1) Where can we get gum from?
_____________We can get gum from trees._(l.2,3 or 11)___________________________

2) Some people thought that it was strange that Santa Anna went to New York. Why?
_____Santa Anna had once fought against the US (l.9)____________________________

3) ‘Chicle’ was only used as chewing gum. Explain.
Adams had actually tried to make things like toys or masks out of “chicle”, but these
experiments failed. (l13, 14)

4) What did Adams’s competitor do to get more customers?
He sent three pieces of gum to every person he could find in the phone book. (l.22-24)

5) Some people aren’t very pleased with chewing gum. Explain.
The people who run our cities dislike gum because they have to clean it off the pavements (so
that people don't step in it.) (l.30-32)

The first engine-powered flight (make) ______________________ by the Wright brothers in 1903. It all (start) __________________________when Orville and Wilbur Wright (see) ___________________ some newspaper articles about Otto Lilienthal’s flights and they (bite) _________________________ by the bug. They also (want / build) ________________________________________ a flying machine.
When the German (kill) ____________________________ in 1896, the brothers
(become) _____________________________even more determined to succeed.
It (take) ____________________________them several years of experiments until they (be able/keep) ___________________________their machine in the air. The first flight by Orville (record) ________________________in a famous photograph.












SOLUTION:

The first engine-powered flight (make) was made by the Wright brothers in 1903. It all (start) started when Orville and Wilbur Wright (see) saw some newspaper articles about Otto Lilienthal’s flights and they (bite) were bitten by the bug. They also (want / build) wanted to build a flying machine.
When the German (kill) was killed in 1896, the brothers (become) became even more determined1 to succeed.
It (take) took them several years of experiments until they (be able/keep) were able to keep their machine in the air. The first flight by Orville (record) was recorded in a famous photograph.

Melanie and her friend Joanna talked about jobs last week. Here’s the dialogue:

11. Melanie: “I won’t do a job which is no fun.”
12. Joanna: “But where can we find such a job?”
13. Melanie: “I don’t know. Have you ever had a really awful job?”
14. Joanna: “Don’t ask me about it, please! I worked in a terrible restaurant.
I would never do it again.”
15. Melanie: “Tell me about it!”

The next day Melanie told her mother everything about this dialogue.
Use the reported speech.

First I said...



SOLUTION:




reported speech:

11. First I said that I wouldn’t do a job which was no fun.
12. Joanne asked where we could find such a job.
13. I answered that I didn’t know. I asked her if she had ever had a really awful job.
14. She told me not to ask her about it. She said she had worked in a terrible restaurant
and would never do it again.
15. I asked her to tell me about it.

This assignment resembles one of the tasks that pupils had to work on in their final exam a couple of years ago.

I want you to write letter to a travel agency to complain about your last vacation. You should write about the place you have been to and what you didn't like about it (e.g. the hotel, the rooms, the climate or whatever you can think of) finally you should tell the agency what you expect them to do to pay you back for the bad trip (money back, another trip etc.).

Write about 150 - 200 words.

One common question in job interviews is "Where do you see yourself in five years?" Today I would like to pass this question on to you. Think about the things you will have achieved by the year 2015. Will you be successful in your job? Will you be married? (ugh!) Will you have attained world domination? (that is not likely if you are married by the way...)

Write about 150 to 200 words.

In order to give you another opportunity to practise the expressions we have talked about today, I would like you to write another letter of application.

You can choose the setting (e.g. the company you are writing to and the job you are applying for) by yourself.

Make sure to use the vocabulary we discussed earlier today.

(about 180 words)

The NASA is looking for young students between the ages of 14-17 to take part in the first manned Mars expedition.

Write a letter of application to the people responsible for the mission and convince them to take you along. (You don't have to be 100% honest about yourself.)

(about 250 words)

You wake up in a backyard. You have no idea. What time it is and where you are. Searching through your pockets you find:

- a pocket knife

- four batteries (AAA)

- a pack of chewing gum

- a little pocket mirror

Not far away you can hear two people talking in some Asian language which you don't understand.
Your objective is to get back to Germany. Write how you would do it. (about 350 words)

You will get bonus points if you use all the items you found in your pockets.

Write a summary of your favourite film/book or video game. You can choose anything you want, but try to write the summary so that somebody who has never heard of the topic, can easily comprehend what it is about.

The summary should be around 350-400 words.