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1 Nyugat-magyarországi Egyetem Regionális Pedagógiai Szolgáltató és Kutató Központ Vasi Géniusz- Tehetségsegítı hálózat a Nyugat-Dunántúlon TÁMOP-3.4.4/B-08/ Angol nyelv Középiskola 1.forduló 1

Tehetségsegítı hálózat a Nyugat-Dunántúlon TÁMOP-3.

2 Kedves Diákok! Köszöntelek benneteket a Vasi Géniusz tehetséggondozó program angol nyelvi csoportjában. A tanév során közösen fogunk dolgozni, hogy nyelvtudásotok, országismereti tájékozottságotok tovább bıvüljön és még jobban megszeressétek az angol nyelvet. A program során öt feladatlapot kell megoldanotok. A feladatlapokat a honlapról tölthetitek le. Itt fognak megjelenni a beküldést követıen a feladatok megoldásai és az elért eredmények is. A feladatmegoldáshoz külön mellékletet találtok. Válasszatok egy négy betőbıl és négy számból álló kódot, amit a nevetek mellék írjatok. Az eredményeteket a honlapon ezzel a kóddal tudjátok majd megnézni. Beküldési határidı: november 12. A tanév során két alkalommal tehetségnapra hívunk benneteket, ahol lehetıség nyílik szakmai elıadások meghallgatására, angol nyelvi tudásotok kipróbálására is. Ezeknek az idıpontjáról külön levébıl tájékozódhattok. Jó munkát kívánok a feladatsorok megoldásához: Kovácsé Wagner Anikó 2

A program során öt feladatlapot kell megoldanotok. A feladatlapokat a http://pszk.nyme.hu honlapról tölthetitek le.

3 VASI GENIUS ANGOL NYELV Középiskola I. forduló 1 THANKSGIVING. Find the answers to the following questions with the help of the following sources. Write your answers on a separate answer sheet. (10p) a) What country did the Pilgrims come from? b) Why did the Pilgrims leave their homeland? c) What exchange did the Pilgrims make for their passage to America? d) Explain why so many Pilgrims became sick during the first winter. e) How did Squanto and Samoset help the Pilgrims survive their first winter? f) Describe how Americans came to celebrate Thanksgiving each November. g) Did all states celebrate Thanksgiving in 1817 as Americans do today? h) Who appointed Thanksgiving as a national holiday? i) When is Thanksgiving celebrated each year? j) When is Thanksgiving celebrated this year? Give the exact date. 2 HOUSES IN ENGLAND. Study the following sites about the history of British homes. Answer the following questions. Write your answers on a separate answer sheet. (10x2p) a) What are the main types of houses people live in England nowadays? b) Can you describe a typical Celtic house? (Shape, roof, walls, building materials, rooms and windows?) 3

c) What exchange did the Pilgrims make for their passage to America? d) Explain why so many Pilgrims became sick during the first winter.

4 c) What are the typical characteristics of Roman villas? Who lived in the villas? What was there inside the villas? d) How would you describe a typical Anglo-Saxon house? (Shape, roof, walls, building materials, rooms and windows?) e) The Vikings lived in long rectangular houses. They were usually one room with a cooking fire in the middle. The smoke escaped through a hole in the roof. Is it rue? f) How can you recognise a Tudor House? (colour, building material, roofs) What is a jetty? g) What does a typical Georgian house look like? (give at least 5 characteristic features) h) What are the typical characteristics of Victorian houses? Compare the homes of the poor and the rich. i) Give the correct dates and names to the pictures. Date A) B) Type of house Date C) D) Type of house 4

htm e) The Vikings lived in long rectangular houses. They were usually one room with a cooking fire in the middle. The smoke escaped through a hole in the roof. Is it rue? http://www.

5 3 WORD FORMATION. Choose the best answer to the question. Write your answers on a separate answer sheet. (5p) a) Traditional British fish and chips may soon become a thing of the past as cod is fast becoming a(n) fish - there may soon be none at all! A) dangerous B) endangered C) danger D) endanger b) It's always a bit depressing when you come back to after a wonderful holiday. A) normal B) normalness C) normality D) normally c) What do you think was the most important ever? Maybe the combustion engine, the internet or the wheel? A)invention B)inventment C)inventor D)inventing d) A formal letter: "Dear Mrs Smith, Thank you for your offer of accommodation during my stay in Brighton. I am pleased to tell you that..." A) kindly B)kind C)unkind D)kindness e) The new management consultant most of the company's problems within a few months. Her advice helped to increase profits and motivate the staff. A) solved B)solution C)soluted D)solve 5

A) dangerous B) endangered C) danger D) endanger b) It's always a bit depressing when you come back to after a wonderful holiday.

6 4 SCOTLAND. Study the following websites and answer the questions. Write your answers on a separate answer sheet. (10p) a) What is the national emblem of Scotland? Can you draw it? b) Who was St. Andrew? What is his connection with Scotland? c) What does the Scottish national flag look like? Can you draw it? Scottish Independence The majority of people in Scotland are in favour breaking away from the rest of the UK and becoming independent, according to a poll taken just before the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union, which united Scotland and England. A pair of Acts of Parliament, passed in 1706 and 1707 that came into effect on May 1, 1707, created Great Britain. The parliaments of both countries were dissolved, and replaced by a new Parliament of Great Britain in Westminster, London. The poll showed support for independence for Scotland is running at 51%. This is the first time since 1998 that support for separation has passed 50%, and the first time since devolution gave power to the country in Six months before elections for the Scottish Parliament, these poll results come as good news to the Scottish Nationalist Party, who are hoping to make progress against Labour and further the cause of an independent Scotland. Many people have become disillusioned with devolution, and believe that the Scottish Parliament has failed to deliver what they had hoped it would; only a tenth have no opinion. In fact, only 39% of those polled want to keep things as they are. Choose the best answer! d) Scotland and England A) have always been united B) want to break up the union. C) have been united for a long time. D) were united by war. e) Great Britain 6

b) Who was St. Andrew? What is his connection with Scotland? c) What does the Scottish national flag look like? Can you draw it?

7 A) was formed by an Act of Parliament in B) was formed by two Acts of Parliament in C) was formed by an Act of Parliament that came into effect on May 1st D) was formed by Acts of Parliament that came into effect on May 1st f) People who want indepence for Scotland. A) are the vast majority. B) are in the minority. C) are the slight majority. D) have decreased in number since devolution g) The majority of people wanted independence for the first time A) before devolution. B) in C) after devolution. D) before and after independence. h) The results of the poll are good news A) for Labour. B) for both parties. C) for the Scottish Nationalist Party. D) for devolution. i) Most people's opinions of devolution A) have gone up. B) have gone down. C) are the same. D) make progress against Labour j) The number of people who want to keep things as they are A) is greater than those that don't know. B) is smaller than those that don't know. C) is increasing. D) is the majority. 7

D) have decreased in number since devolution g) The majority of people wanted independence for the first time A) before devolution. B) in 1999. C) after devolution. D) before and after independence.

8 5 Power Point presentation about Scotland. Prepare a presentation in maximum 6-8 slides about Scotland and send it back (4-6 slides on a page) with your answer sheet. (10p) Examples: GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR TASKS! 8

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