1.

- Match the event to the country

2.- Listen the conversation and Check ( ) the best option.

Radio DJ: Hi folks. This is Radio FMJ! Today we are asking people from the local community about
unexpected situations they have experienced this year. Jane, from Trentwell, what do you do,
Jane?

Jane: I’m a secretary. I work at the biggest law firm in the city.

Radio DJ: Jane, did anything unexpected happen to you this year?

Jane: Yes, yes, it did! Every year I enter a travel competition and this year Iwon! It was the best
surprise I’ve ever had.

Radio DJ: Wow! That’s amazing. Where did you go?

Jane: I went to the Snow Festival in Japan. It was a beautiful festival, a really magical experience. I
saw enormous snow sculptures made of many tons of snow. They were as tall as buildings! I also
saw hundreds of delicate ice sculptures.

Radio DJ: That sounds fantastic! How long did the festival last?

Jane: It went on for seven days and they hold it every year. It is one of the most important festivals
in Japan now. I really recommend it to anyone who likes snow ori s interested in Japan. I’ve never
seen anything like it.
Radio DJ: Was it cold?

Jane: It was the coldest place I have ever been in my life. I had to wear my warmest jacket. No one
told me anything about the cold. The funniest part was trying to walk in the snow. I felt like a bear.

Radio DJ: Was there anything you didn’t like about it?

Jane: No, I can’t think of anything I didn’t like about Japan or the festival. The people were
amazing, and even though we couldn’t understand anything they were saying, we still managed to
communicate.

Radio DJ: Who should go to this festival?

Jane: Well, I didn’t know anything about this event before I won the competition. But I really
recommend it to anyone who likes snow and ice sculptures, or anyone who likes the magic of
Winter. Even if you don’t know anything about Japan, go anyway. You’ll love it.

Radio DJ: So you think someone who likes snow or Winter magic should go to this festival?

Jane: Yes, they should.

Radio DJ: There you have it, folks. Jane, the secretary, won a trip to the Snow Festival in Japan in
February. Thanks for calling in today, Jane. It was nice to talk to you. Bye!

1.- What unexpected thing happened to Jane?

______ a) She won a free vacation package.

______ b) She bought a three vacation package.

2.- What event did she go to?

_______ a) A show and a festival

_______ b) The snow festival

3.- What did she see in Sapporo?

_______ a) Snow sculptures

_______ b) Tall buildings

3.- Listen again and answer the questions

1.- What is the relationship between the speakers? ____________________

2.- What is the occupation of the speakers? __________________________

3.- Does the caller sound happy or sad? _____________________________

4.- Does the Radio DJ rephrase anything Jane says? _____________________

4.- Read this extract from the conversation and circle the words that tell you it is in the past.

Radio DJ: Where did you go?

Jane: I went to the Snow Festival in Japan in February. . It was a beautiful festival, a really magical
experience. Every day, I saw enormous snow sculptures built with many tons of snow. They were
as tall as buildings! I also saw hundreds of delicate ice sculptures.

Radio DJ: How long did the festival last?

Jane: It went on for 7 days.

5.- Look at the words in bold in Activity 4 and answer the following questions.

1.- When did Jane go to the Snow Festival? ___________________________

2.- How often did she see the snow sculptures? _____________________________

How long did the festival last? ___________________________

6.- Match the time phrases to their uses.

1 For seven days a) Tells you when something happened

2 In february, at 8:00 a.m. b) Tells you how often something happened

3 Every day, three times a day c) Tells you for how long something happened

7.- Underline the correct option

1.- When giving a testimonial about an unexpected situation we use the past/ future.

2.- Past simple verbs are regular and irregular/ all regular.

3.- Time phrases like every day, at 8:00, and for 20 minutes give us information about when/ what,
or for how long something happened.

8.- Look at the adjectives Jane used to describe her experience at the Snow Festival. Circle T for
True or F for False.

Beautiful festival The funniest part

Magical experience My warmest jacket

1.- Adjectives describe nouns. T F

2.- Adjectives usually come after the noun. T F

3.- Adjectives make a story less interesting. T F

4.- Adjectives are sometimes in the superlative form. T F

9.- Match the rules to the examples.

