SESSION 5: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 5: 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. The father of "Baloon Boy" is now in prison.
b. The father told reporters the incident was not a publicity stunt.
c. Many Americans glued their hands to their television screens.
d. Flights from Denver to overseas destinations were disrupted.
e. The father makes a lot of money working as a scientist.
f. The father went on the Larry King show and made some jokes.
g. The police believe the father wanted to get a lot of public attention.
h. The police said the father would face criminal charges.

1.2 SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. massive .................... a. under
2. noting more than ......... b. fixed
3. live ......................... c. looking for
4. glued ....................... d. story
5. dashed ..................... e. simply
6. shocked .................... f. huge
7. version ..................... g. happening
8. beneath .................... h. upset
9. seeking ..................... i. in real time
10. incident ................... j. hurried

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one option is possible):
1. a massive emergency ............... a. a small attic
2. nothing more than a publicity ..... b. to their sets
3. a giant helium- ...................... c. down in a field
4. TV viewers were glued ............. d. no hoax
5. The balloon eventually came ...... e. rescue operation
6. an amateur scientist ................ f. all a big joke
7. people thought it was .............. g. charges filed
8. hidden for four hours in ............ h. stunt
9. there will be some criminal ....... i. filled balloon
10. it was absolutely .................. j. and inventor

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

FILLED - CANCELLED - QUESTION - GLUED - CHARGE - FIELD - OPERATION - LIVE

Police in Colorado, USA, are to __________ a man who started a massive emergency rescue __________ for his son. It seems the search may have been nothing more than a publicity stunt. Richard Heene, the man in __________, had the emergency services scrambling after a giant helium-__________ balloon on Thursday. He told the police his six-year-old son was inside the balloon. The chase for the balloon was __________ on American television. Millions of TV viewers were __________ to their sets as helicopters and patrol cars pursued the UFO-shaped balloon. Flights were __________ at the Denver International Airport. The balloon eventually came down in a __________. Police officers dashed to it to rescue the boy, but no one was inside.

SEEKING - VERSION - HOAX - SCIENTIST - FLOATED - APPEARED - INCIDENT - BENEATH

Mr. Heene is an amateur __________ and inventor. He is shocked that people think it was all a publicity stunt. He __________ on the Larry King show and said he was appalled people thought it was all a big joke. His __________ of events is that his son crawled into a small compartment __________ the balloon. The balloon then broke free from where it was tied in the garden and __________ away. Suspicions arose when the boy, named Falcon, stated he had hidden for four hours in a small attic above the garage. Police believe Mr. Heene was __________ publicity. Sherriff Jim Alderden told reporters: "We do anticipate...there will be some criminal charges files in respect to this __________." Heene told reporters it was "absolutely no __________".