1ro A - Polimodal - Inglés

English Practical Task Nº 1 . 1º A Polimodal
Teacher: Primiterra

A) READING COMPREHENSION
Mr Ledbetter´s Vacation based on a story by H.G. Wells
I´m a writer and I want to tell you a little story. This is about my friend, Mr Ledbetter. Heis a little man, with a round face and big glasses, always firm and correct. He is very formal and talks in a very serious way and with many details. His conversation is not interesting. People don´t understand very much our relationship, because I am just the opposite. But this is because they do not know his past and the link between us in the past.
It happened twenty years ago. In those days I was living in Jamaica, and Mr Ledbetter was a schoolmaster in England. Everything began at Hithergate on Sea with Mr Ledbetters´s summer vacation. After dinner, one day, he had a conversation with a talkative man who was at this hotel. There are no more adventures these days, said the man. Security is the most important thing now, he said; the burglar is the only adventurer on earth these days.
It was late at night and Mr Ledbetter went out for a walk in the village. While he was walking, he remembered the man´s words about the burglar. I need a little adventure in my life, but ....I´m not a criminal!he thought. Just then, he saw a balcony and an open window. The night was very quiet. Suddenly, he took a decision: he went up to the balcony and went into the house. He was in a big bedroom now, and was trembling violently. Was the house empty? What did burglars do? They stole things. But...he only wanted adventure! He heard footsteps. He was petrified. What a fool I have been! he said, and went under the bed.
Ledbetter only saw the man´s boots. What am I going to do? What are they going to do to me? I haven´t stolen anything, but technically, I´m a burglar he thought; I have committed a technical crime. After a time, he heard: chink, chink, chink...twenty five chinks. This chinking was the sound of gold. A lot of gold! He was curious. He moved his feet and the chinking stopped immediately. Mr Ledbetter became rigid. The man heard Mr Ledbetter and took him as a prisioner. That man was a bank burglar. It was midnight and he forced MrLedbetter to carry all the heavy bags with gold out of the house and then onto a ship with a lot of horrible and cruel men on it. They travelled for about twenty days. He was in a small room, with rats and cockroaches. Finally, Mr Bingham (that was thethief´s name) left Mr Ledbetter on an island. After some days, a fisherman found him and took him to St Vincent´s, and from there, he got to Kingston in Jamaica. I met him there, in Jamaica. In that moment, I worked in an small hotel and he asked me for help. I gave him a room, I had dinner with him so he told me the stoery. I gave him some money so he could return to England. After some time I received a a letter from England and my money back. He said that I was the kindest person in his life. Thanks to your help, I got my job back and the respect of the people. But they want to know where I have been all this time and I can´t tell the true story. That villain Bingham was the Hithergate bank manager, and guilty of a big fraud. I have consulted many law books and it is clear that I have been assistant in a crime. And how I can explain my presence in that house? Can you help me?...

A.1 Read the story and write T (True) or F (False) or NT (not in the text). Justify false answers.
1. The writer was in Jamaica twenty years ago.
2. The writer was born in England.
3. The writer talks in a very serious way.
4. It was hot that night.
5. Mr Ledbetter went into the house because he wanted adventure.

A.2 Answer the questions about the story
1. Where did the writer meet mr Ledbetter?
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2. What did Mr. Ledbetter look like?
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3. What did happen to Mr Ledbetter in his vacations?
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4. Who was Mr. Binghman?
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5. Why did the writer give the man some money?
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A.3Mr Ledbetter was a man without imagination. So, the writer offered him this story...
Re order the following sentences and find the writer´s story for Mr Ledbetter. Write it.

1. and then they took him.
2. one night.
3. and took him to a house.
4. to a ship.
5. Ledbetter was having a walk in the village.
6. a lot of bags.
7. with them.
8. when two men captured him.
9. he had to help them carry.

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B) USE OF ENGLISH
B.1Write these sentences putting the verbs into the correct tense: Present Simple or Present Continuous.
Example: She (read) at the moment. She´s reading at the moment.
1. (you go) to work by car?
2. I (not watch) television every night.
3. I (not watch) television right now.
4. We (see) our parents every week.
5. (You listen) to the radio now?
6. I (not get up) at seven o´clock every morning.
7. Peter (talk) to Susan now.
8. (They work) in the restaurant at the weekends?
9. She (listen) to the radio in her bedroom at the moment.
10. (Mary and Susan) drive to the office very day?

B.2 Past Simple or Present Perfect
Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.
Example: Do you know about Sue? She´s given up her job. OK
1. My mother has grown up in Scotland. .....................................
2. How many plays has Shakespeare written? ...............................................
3. Ow! I´ve cut my finger. It´s bleeding. ..........................................................
4. Drugs have become a big problem everywhere. .....................................................
5. The Chinese have invented paper. .............................................................
6. Where have you been born? ......................................................................
7. Mary isn´t at home. She´s gone shopping. .................................................
8. Albert Einstein has been the scientist who has developed the theory of relativity.
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B.3. Put the verb into the correct form, Present Perfect or Past Simple
1. It ................... raining for a while, but now it´s raining again. (stop).
2. My friend is a writer. He ......................many books. (write)
3. The town is very different now. It ....................... a lot. (change).
4. We ........................... a holiday last year (not/have).
5. I did German at school, but I .............................. most of it now (forget).
6. I ......................... tennis yesterday afternoon (play).
7. The police .......................... three people, but later they let them go (arrest).
8. Is Sonia here? No, she ............................. (not/come) yet.
9. What do you think of my English? Do you think it ......................(improve)?
10. Where´s my bike? It .......................... outside the house, but it´s not there now (be).

B.4 Prepositions.
Put in a preposition (in/for/by, etc.)
1. Helen is studying law ....at...university.
2. What is the longest river ........ Europe?
3. Is there anything ........... television this evening?
4. We arrived ......... the hotel after midnight.
5. Where is Mike? He´s ......... holiday.
6. Tom hasn´t got up yet. He´s still ....... bed.
7. Linsa is away. She´s been away ........ Monday.
8. The next meeting is ........... 15 April.
9. I usually go to work .......... car.
10. There´s too much sugar ......... my coffee.
11. Kevin lived in London ............ six months. He didn´t like it very much.
12. Were there a lot of people ........ this photograph.
13. The train was very slow. It stopped .......... every station.
14. I like this room. I like the pictures .......... the walls.
15. Did you buy that picture? No, it was given to me ............ a friend of mine.
16. I´m going away ......... a few days. I´ll be back .......... Thursday.
17. Silvia has gone ....... Italy. She´s ...... Milan at the moment.
18. Ann left school .......... fifteen and got a job ............ a shop.


C) WRITING
Write a composition about a person you have know for a long time. Write about when you first meet met and about some things you did together. (50 - 80 words). You can use the model in page 17 Student Book.
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Obligatory English Book Homework:

· Complete and finish the Workbook English in mind 3 Units 1 and 2. Final del formulario
Complete and finish the Workbook New English File pre intermediate Units 6 and 7.
Complete and finish the Workbook English in mind 3 Units 7 and 8.