1) Two syllable adjectives ending in –y cange a) warm : warmest

To –ier or –iest.

2) One syllable adjectives with a short sound b) big : biggest

Doublé the last consonant.

3) One syllable adjectives with a long vowel c) interesting : the most

interesting
Sound add –est.

4) Adjectives with three or more syllables add d) pretty : prettiest

The words the more or the most.

10.-Complete the sentences with words from the box.

BEFORE-DESCRIBING-ADJECTIVES

1.- When giving a testimonial about an unexpected situation in the past we can use
________________ to make the story more.

2.- In English, adjectives usually come _______________ the noun. Adjectives are
______________ words.

11.- Listen to the unexpected situation and answer the questions.

Radio DJ: Hi folks. This is Radio FMJ! Today we are asking people from the local community about
unexpected situations they have experienced this year. Raul from Sneadgrass i sour next caller.
What do you do Raul?

Raul: I’m a student. I study economics at the university.

Radio DJ: Raul, did anything unexpected happen to you this year?

Raul: Yes! Yes it did! Every year I go to the running of the bulls in Pamplona! In fact, I run with
thebulls. But this year a bull ran over me.

Radio DJ: Wow! That’s terrible. What happened?

Raul: I ran in front of the bulls with hundreds of other people every day in the morning. On the last
day, I fell over and this huge bull stepped on my leg. I rolled away and the bull kept on running. It
was a scary experience, a really terrifying momento. I saw the bull’s eyes and horns as it stepped
on me. I heard people around me scream.

Radio DJ: How long did it last?

Raul: Just a few seconds.

Radio DJ: What did you do?

Raul: I was ok. I could walk. I went to the hospital for an hour and got four stitches. I was
embarrassed. My girlfriend was watching. I felt foolish.

Radio DJ: Will you go again next year?

Raul: No, we’re going to the Carnival in Rio.

Radio DJ: There you have it, folks. Raul, the student, went to Pamplona and ran with the bulls like
he does every year, but this year, a bull stepped on him. Thanks for calling in today, Raul.

1.- What happened to the caller? _____________________________________________________

2.- Was it a positive or negative experience? Why? _______________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

12.- Listen again and underlinethe correct option.

1.- Raul goes to Pamplona ………

a) Every year b) Every two years c) Twice a year

2.- He described the experience as ………..

a) Horrible b) Wonderful c) Scary

3.- The Radio DJ asked him ………….

a) What did you do? b) Where did you go? c) How much did the hospital cost?

4.- He went to the hospital ………..

a) For a week b) For a day c) For an hour.

13.- Complete Raul’s e-mail to his mom with words from the box. Write the verbs in the past
tense.

arrive step run go be fall Get

Hi mom,
We ______________ in Pamplona last Friday.

Today, I ______________ with the bulls again, but I _______________ over and one of the bulls
___________________ on me! Don’t worry!

It ____________ scary experience, but I’m OK.

I __________________ to the hospital and ___________________ four ugly stitches.

Please send money!

Your son,

Raul.

14.- Complete the organizar with the time prhases.

For 20 minutes Every year All night In 1985 Last month

When something Happened
Today, at night, yesterday, on
Monday, last week,
1 ______________________
2 ______________________
How often something happens
Every day, every two years,
3 _______________________
For how long something
happens
All day, for year,
4 _______________________
5 _______________________

15 Write the time adverbs in chronological order.

Next year Last week Tomorrov Yesterday Last year

16.- Match the adjectives to the nouns

1 scary a) spectacle

2 ugly b) bull

3 beautiful c) experience

4 huge d) parade

17.- Write five of these adjectives in the superlative form top lay Bingo.

big boring cheap cold entertaining exciting Expensive

lonely happy high sad interesting low Beautiful
short small tall warm

1.- __________________________________________________________________
2.- __________________________________________________________________
3.- __________________________________________________________________
4.- __________________________________________________________________
5.- __________________________________________________________________

18.- Unscramble the follow-up questions.

