« A murder story »

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Part One :

« A murder story »

June 22nd 1958 was Jeremy Travers’ sixtieth birthday. He had dinner at his country house with his wife, Amanda, his daughter Barbara, his business partner, Gordon, and his secretary, Claudia. Next morning, when Amanda Travers went to her husband’s bedroom, she found him in bed… dead!

Source: English File, Elementary Student’s Book, Oxford University Press, p. 60-63

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1. Go to the following link and find out what happened to Jeremy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=eTujkkHwu10&list=TLPQMDUwNjIwMjBh9nrbIyTR0Q&index=1

2. Listen to the interrogation. How do Amanda, Barbara, Gordon and Claudia answer to inspector Gordon’s questions? Complete the chart below in French.

Amanda Barbara Gordon Claudia

What did they do after dinner?

What time did they go to bed?

Did they hear anything?

Possible motive?

3. What happened? Who was the murderer? Why did he/ she kill Mr Travers? Answer in French.

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Part Two :

« A country house to rent »

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Larry and Louise are a young couple from the USA. They want to rent the country house that’s being described in the advertisement. Do you recognize it?

It’s the Travers’ house…

1. Read the advertisement. Do you understand the vocabulary? To make sure you do, complete the Vocabulary Bank in your Student’s Book on page 161.

2. Go to the following link and follow the couple’s visit of the house.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEh_dWx4EcY&list=TLPQMDUwNjIwMjBh9nrbIyTR0Q&index=2

3. Listen to the dialogue. What do you learn about the description of the house? Check your understanding by completing the following column in French.

Description & information about the room(s) Ground floor

Upstairs

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4. Answer the following questions in French:

 How old is the house?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 What does Louise say about one of the bedrooms? Whose bedroom was it?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 Larry and Louise go to a local pub and have something to drink. What do they have to drink? Why?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 In the bar, what does the barman tell them….

o about what happened to the house ?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o about Barbara?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o About what happened to the house later?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 What do Larry and Louise decide to do?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Part Three :

« Some grammar

(past simple (regular & irregular verbs) + there is / there are)

& vocabulary exercises

(the house)

»

Go to the following link and conjugate the (regular and irregular verbs) (without cheating) in the simple past. You’ll definitely recognize the text �  https://www.learnclick.net/cloze/show/5087

Take your Student’s Book on page 138-139. Read & understand the theory on page 138 (8a) and do the exercises on page 139 (8a).

Take your WorkBook on page 50-51 and do the exercises 1a & 1b + 2a & 2b.

Take your WorkBook on page 52 and complete the exercises 2a & 2b.

Take your Student’s Book on page 138-139. Read & understand the theory on p. 138 (8B) and do the exercises in your SB on page 139 (8B) and in your WB p. 52 exercises 1a, 1b & 1C

Go to the following links and try to complete the exercises online. Don’t forget to check your answers.

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/there_is_there_are.htm https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/there_is_there_are3.htm

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Part four :

« A little writing exercise »

1. Take a picture of your bedroom or any other room in your house/apartment and describe it (+/- 70 words). Use the sentence structure there is/there are and the new vocabulary you’ve learned (the house) to do so.

Picture: Description: