207 UNIT 3 In the Past

Improve your vocabulary with exercises

VOCABULARY

Improve your skills with exercices

GRAMMAR

Telling stories with order and hierarchy is essential.

FINAL TASK

Olympic Legacy

Activity 5

Rising from the Ashes

Activity 4

Present a 19th-century London monument

Activity 3

London is burning

Activity 2

Create a timeline of the history of London

Activity 1

In the Past

UNIT 3

Activity 1

WEBQUEST - Create a timeline of the history of london

Do part 1 of Activity 1, and then click on the YouTube logo to access the video.

Activity 2

Click on the appropriate level, and do the reading activities.

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Commemoration of the Great Fire, Royal Mail (2016)

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WITH ITS FAMOUS GREAT DOME, SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN’S BAROQUE MASTERPIECE, ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, HAS REINVENTED ITSELF TIME AFTER TIME AND NOW STANDS AS A TRUE ICON OF THE LONDON SKYLINE […] This spectacular building is the fifth, or possibly the sixth cathedral to stand on this site, but its mighty dome has been a reassuring presence for Londoners for more than 300 years. During the Second World War Winston Churchill commanded that, whatever else happened, St Paul’s must be saved from the bombs. Yet this cathedral would not be here had it not been for another of the most terrifying episodes in London’s history. It is currently celebrating the 300th anniversary of its completion in 1710 but the building’s history really began on the night of 2 September, 1666, when a fire in a baker’s shop on Pudding Lane, a few hundred yards to the south-east, got out of control and started to spread through the wooden houses that lined and leaned across the narrow city streets. […] Sir Christopher Wren was 33 years old in September 1666 and already Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University. He submitted a plan for a whole new London, based on broad avenues and piazzas, within ten days of the fire. The city’s traders and householders, returning to rebuild their homes and businesses, would never have allowed that but Wren was to leave his mark on London in the rebuilding of 51 churches damaged or destroyed in the fire – and at St Paul’s. […]The cathedral did rise again. It took 35 years, from 1675 to 1710. The symmetry and mathematical precision of the building and the pale white Portland stone from which it was constructed were in complete contrast to the beautiful but often improvised and irregular features of the medieval cathedrals. […] He lived to see the cathedral completed and became the first person to be interred here after his death in 1723, at the age of 91. […] From [the top of the building] you will have sensational views and even more respect both for the people who built it and for the fire wardens who doused fires that could have destroyed it every night during the Blitz. Churchill and Londoners got their wish and the cathedral, like Britain itself, survived. Everyone who visits it today will hope it can last forever.

Activity 3

SPEAKING TASK - Present an iconic london monument

1/ Choose one of the following iconic monuments: The Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, St Pancras station, the Midland Hotel (now called the St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel), Nelson’s Column, the Royal Albert Hall, the Natural History Museum, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, the Shard2/ Look for information : say when it was built, who designed it, its characteristics, important events in its history, its evolution.3/ End your presentation by explaining why this monument is iconic.4/ Record your presentation (1 min. to 1 min. 30) and email it to jvinet@saint-gab.com Use the past tense, numbers, the passive voice (when necessary), and the dates.

Natural History Museum

individual work

Activity 4

Click "Next" to read the text and do the reading activities.

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https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-london/ww2-rebuilding-london

Activity 5

Check the Collins Dictionary website, and then do the activities.

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final task

SPEAKING

YOUR TASK: Present a historical object linked to London’s past. You work for the Museum of London, and you are in charge of the preparation of the exhibition entitled “A History of London Through Objects,” where historical objects representative of the history of London history will be on display. Choose an object among those suggested, prepare and record its presentation. Speak between 1 minute and 1 minute ½.

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a/ Pick an object, and use your timeline to find which time period and / or event it is linked with.b/ Use the Internet to look for information.c/ Prepare your presentation, which should include the following elements. 1/ GENERAL PRESENTATION: present the exhibition and your object. 2/ LINK WITH THE PAST: say what moment in the history of London, and what monument/place your object represents. 3/ HISTORY: talk about the moment in the history of London and the monument/place your object represents. 4/ Invite the listener to move on to the next object.d/ Record your presentation On the audio file, write your full name + class

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instructions

CHECKLIST Pour mener cette mission à bien, je dois utiliser : - Le prétérit simple (forme affirmative et négative), les verbes réguliers et irréguliers, - La voix passive - Les repères de temps passé, - Les années, - La prononciation de la terminaison –ed, - La prononciation des noms propres relatifs à Londres et son histoire.

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GRAMMAR

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La voix passive

Les années

Le prétérit

Cours et exercices en ligne

Exercice supplémentaire

Exercice niveau

Exercice niveau

Exercice niveau

Les verbes irréguliers

La prononciation de la terminaison -ed

La terminaison -ed

Vocabulary

Activity 2

Activity 4

Activity 5