Famous Carnivals

Work in pairs.

Imagine that you go to either the Venice carnival or the Rio de Janeiro carnival, and stay for two or three days.

Write a letter to a friend describing the carnival and the things that you do in the city.

Carnival time!!

It is Carnival time!

Activities:

1. Reading:

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2.  True or false? 


(a) The carnival tradition began when Christianity arrived. 

(b) Christians eat less during carnival time. 

(c) People try to look different during a carnival.

(d) In Rio de Janeiro, men often dress to look like the opposite sex. 

(e) The Venice carnival lasts less than a week. 

(f) It can be difficult to go to some masked dances in Venice because they are not open to everyone. 

(g) Floats are an important part of the Venice carnival. 

(h) If you go to a masked dance you must wear fancy dress. 

(i) There’s more dancing in the streets in Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans than in Venice. 

(j) Winning a fancy dress competition means that people think you are wearing the best costume. 

(k) If Venice becomes very full during the carnival, they stop people entering the city. 

(l) There are fireworks every day during the Venice festival. 

Exercises on Present Simple - Present Continuous

A

 Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).

1. Look! He (leave)  the house.
2. Quiet please! I (write)  a test.
3. She usually (walk)  to school.
4. But look! Today she (go)  by bike.
5. Every Sunday we (go)  to see my grandparents.
6. He often (go)  to the cinema.
7. We (play)  Monopoly at the moment.
8. The child seldom (cry) .
9. I (not / do)  anything at the moment.
10. (watch / he)  the news regularly?

B

1. This (be)  Marc.
2. He (wear)  a t-shirt and shorts today.
3. He (eat)  an apple at the moment.
4. Marc (like)  fruits and vegetables.
5. He (eat)  some every day.
6. Marc (know)  that apples (be)  good for his health.

C

1. Today (be)  Betty's birthday.
2. Betty (love)  birthdays.
3. She (be)  always very excited and (wake up)  very early.
4. At six o'clock in the morning, Betty (hear)  a noise.
5. She (get up)  and (go)  into the sitting room.
6. What (go on) ?
7. Look! Betty's cat Carlos (sit)  on the table and he (play)  with Betty's present.

D

1. I (be)  very busy today.
2. At noon I (visit)  my friend Tanya.
3. We (want)  to have lunch together.
4. In the afternoon I (play)  squash with Emily.
5. In the evening, I (meet)  Rob.
6. We (go)  to the cinema.
7. The film (start)  at 8 pm.

E

1. The lesson (start)  at 9 o'clock.
2. He often (wear)  a black cap.
3. I (meet)  my friends in the youth club tonight.
4. My friend (move)  house tomorrow.
5. My birthday (be)  in September.

F

1. When (arrive / the plane) ?
2. (visit / you)  Jane in hospital today?
3. What time (get up / you)  in the mornings?
4. Why (cry / she)  now?
5. (swim / they)  in the pool at the moment?

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Video time!!

If you wat to know more about parkour and free running, please watch this video that made these 2 sports famous!

After watchiing it, please, try to find pictures of the famous landmarks and write their names in a special worksheet!!

Jump London is a documentary first broadcast by Channel 4 about parkour and free running in September 2003, directed by Mike Christie and produced by Optomen Television.

It later spawned a sequel, Jump Britain that first aired in January 2005. Both feature documentaries were directed by Mike Christie. 

Jump London followed three French traceurs, Sébastien Foucan, Jérôme Ben Aoues, and Johann Vigroux, as they run around many of London's most famous landmarks, including Royal Albert Hall, Shakespeare's Globe Theater, HMS Belfast, and many others.

Sports

This unit is about Sports!!!


Can you name and define these 2 sports??

Modals

In the city - activities

Try do imagine the City of the future!!

You can draw it and later you can explain how you imagine it!!