EXERCISES FOR THE ARTICLES AND VIDEOS – NOVEMBER ISSUE

EXERCISES FOR THE ARTICLES AND VIDEOS – NOVEMBER ISSUE

No Buy Day

Explain the following expression taken from the text.

1. have an impact on sg……………………………………………………………………
2. switch off from  sg………………………………………………………………………
3. consumerism:……………………………………………………………………………
4. disproportionate:………………………………………………………………………..
5. detox:……………………………………………………………………………………..
6. consumer conscience:……………………………………………………………………
7. dump sg:………………………………………………………………………………….
8. commitment:……………………………………………………………………………..
9. distribution:………………………………………………………………………………
10. a lasting relationship:……………………………………………………………………

Guy Fawkes Day

Watch the video and answer the following question?

1. Who got together in 1605, which event is known as Gunpowder Plot?
2. During which ceremony did they mean to blow up the parliament?
3. What was Guy Fawkes in charge of?
4. Why did they need to rent a cellar beneath the House of Lords?
5. What did they hide in the cellar by March 1605?
6. How did the Catholics get to know about the conspiracy?
7. How was Guy Fawkes executed after his confession?
8. What were Londoners encouraged to do after the King’s escape?
9. What are the traditional things  the British do across the country on 5 November?
10. Who search the cellars of the Westminster as a tradition?

Quentin Blake celebrates his 80th birthday this November. Find out about him.

The  following questions have been removed from the interview with Quentin Blake. Match the questions with the numbers.

a./        What do you like drawing best?

b./        Do you identify strongly with children?

c./        What does having been the first Children’s Laureate mean to you?

d./        Do you do drawings for grown ups?

e./        What do you do in your spare time?

f./        Where do you live?

g./        How did you begin to do children’s book?

h./        Where did you grow up?

i./         When did you start writing the words as well?

j./         what do you like to eat?

k./        What was it like working with Roald Dahl?

l./         Did you go to university or art school?

Word formation. The following words occur in the text. Form words in each category if any.

VERB	NOUN	ADJECTIVE
evacuate
inspire	illustrator
	alteration
	approval
imagine
	distinction
promote
	exhibition
encourage
arrange

How I draw –Watch the video and decide if the statements are true or false.

1.      He stores his works in two portfolios: in the first he has the preliminary work and finished illustrations for the book, while the second contains manuscripts and rough drawings.

2.      He sometimes finishes drawings out in nature.

3.      He does a complete set of roughs before he starts colouring.

4.      It’s easier to do both the words and illustrations by himself, because it’s just he, himself to argue with.

5.      He is trying to trace the original lines and draws them again.

6.      Normally he doesn’t spend much time checking his work.

7.      He doesn’t mind if it doesn’t quite fit the lines while colouring as it makes us feel as though something is happening.

8.      It doesn’t take much time to have a book published.

9.      After delivering a book he is still teeming with ideas.

10.  He uses ’magic pencils’ to charm the public.