read the text about United Kingdom, next open the questionary, click on "show all questions" in order to answer the exercise, finally print your questionary with your answers and grade.

http://inglesnanet.com/reading/unitedkingdom.htm

United Kingdom

1.The United Kingdom is made up of...
A. ? England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
B.:-) England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
C. ? England, Scotland and Wales.
D. ? England, Scotland, Wales and France.
2.The full name of the United Kingdom is...
A.:-) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
B. ? United Kingdom of Northern Britain and Great Ireland.
C. ? United Kingdom of Great Britain and Southern Ireland.
D. ? United Kingdom of Northern Britain and Southern Ireland.
3.What is the population of the United Kingdom?
A. ? About sixty million people.
B.X About sixteen million people.
C. ? About six hundred people.
D. ? About six people.

4.Cornish is spoken in...
A. ? Wales
B. ? Cornwall
C.X London
D. ? Scotland
5.What is the name of the national anthem?
A. ? God Blame the Queen
B. ? God Save the Prince
C.:-) God Save the Queen
D. ? God Save the United Kingdom
6.Wales was taken over by England in the...
A. ? eighteenth century.
B. ? sixteenth century.
C. ? fourteenth century.
D.:-) thirteenth century.
7.When was the Irish Free State created?
A.:-) 1922
B. ? 1976
C. ? 1943
D. ? 1921
8.In World War II Britain was bombed by...
A. ? Spain.
B. ? Portugal.
C.:-) Germany.
D. ? the United States of America.
9.When did Elizabeth II become Queen?
A. ? 1972
B.:-) 1952
C. ? 1962
D. ? 1942
10.The capital city of the United Kingdom is...
london
11.What is the name of the river that flows through London?
A.X Severn
B. ? Trent
C. ? Thames
D. ? Tweed
12.Who is the current Prime Minister?
A. ? Winston Churchill
B.:-) Gordon Brown
C. ? Tony Blair
D. ? Margaret Thatcher
13.The United Kingdom is a(n) ...
A. ? Dictatorship
B. ? Anarchy
C. ? Absolute Monarchy
D.:-) Constitutional Monarchy
14.Gordon Brown is the leader of the...
A. ? Conservative Party
B.:-) Labour Party
C. ? Liberal Democrats
D. ? Democratic Unionist Party
15.The United Kingdom is a member of the...
A.X European Union
B. ? NATO
C. ? World Trade Organization
D. ? All of the above
16.Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
A. ? Jane Austen
B.:-) William Shakespeare
C. ? Dylan Thomas
D. ? H. G. Wells
17.Who wrote the Sherlock Holmes detective novels?
A. ? Charles Dickens
B. ? William Shakespeare
C.:-) Arthur Conan Doyle
D. ? J. R. R. Tolkien
18.Where was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Born?
A.X London
B. ? Cardiff
C. ? Edinburgh
D. ? Liverpool
19.In the United Kingdom, cars drive on the ________ hand side of the road.
left
20.What is the largest airport in the United Kingdom?
A. ? London Heathrow Airport
B.X London Gatwick Airport
C. ? Manchester Airport
D. ? Glasgow Airport