Units 1 & 2
In what city is the walk of fame ?
Los Angeles (Hollywood district)
The Jets and the Sharks
Name the place not far from New York where a lot of Irish and Polish immigrants would arrive in the 1900s.
Ellis Island
What is a bucket list ?
A list of things you want to die in your life, before you kick the bucket (die)
le génitif, les verbes de goûts, parler de soi, les modaux, le prétérit, poser une question, le prétérit en BE + ING, le comparatif, la voix passive, le présent perfect, le superlatif...
Name 4 cliques.
The Gothics, Jocks, Preps, Nerds/Geeks, Cheerleaders, Hipsters...
What is Manhattan ?
It is a district (a borough) in New York.
What is Scotland's capital ? What is Scotland's symbol ?
Edinburgh
The thistle
Who wrote Robinson Crusoe and when ?
Daniel Defoe, in 1719
Say what UNIT you liked the most and the least and explain why.
Do you agree with your classmate(s) ?
Translate : Michelle est la femme de Barack.
Michelle is Barack's wife.
Name 3 famous detectives from the English literature, and their creator.
Sherlock Holmes -> Arthur Conan Doyle
Hercule Poirot & Miss Marple -> Agatha Christie
Name one novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Translate : Je suis enseignant depuis janvier. Nous jouons au basket ball depuis quatre ans.
I have been a teacher since January.
We have played basket ball for four years.
Pronounce the following verbs correctly : WORKED / PRINTED / FINISHED / LOVED / BLURRED / DEMANDED / REVEALED / ARRESTED / RUSHED
What do American students recite in the morning, at school ?
The Pledge of Allegiance
What is the name of the very long avenue in New York where there are more than 40 theaters ?
What is the English for "une comédie musicale" ?
Broadway
A musical
Name 4 Scottish legendary creatures.
The selkie, the wulver, the brownie fairy, the Loch Ness monster.
Translate :
"Es-tu déjà allée en Angleterre ?"
"Oui, je suis déjà allée en Angleterre, mais je n'ai pas encore conduit de voiture de course."
Have you ever been to England ?
Yes I have already been to England but I have not driven a race car yet.
Find the irregular forms of the verbs : BUY / BE / SLEEP / WRITE / READ / FIGHT
BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT
BE WAS/WERE BEEN
SLEEP SLEPT SLEPT
WRITE WROTE WRITTEN
READ READ READ
FIGHT FOUGHT FOUGHT
Translate : un casier, un agenda, une trousse, un emploi du temps, la cour de récréation, des élèves (deux versions), les matières scolaires.
a locker, a diary, a pencil case, a timetable, the playground, pupils / students, school subjects
Translate : le coupable, être coupable, un avocat, un témoin, enquêter, une loupe
the culprit, be guilty, a lawyer, a witness, to investigate, a magnifying glass
Translate : de la craie, une jupe écossaise, une cornemuse, manquer (à quelqu'un), être enceinte, irlandais, un château, une jonquille.
chalk, a kilt, a bagpipe, to miss, be pregnant, Irish, a castle, a daffodil.
Translate : construire un abri, faire de la tyrolienne, un naufragé, faire du cerf-volant, une lance, faire de la plongée, un roman, se réchauffer.
to build a shelter, to go ziplining, a castaway, to fly a kite, a spear, to go scubadiving, a novel, to warm up.
Name 3 English idioms.
"It is raining cats and dogs"
"Birds of a feather flock together"
"Let the cat out of the bag"
"Cherry on top" ... etc