1 happened/ what/ ?: __________________________________________________

2 you/ do/ did/ what/ ?: ___________________________________________________
3 saw/ it/ who/ ?: _______________________________________________________
4 happen/ did/ it/ where/ ?: __________________________________________________
5 what/ see/ you/ did/ ?: ________________________________________________

19.- Complete Carmen’s testimonial about the carnaval. Use the verbs in the box in past tense.

finish win dance sing start is See

I couldn’t believe it. We ____________ the samba competition at the carnaval this year!
Every year our school participates in the competition at the Sambadrome. This year the
competition ________________________ at 9:00 p.m. and _________________ at 5:00 a.m.
We __________________ the most beautiful floats all around us. But ours was the most beautiful
of all! Our theme _________________ colorful hummingbirds.
We _____________ samba and ____________________ a song about the life of a famous Brazilian
Singer.
What happened? ____________________________________________________________
When did it happen? _________________________________________________________
Description (main idea and details) ___________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

20.- Listen to the interview.

Interviewer: Good morning, János! Can you tell us about the accident?
János: This accident ruined my chances of winning a gold medal. It was the most important
momento of my life, the Beijing Olympic Games. I was finally there. I was trying to complete my
third lift and I couldn’t feel my arm.
Interviewer: What did you do?
János: I couldn’t hold it anymore. I dropped the bar. I felt my elbow. It was dislocated.
Interviewer: How many kilos were you trying to lift?
János: 148 kilos.
Interviewer: Coach, János had a terrible experience yesterday. When will he be able to complete
again?
Coach: H ewill be out of the competition for the rest of the year.
Interviewer: That’s too bad. Thanks for talking to us, János and Coach.
Coach and János: You’re welcome.

1.- What is the name of the weightlifter? __________________________________________

What happened to him? _______________________________________________________
3.- How many kilos was he trying to lift? ___________________________________________
4.- Fer how long won’t he be able to compete? ______________________________________

21.- Answer the questions

1.- Where would you see the article? ____________________________________________

2.- Where would you hear the interview? _________________________________________
3.- What is the difference between the written text and the spoken text? ____________________
________________________________________________________________________________

22.- Read the intrview. Circle the beginning and underline the ending.

Interviewer: Good morning, János! Can you tell us about the accident?

János: This accident ruined my chances of winning a gold medal. It was the most important
momento of my life, the Beijing Olympic Games. I was finally there. I was trying to complete my
third lift and I couldn’t feel my arm.

Interviewer: What did you do?

János: I couldn’t hold it anymore. I dropped the bar. I felt my elbow. It was dislocated.

Interviewer: How many kilos were you trying to lift?

János: 148 kilos.

Interviewer: Coach, János had a terrible experience yesterday. When will he be able to complete
again?

Coach: H ewill be out of the competition for the rest of the year.

Interviewer: That’s too bad. Thanks for talking to us, János and Coach.

Coach and János: You’re welcome.

23.- Underline the correct ending for each sentence.

1.- That a weightlifter had an accident during the weightlifting competition is the main idea/ a
detail.

2.- That he had tha accident during his third lift of the competition is the main idea/ a deatil.

24.- Read the interview in Activity 6 again. Circle Y for Yes or N for No.

1.- Does the interviewer begin Y N

With a greeting?
2.- Does the interviewer ask questions Y N
During the interview to get more detail?
3.- Is the interviewer sympathetic towards Y N
The weightlifter’s experience?
4.- Does the interviewer greet them again Y N
At the end?
5.- Does the interviewer thank them Y N
For the interview?

25.- Label the columns.

1.- __________________________________ 2.- ___________________________________
Hi! It was nice to talk to you.
Good Morning! Good- bye!
Welcome to the studio See you next time!
Hello, János! Thank you for coming in today
It’s a pleasure to meet you! It was very nice meeting you.
Hey! So long!
26.- Read the extract from the artcile. Identify and underline who, what, where, and when.

The accident happened on August 13th, 2008 during the weightlifting competition at the Beijing
Olimpic Games. AHungarian weightlifter dislocated his right elbow in the ugliest momento ever in
Olympic weightlifting.

27.- Complete the sentences with words from the box.

where greeting details end who Main idea

1.- Conversations and interviews have a similar estructure; a beginning, a middle, and an end. The
beginning includes a __________________, the middle contains the information and
______________, and the ____________ is tos ay thank you and goodbye.

