Questions for Practice Listening Exam

1. Where does Casey start his journey?
2. How many degrees is it in Paris?
3. How does the audience know that this is an unplanned trip?
4. Why is the effect of the P.O.V camera?
5. How is the airplane food presented to us? What two reasons could there be for filming it this way?
6. In your opinion? why does Casey run in several scenes in the film?
7. What is the effect of him “continuing to run” but the scene changing behind him?
8. What is the effect of the use of the personal pronouns used throughout?
9. Why does the music stop when he is above the water?
10. What effect does filming the jump in slow-motion have?
11. Name at least 5 places that he visits during his trip…
12. What moments can be described as humorous? Why are they included at this point?
13. What moments can be described as sad/ poignant/ sobering? Why are they included at this point?
14. What is the key message of the story to the audience (imperative, two words!)
15. Why do the lyrics of the song tie in with the final scene in the story? (Identify the lyrics and consider the impact of the final scene of the story)
16. What effect does the marker pen being drawn throughout on the world map have?
17. What famous brand is he “advertising” here? 

Copy these questions into a word document. 

Split the questions into three groups:

Easy to answer/ identify

Difficult to remember and explain

Opinion, able to reflect individually

STORY TELLING - Connectives

Therefore / Consequently / Hence/ Thus = as a result / for this reason

Example: The little girl could not reach the doll, and could not help it down, and therefore she cried.

(Even) Though / Although / In spite of / despite

•Example :

–Although he didn’t quite trust her, he decided that the best option was to follow her.

–In spite of not quite trusting her, he decided that the best option was to follow her.

Otherwise/ Unless

•Example :

–He had to do it, otherwise his peers would mock him forerver.

–He had to do it, unless he wanted his peers to mock him forever.

Furthermore / Moreover / Besides = In addition / Another thing

•Example : This governor is an incompetent leader. Furthermore, his government is financially irresponsible.

However / Nevertheless

Example:

He was petrified and he was shaking. However, he continued down the creepy corridor.

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=233 (EXERCISE 3 ONLY!)

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1792

Short story: Creating a narrative

For the first lesson back, you must write a longer version of this story.

Your story must be exactly 120 words.

Printed out or hand written.

You must use the grammar and the vocab sent to you in the email.

This is due in: First Lesson Back

STORY TELLING - Adverbs

Adverbs of Frequency



http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_bgadverbfreq.htm

Adverbs of Manner

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/advman2.htm

STORY TELLING - Past Tenses

Past Simple and Past Perfect



https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/exercises
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/exercises?ex03
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/exercises?ex05

STORY TELLING - Should have + Past participle

We can use 'should have' to talk about past events that did not happen.

• I should have let her know what was happening but I forgot.
• He should have sent everybody a reminder by email.
• They should have remembered that their guests don't eat pork.

We can also use 'should have' to speculate about events that may or may not have happened.

• She should have got the letter this morning. I expect she'll give us a call about it later.
• He should have arrived at his office by now. Let's try ringing him.
• They should have all read that first email by this stage. It's time to send the next one.

We can use ' should not have'  to speculate negatively about what may or may not have happened.

• She shouldn't have left work yet. I'll call her office.
• He shouldn't have boarded his plane yet. We can probably still get hold of him.
• They shouldn't have sent the report off for printing yet. There is still time to make changes.

We can also use 'should not have'  to regret past actions.

• I shouldn't have shouted at you. I apologise.
• We shouldn't have left the office so late. We should have anticipated this bad traffic.
• They shouldn't have sacked him. He was the most creative person on their team.

Exercises:

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/shouldhave/exercise5.html

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/shouldhave/exercise6.html

Adjective Order

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl_adjectiveorder4.html#

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/adjorder.html

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord1.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6877