Vocabulary
Wie heißt Herausforderung auf Englisch?
challenge
Complete the sentence:
If I ___ more time, I would travel around the world.
If I had more time, I would travel around the world.
The belief that everyone can achieve success through hard work, determination and equal opportunities.
The American Dream
Why does Katniss volunteer for the Hunger Games?
Because she wants to save her younger sister, Prim.
Which tense should you normally use when writing a summary?
The simple present.
Complete the collocation:
greenhouse ________
greenhouse gases
Complete the sentence:
Sarah couldn't get into her house because she __________ (leave) her keys at school.
Sarah couldn't get into her house because she had left her keys at school.
The idea that buying new things can become a compulsion rather than simply a hobby.
Shopping addiction
What is the name of the country in which the Hunger Games take place?
Panem
Name two things you should not do when writing a mediation.
Possible answers:
Which word fits this definition?
"The ability to understand how another person feels."
empathy
Rewrite the sentence using the passive voice:
People speak English all over the world.
English is spoken all over the world (by people).
The process of changing an organism's DNA by using modern technology in order to give it new characteristics.
Genetic engineering
What is the purpose of the Hunger Games from the Capitol's point of view?
To remind the districts of the Capitol's power and to prevent rebellion by keeping the population under control.
In which text type should you support your arguments with evidence from the text?
Text analysis
Give a synonym for important.
Possible answers:
significant, essential, crucial, vital
Choose the correct sentence.
A) I wish I would have more free time.
B) I wish I had more free time.
C) I wish I have more free time.
B) I wish I had more free time.
(wish + past simple for present situations)
The gradual increase in the Earth's average temperature caused mainly by greenhouse gases produced through human activities.
Climate change or global warming
Why do Katniss and Peeta pretend to be in love during the Games?
Because it attracts sponsors, gains public sympathy, and increases their chances of survival.
In which text type do you have to discuss both sides of an argument before giving your own opinion?
Discussion
Explain the difference between borrow and lend.
Borrow means to take something from someone temporarily.
Lend means to give something to someone temporarily.
Find and correct all grammatical mistakes.
If she would have listened more carefully during the lesson, she wouldn't have made so many mistakes in the test, but she said she didn't understood the instructions because the teacher had spoke too fast.
If she had listened more carefully during the lesson, she wouldn't have made so many mistakes in the test, but she said she didn't understand the instructions because the teacher had spoken too fast.
Fehler:
A system in which people are constantly encouraged to buy more goods and define success or happiness through consumption.
Consumerism
At the end of the Games, why do Katniss and Peeta threaten to eat the poisonous berries instead of fighting each other?
They refuse to let the Capitol control them. By threatening to die together, they force the Gamemakers to allow two winners, making it an act of defiance against the Capitol. It symbolises climate change because Arctic sea ice is melting, destroying the polar bear's habitat.
Explain the main purpose of these two text types:
Comment → express and justify your own opinion
Mediation → transfer relevant information for a specific reader/situation