Lesson 11 Worksheet

Activity 1 Making questions 1. You are going to fill in the questions-words who (1 X), where (1 X) what (3 X), when (1 X), how( 3 X), which (1 X) and why (2 X) to complete the questions that correspond with the answers that follow, in a text about a famous English heroine. The underlined words in the answer indicate which question-word is appropriate. 1. Question: _____ is this famous English heroine? Answer: This heroine is Edith Cavell 2. Question:_____ was Edith Cavell's profession? Answer: Edith Cavell was a nurse 3. Question:_____ did she do to become a famous heroine Answer: She helped British and French, prisoners-of-war escape from the Germans during the war 4. Question: _____ war was this? Answer: It was World War I (1914 - 1918) 5. Question: _____ was she at this time? Answer: She was in Belgium, which was occupied by the German troops. 6. Question: _____ was she doing in Belgium? Answer: She was working in Belgium, in a hosptial, because she felt it was her duty to help military and civilian war casualties 7. Question: _____ did she help the prisoners-of-war escape? Answer: She hid the wounded prisoners of war in the cellar of the hospital and then smuggled them out of the country, with help from the underground. 8. Question: _____ many people did she help to escape? Answer: She helped 200 soldiers escape before the Germans found out about her activities. 9. Question: _____ did they find out? Answer: They found out in 1915, when they saw letters with information about her activities. 10. Question: _____ happened to Edith Cavell after that? Answer: The German Secret Police arrested her and interrogated her. After 72 hours of interrogation, Edith confessed to helping British and French prisoners escape. 11. Question: _____ did Edith Cavell confess? Answer: She confessed because she was tricked. The police told her that her friends had betrayed her and had given them all the information they needed. Soon after that she was taken to trial and sentenced to death. Two days later she is executed. 2. Form pairs. Compare the question-words you have filled in. Discuss the words on which

you differ, focussing on the underlined words in the answer that are underlined. What clues do they give you? 3. Look at the questions and answers again. Look at the order of the subject (noun or pronoun) and the verb. What are the differences between the order in the questions and in the answers? Try to formulate a rule about the difference in the order. Activity 2 1. You are going to watch a short film about the firefighters of 9/11. 2. Before you watch the film, discuss the following with your neighbour What happened on 9/11? What was the role of the firefighters? How did people feel about the way the firefighters did their job?

3. Watch the film and while you are watching, think about four things you see in the film, you would like to know more about. 4. Write down four questions you would like to know about 9/11 and the firefighters 5. Form pairs and discuss the questions you have written, Concentrating on the form: is the word order correct? Comparing the content of your questions: do you have similar questions or are they completely different? 6. Make one common list of at least six questions you both agree on. 7. Present your list to the class.

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