2.- The ___________________ usually comes at the beginnig of an interview or a paragraph and is
supported by details in the folowing sentences.

3.- When retelling a story about an unexpected situation it is important to include information
about ___________________ it happened to, what happened, ______________ and when it
happened.

27.- Read the sentences. Circle the direct speech and underline the indirect speech. What
differences do you notice?

1.- The interviewer thanked them for the interview. _____________________________

2.- “Thank ypu for talking to us, János and coach”, said the interviewer.
______________________________________________

3.- “He will be out of the competitionfor the rest of the year,” his coach said.
________________________________________________

4.- His coach said said he would be out of the competition for the restof the year.
____________________________________________

28.- Complete the sentences with words from the box.

Direct speech quotation Indirect speech changes

1.- When retelling an unexpected incident we often use direct and indirect speech.
_______________________________ is reporting exactly what the person said and
_______________________________ reports what they said but from your point of view.
2.- In direct speech we use ___________________________ marks and in indirect speech we use
verbs like tell, say, thank, ask. For example: he told me, he said to me, he thanked them, he asked
her to.

Usus¿ally the verb in indirect speech _______________ to the past. E.g. “Thank you for talking to
us, János and Coach,” said the interviewer.

29.- Listen to the interview. Circle the Greetings and underline the farewalls you hear.

1.- Greeting:

a) Hi

b) Hello c) Good evening

2.- Follow-up questions:

a) What did it feel like?

b) What happened?

c) How many stitches did you have?

d) How many people saw this?

3.- Farewell:

a) Thank you for talking to us tonight.

b) See you later!

c) Talk to you son.

d) Good luck in the next Olympic Games.

30.- Read the article and complete the chart below.

MAIN IDEA: ______________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________.

WHO: ___________________________________________________________________________

WHAT: __________________________________________________________________________

WHERE: _________________________________________________________________________

WHEN: __________________________________________________________________________
OTHER DETAILS: __________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

31.- Change these sentences to direct speech

1.- He thanked her for talking to him. _________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

2.- He asked what happened. _______________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

3.- She told him she had fallen over. __________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

4.- He asked her if her leg still hurt. ___________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

32.- Change these sentences to indirect speech.

1.- “I want to win the Gold Medal,” she said. ____________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

2.- “I train for nine hours every day,” she told them. ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

3.- “She will be the best in the world,” her coach told everyone. ____________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

33.- Use the pictures to complete the testimonial about an unexpected incident taht happened at
a sporting event.

Title: ______________________________________________________________

(Where and when?)

The accident happened on ______________________________________________, during

_____________________________________________ at ________________________________.

(Who?)

The world’s best ______________________________________,

(What happened?)

__________________________________________________________________________

(What did he/ she say about it later?)

“______________________________________________________________”, she said later.

(Other details)

___________________________________________________________________________.
Base Form Simple past Past participle Spanish
Costar
Cortar
Pegar/golpear
Herir/lastimar
Permitir
Poner/colocar
Leer
Cerrar
Traer
Comprar
Capturar
Pelear
Enseñar
Pensar
Construir
Sentir
Encontrar
Tener
Oir/escuchar
Detener/guardar
Hacer
Significar
Conocer/reunirse con
Pagar
Decir
Vender
Enviar
Brillar/lustrar
Disparar
Sentarse
Dormir
Gastar
Pararse/permanecer
Decir
Ganar
Salir
Prestar
Encender/iluminar
Perder
Empezar/iniciar
Beber
Timbrar
Correr
Cantar
Nadar
Volar
Cultivar/crecer
Conocer/saber
Romper/desgarrar
Lanzar
Usar (en cuerpo)
Ser/estar
Latir/golpetear
Morder/picar
Romper
Escoger
Manejar auto/camión
Comer
Caer/bajar
Prohibir/impedir
Olvidar
Enfriar
Obtener/conseguir
Dar
Esconder
Manejar bici/moto
Ver
Hablar
Robar
Tomar/agarrar
Despertar
Escribir
Llegar a ser
Venir
Hacer
Ir