SESSION 19: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 19: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are True (T) or False (F):

a. 10 Downing Street has sent invitations for Prince William’s wedding.

b. Most of the guests are family and friends of the bride and groom.
c. Around a sixth of those at the wedding ceremony are invited to dinner.
d. Prince Charles is hosting the dinner.
e. The couple met while they were students and lived together.
f. Prince William had to ask the media to back off from Ms Middleton.
g. The couple split up for a year in 2007.
h. Prince William asked Kate to marry him while on holiday in Scotland.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

1. sent out .............. a. remainder
2. disclosed ............ b. finished
3. rest ................... c. held
4. scattering ............ d. flat
5. hosted ................ e. severe
6. apartment ............ f. made it known
7. speculation ........... g. posted
8. intense ................ h. holiday
9. split up ................ i. sprinkling
10. trip ................... j. gossip

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):

1. sent out invitations ....................... a. British politicians
2. Officials have not disclosed ............. b. on 19 October 2010
3. The rest will be leading .................. c. couple
4. go on to attend a .......................... d. media speculation
5. close friends of the happy ............... e. their distance
6. They began ................................. f. for the wedding
7. the subject of considerable .............. g. hounded his mother
8. ask the paparazzi to keep ................ h. who is invited
9. painful memories of how the media .... i. dating in 2003
10. William proposed to Kate ............... j. celebration reception

1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:

GROUP - REST - CEREMONY - COUPLE - INVITATIONS - THOSE - INVITES - CELEBRITIES

Buckingham Palace has sent out (1) ____________ for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Officials have not disclosed who is (2) ____________ but journalists who follow the royal family say half of the guests are family and friends. The (3) ____________ will be leading British politicians, VIPs from all over the world, and a scattering of stars and (4) ____________. Of those invited to the (5) ____________ at London’s Westminster Abbey on April 29, a third will go on to attend a celebration reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth, and then half of (6) ____________ will go on to a dinner party hosted by Prince Charles, William’s father. This select (7) ____________ will be family and close friends of the happy (8) ____________. It is expected they will go on honeymoon the following day.

KEEP - PROPOSED - ACADEMY - SPLIT - DATING - EVENTS - PAINFUL - MEDIA

Prince William and Kate Middleton met at St. Andrew’s University in Scotland. They began (9) ____________ in 2003 and shared an apartment together. Their relationship became the subject of considerable (10) ____________ speculation from the very beginning. This intensified after Ms Middleton attended a special parade when William graduated from the Sandhurst military (11) ____________. The attention from the press became so intense that William had to ask the paparazzi to (12) ____________ their distance and respect Ms Middleton’s privacy. William has (13) ____________ memories of how the media hounded his mother, Princess Diana. In 2007, there were reports that the couple had (14) ____________ up, even though they were regularly seen together at various high-profile (15) ____________ and holidays. Prince William (16) ____________ to Kate on 19 October 2010 on a trip to Kenya.