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. Whitney Houston died at her home in Beverly Hills.

b. Ms Houston had just received an award for her life spent singing.

c. Police took her body away to escape the media glare.
d. Police told Ms Houston’s closest relatives about her death.
e. Whitney Houston had a very famous aunt who was an actor.
f. Ms Houston sold over 170 million CDs, singles and videos.
g. The article describes her marriage as being a stony one.
h. The singer Rihanna said she could not speak, only cry.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. passed away ................ a. renowned
2. achievement ............... b. gave
3. administered ............... c. important
4. chaos ........................ d. accolades
5. kin ........................... e. died
6. influential ................... f. relatives
7. legendary ................... g. accomplishment
8. prizes ....................... h. flooded
9. rocky ........................ i. havoc
10. poured ..................... j. troubled

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):
1. Whitney Houston has passed away  ......... a. kin
2. just hours before she was .................... b. is not yet known
3. receive a lifetime ............................. c. by the press
4. The cause of her death ....................... d. to appear
5. next of .......................................... e. aged 48
6. She was born ................................... f. poured in
7. worldwide ...................................... g. relationship
8. They had a rocky .............................. h. achievement award
9. widely covered ................................ i. hit
10. Tributes to her have ......................... j. into a musical family

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

AVOID - RECEIVE - KIN - PASSED - COVER - APPEAR - CEREMONY - CAUSE

Pop superstar Whitney Houston has (1) ____________ away aged 48. The blues and soul songstress died in a Beverly Hills hotel room on Sunday, just hours before she was to (2) ____________ at a pre-Grammy Awards party. Ms Houston was expected to     (3) ____________ a lifetime achievement award at the main     (4) ____________. Medics arrived at her room around 3.43 pm and administered CPR. She was pronounced dead 12 minutes later. The (5) ____________ of her death is not yet known. Her body was quickly removed from the hotel to (6) ____________ the chaos of the world’s media, which had congregated to         (7) ____________ the story. A police officer told reporters: "She has been positively identified by friends and family…and next of (8) ____________ have already been notified.”

USE - RELEASED - WIDELY - HIT - INFLUENTIAL - TEARS - LEGENDARY- ROCKY

Whitney Houston was one of the world’s most (9) ____________, successful and popular singers. She was born into a musical family. Her mother Cissy was a gospel singer and her aunt was the (10) ____________ Dionne Warwick. Houston won six Grammy awards among many other top prizes. She (11) ____________ seven studio albums and sold over 170 million CDs, singles and videos. Her most famous song is her worldwide (12) ____________, "I Will Always Love You." In 1992, she married soul singer Bobby Brown. They had a (13) ____________ relationship that was (14) ____________ covered by the press. The last 10 years of her life were dominated by drug (15) ____________. Tributes to her have poured in from the world’s music superstars. Rihanna posted on Twitter: "No words, just (16) ____________."