W26 - Int 1

Week 26 – Intermediate 1 – What’s on ?

 

 

I)            Speaking :

1)   Look at the events below. Think of one person you know who would like to go to each event.

A.   The Moscow State Circus : Victoria Park/ Tues to Sun 7.30 pm

B.   Camille Pissaro in London : painting of London by the French impressionist/ National Gallery, Trafalgar Square/ daily 10am- 6pm

C.   Dance crazy : an exciting afternoon of international dance from Spain, France and Switzerland/ Canary Wharf/ Saturday 1-5 pm

D.  Verdi’s requiem :Verdi’s masterpiece conducted by Patrick Davin/ Royal Albert Hall/ Friday 7.30 pm

E.   Brazilian Club Night: Top Djs play house, techno, R&B and hip hop/ Downstairs at the Sound Barrier, Oxford Street/ Saturday 10pm-2am

F.   Fame – the Musical: Aldwych Theatre/ Mon-Sat 7.30 pm, also Sat 3 pm

G.  Robbie Williams: Wembley Arena/ Thursday, Friday, Saturday 7.30 pm

2)   What other things do these people like doing?

 

II)         Listening :

1)   Listen to part of a radio programme. 



Put the events in exercise I in the order that they are mentioned


The Moscow Circus

C. Pissarro in London

Dance Crazy

Verdi’s Requiem

Brazilian Club Night

Fame–the Musical

Robbie Williams


2)   The reporter makes eight mistakes. Underline the information in the events that is different from the information on the programme.

3)   Match the events in column A with the adjectives that the reporter uses in column B


A  1. The Moscow State Circus

2.   Camille Pissarro in London

3.   Dance crazy

4.   Verdi’s Requiem

5.   Brazilian Club Night

6.    Fame – the Musical

7.   Robbie Williams

B  a. Cool

b.   Depressing

c.    Enjoyable

d.   Exciting

e.   Fantastic

f.     Fascinating

g.   fun


4)   Answer the questions :

1.   Which of these events would you like to go to?

2.   What other things would you like to do in London?

3.   What kinds of entertainment are available in your town?

 

III)       Vocabulary : TV programmes

1)   Match the types of TV programmes to a programme description

Chat show           current affairs programme            documentary          sitcom

Game show              soap opera                     sports programme

The Wheel of Fortune _______________________________________

The winner takes the jackpot prize of $500,000

Bill Zucker Presents ________________________________________

Bill’s guests this week are Hollywood legend, Al Pacino and British designer Stella McCartney

Friends __________________________________________________

More laughs in tonight’s episode as Chandler and Joey look after baby Ben, but leave him on the bus. When they get him back, have they got the right baby? (repeat from the second series)

Match of the Day __________________________________________

All the goals from today’s World Cup games plus news of today’s play at Wimbledon.

Eastenders ______________________________________________

Problems in Walford. Alfie is not welcome at Kat’s wedding, but she still loves him. Can he stop the wedding in time?

Horizon ________________________________________________

Prize-winning film about the life of an urban kangaroo

Newsbrief ______________________________________________

An in-depth look at what is happening in the world this week

2)   Which of these kinds of programmes do you like to watch? Why?

What are your favourite programmes on TV?

Are there too many programmes of one kind on TV?

 

IV)        Vocabulary : -ed or -ing adjectives

1)           In the sentences below, which adjective describes how the speaker feels? Which adjective describes the thing that makes her/ him feel this way?

1.        I think that kind of music is really relaxing.

2.        That kind of music makes me really relaxed.

2)           Complete the dialogues with the correct word

1-              A: I’m so exciting/ excited. I’ve got tickets for the Lady Gaga concert.

B: Lady Gaga? I think her music is boring/ bored.

2-              A: I’m really tiring/ tired. I didn’t get home until three o’clock this morning.

B: I know. And it was extremely annoying/ annoyed that you came home singing!

3-              A: I think this music is really relaxing/ relaxed.

B: Really? It makes me feel depressing/ depressed.

4-              A: The concert was a bit disappointing/ disappointed, wasn’t it?

B: Yes, I was surprising/ surprised. Céline Dion is usually so good.

3)           Complete the sentences so that they are true for you.

1.   I find _________________________ quite frightening.

2.   I sometimes feel depressed when ____________________________

3.   I think that _________________________ is/ are really fascinating.

4.   I usually feel relaxed when _________________________________

5.   I was disappointed when ___________________________________

 

V)          Homework :

1)   Complete with the correct endings: -ing/ -ed

1.   The news is depress_______, so Tara’ depress_________

2.   Joan listens to relax________ music and feels relax_______

3.   Tom’s fascinat_________ when reading a fascinat_______ book.

4.   Tom’s bor_______ with this bor______ friend of his.

 

2)   Complete the story with the correct words.

very annoying/ annoyed          too tiring/ tired        a bit disappointing/ disappointed

quite surprising/ surprised                extremely annoying/ annoyed

really embarrassing/ embarrassed

Five minutes after the opera started, my boyfriend Bruno’s mobile rang. The people next to us were _____________________. One of them said ‘SHHH!’ louder than the phone. It was ______________________. I was ________________________ because he always finds other people’s phones __________________________ and he usually turns his off. it was also _______________________ because I really wanted to see the opera and we paid a lot of money for the tickets. Bruno suggested going to a jazz bar, but I said I was _________________________.

 

3)   Write the sentences you hear:


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