SESSION 7: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 7: 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. Many children in Mumbai, India have become millionaires.
b. The two child stars from the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" live in a slum.
c. The two children are moving to Los Angeles.
d. Movie studios are interested in the children acting in Bollywood films.
e. "Slumdog" director said children would rub the shoulders of stars.
f. The director is looking after the education of his two young stars.
g. One of the children said she was afraid of going to the Oscars.
h. The actors who played Jamal and Latika are dating in real life.


1.2 SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. movie ...................... a. gossip
2. attend ..................... b. exchange
3. imitating .................. c. wonderful
4. swap ....................... d. go to
5. tale ......................... e. pay for
6. fantastic ................... f. story
7. fund ........................ g. film
8. fate ........................ h. relationship
9. rumours ................... i. copying
10. romance ................. j. destiny

1.3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
1. The two child ................................... a. the movie was filmed
2. the Mumbai slums where ...................... b. to show her friends
3. an example of life .............................. c. stars from the hit movie
4. swap the poverty of their daily lives for ... d. education
5. It could turn out to be a rags- ................ e. shoulders with the stars
6. the pair would rub ............................. f. the riches and glamour
7. fund all of the children´s ...................... g. to-riches tale
8. your fate is ...................................... h. imitating art
9. she would take lots of photos ................ i. romance
10. on-screen ....................................... j. so good

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

POOREST - SLUMS - SWAP - ENQUIRIES - WAY - LEAST - ART - RICHES

The two child stars from the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" are on their __________ to Los Angeles to attend the Oscars ceremony. The two children, Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, actually live in the Mumbai __________ where the movie was filmed. Their trip to Hollywood is an example of life imitating __________ . The movie tells the story of how a teenager from one of the __________ parts of India becomes a millionaire. Little Rubina and Azharuddin will now do the same, for a weekend at __________.They will __________ the poverty of their daily lives for the riches and glamour of the movie world´s biggest night. It could turn out to be a rags-to-__________ tale for the young stars. They are already getting many __________ from India´s film studios about acting in Bollywood movies.

SCARED - RUB - ROMANCE - EXCITED - CARPET - REAL - FATE - WAIT

"Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle said he was very __________ for the two young stars. He said it was fantastic that the pair would __________ shoulders with the stars on the famous red __________ . Boyle has already promised to fund all of the children´s education. Nine-year-old Rubina said she couldn´t __________ to arrive in L.A. She told the AP news agency: "I´m very happy that I´m going to the Oscars...My friends are saying, 'your __________ is so good'." She said she wasn´t __________ and that she would take lots of photos to show her friends in Mumbai. Meanwhile, there are more rumours of life copying art. The on-screen __________ between Jamal, played by 18-year-old Dev Patel, and Latika, played by Freida Pinto, 24, may be happening for __________.