KIDNAPPED

AN INTRODUCTION TO SCOTLAND

KIDNAPPED

U3 - LOOKING FORWARD

1. WILD ANIMALS

Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. What country is featured in the video?

2. What are some typical foods that you can eat there?

3. What animal steals your food if you are not careful?

4. Which animals often swim together?

5. What animals are the BIG 5?

2. HEALTH AND ILLNESSES

List the health problems that appear in the video.

video 1

GRAMMAR

BE GOING TO, PRESENT SIMPLE, WILL

1. BE GOING TO for plans and intentions

Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. Are Sara and Ben going to do any homework?

2. What is the title of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" book that Ben is going to read?

3. What are Sara and Ben going to have for breakfast?

4. Why aren't Sara and Ben going to play video games?

5. What is Fluffy's favourite activity?

video 2

2. PRESENT SIMPLE for the future

Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. What is the name of the character in the video?

2. What is the first example used to explain  the Present Simple for the future?

3. What are the three situations in which we use the Present Simple for the future?

4. Give examples from the video of each situation.

video 3

3. WILL for the future

Watch the videos and answer the questions.

Video 4:  

1. What film is the first video from?

2. Where will Petunia be when the Masons arrive?

3. What will Dudley do for the Masons?

4. Where will Harry be?

video 4

Video 5: 

1. Are the uses of WILL in the video mainly for predictions or are there any that include spontaneous predictions too?

2.  In fragment 4, what does Whitney Houston say she will always do?

3. A song from a television series is included in the video.  What series is it?

video 5

4. Future Continuous Tense: WILL+BE+VERB+ing

List some examples of this structure that appear in the video.

video 6

FUTURE FORMS

FUTURE FORMS 2

5. CONDITIONALS

CONDITIONALS: VIDEO, EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

ZERO CONDITIONAL

PRACTICE: 0 CONDITIONAL

FIRST CONDITIONAL

PRACTICE: 

TYPE 1

TYPE 1 - NEGATIVE

SECOND CONDITIONAL

LET'S PRACTISE!

If you took the day off from school, what would you do?

PRACTICE

TYPE 2

TYPE 2 - NEGATIVE

TYPES 1 - 2

FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONAL

TYPE 3

TYPES 1 - 3

UNLESS, WHEN, IF...

UNLESS and IF...

IF / UNLESS EXERCISE

CHRISTMAS AND OTHER FESTIVALS

INSTRUCTIONS

1. There are 25 questions.  

2. You must click on the link to find the answers.

3. Write the answers in your notebook or on your worksheet.

                                                   

 CHRISTMAS

VOCABULARY REVIEW

PLAY THE GAME

Christmas vocabulary, an interactive worksheet by Janine Joan Williams
liveworksheets.com

1. What do people call Santa Claus in Britain?

2. Who was the original Santa Claus and what was his job?

3. In the poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas", how many reindeer are there?

4. What are their names?

5. When do the Twelve Days of Christmas begin?

6. In the Christmas Carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" what present does the singer receive on the fifth day?

7. Who are the three most important people in a Nativity Scene?

8. How many days does an Advent Calendar represent?

9. How many scientific explanations are given for the Christmas Star?  What are at least three of them?

OTHER IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR

DIWALI

What is Diwali?, an interactive worksheet by JanineJoan
liveworksheets.com

9. Which religions celebrate Diwali?

10. What happens on each day of Diwali?

11. During which months is the Festival of Lights celebrated?

12. What kind of displays do some cities put on to celebrate Diwali?

13. What language does the word "Diwali" come from and what does it mean?

HANUKKAH

Hanukkah, an interactive worksheet by JanineJoan
liveworksheets.com

14. Who celebrates Hanukkah?

15. What is the Hanukkah miracle?  Read the article or watch the video to find out.

16. What is the candelabra used during Hanukkah celebrations called?

17. Which people destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem?

18. What is the special four-sided toy called that children play with during this festival?

Another important religious tradition.

RAMADAN

19. What is Eid al-Fitr?

20. What is Eid al-Fitr called in this video and why do people celebrate it?

21 Why is the moon important in Islam?

22. Which countries are mentioned in the video and what are some of the traditions

described?

23. What does it mean to fast and who doesn't have to do it?

TO SUM UP:

24.  What do Diwali and Hanukkah have in common?

25.  In which two religious traditions are celestial bodies important?  What are they?

JUST FOR FUN

Looking Forward (Y9 - U3)

 VOCABULARY

1. WILD ANIMALS

Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. What country is featured in the video?

2. What are some typical foods that you can eat there?

3. What animal steals your food if you are not careful?

4. Which animals often swim together?

5. What animals are the BIG 5?

GRAMMAR: BE GOING TO, PRESENT SIMPLE, WILL

1. BE GOING TO for plans and intentions

Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. Are Sara and Ben going to do any homework?

2. What is the title of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" book that Ben is going to read?

3. What are Sara and Ben going to have for breakfast?

4. Why aren't Sara and Ben going to play video games?

5. What is Fluffy's favourite activity?

2. PRESENT SIMPLE for the future

Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. What is the name of the character in the video?

2. What is the first example used to explain  the Present Simple for the future?

3. What are the three situations in which we use the Present Simple for the future?

4. Give examples from the video of each situation.

3. WILL for the future

Watch the videos and answer the questions.

Video 1:  

1. What film is the first video from?

2. Where will Petunia be when the Masons arrive?

3. What will Dudley do for the Masons?

4. Where will Harry be?

Video 2: 

1. Are the uses of WILL in the video mainly for predictions or are there any that include spontaneous predictions too?

2.  In fragment 4, what does Whitney Houston say she will always do?

3. A song from a television series is included in the video.  What series is it?

THANKSGIVING

Watch the video and complete the activities below:

1. In the opening scene of the video, you can see some of the foods that people eat at Thanksgiving.  Write down as many different foods as you can.

2. When and where do people celebrate Thanksgiving?

3. What do people do at Thanksgiving?

4. Who started the Thanksgiving tradition?

5. How and why did they come to America?

6. What happened to them during their first winter in America?

7. How did a local Native American tribe, the Wampanoag, help them?

8. How and why was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?

9. When did the first Thanksgiving take place?

a. The Winter of 1620

b. The Autumn of 1621

c. The Spring of 163

d. The Summer of 1682

10. When did Sarah Josepha Hale campaign to make Thanksgiving a national   holiday?

a. 1882            b. 1867              c. 1827              d. 1897

 

11. Abraham Lincoln declared that Thanksgiving would be celebrated

a. Every Thursday of November

b. The first Thursday of November

c.The last Thursday of November

d. The third Thursday of November

 

12. When did Thanksgiving officially become a public holiday?

a. 1942                       b. 1842                   c. 2022                      d. 1862

 

13. What would have happened to the European immigrants if the Wampanoag tribe had not helped them?

a. They would have gone back to England.

b. They would have died.

c. They would have moved to a different place.

d. They would have killed the Native Americans.

 

14. How do people celebrate Thanksgiving today?

15. Which food is not mentioned in the video?

ham              mashed potatoes         chocolate cake               cranberry sauce

stuffing                       pumpkin pie                     green beans      

turkey                  pasta                    mac and cheese                    cauliflower  

 sweet potato casserole with marshmellows

16.  When will Thanksgiving be celebrated this year?

THANKSGIVING FACTS: CLICK HERE

VOCABULARY GAMES

HANGMAN

WORD SEARCH

CLOZE EXERCISE

TIME OUT (U1): REST AND RELAXATION

 PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE

EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISES

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

STATIVE VERBS

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

USED TO

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4