These are some revision exercises for next week’s test. Please first watch this useful presentation and then, do all these activities online. Once you are done, copy the right answers on your worksheet.
Exercise 1-Modals: can, could, have to, must, might, should
Exercise 2: Modals in the past
Ready for a different lesson?
Desperate housewives: you are going to watch the first episode. Pay attention to all details and then answer the multiple-choice test on the worksheet:
1-Mary Alice Young
a) Painted the garden fence and did the laundry before killing herself
b) Made breakfast, performed her chores, completed her projects and ran her errands before committing suicide
c) Made waffles for breakfast and went running before killing herself with a revolver that had never been used
2-The body was discovered by Martha, who thought of a reason to go and see what was going on… The excuse was…
a) She had to return a blender she had borrowed from Mary Alice
b) She had to borrow some sugar from Mary Alice
c) She was worried about her neighbor having had a domestic accident
3-After the funeral everybody went to pay their respects and brought…
a) Some presents
b) Some candies
c) Some food
4-Choose the right answer:
Lynette: “You are going to behave now / today. I am not gonna be humiliated in front of the entire neighborhood. And, just so you know that I’m serious / kidding, I am…
[takes a piece of paper out of her pocket]
Porter Scavo: What’s that / this?
Lynette: Santa’s mobile / cell-phone number!
Preston Scavo: How’d you get / got that?
Lynette: I know someone, who knows somebody / someone, who knows an elf. And if any of you acts up, so help me I will call Santa and tell him you want socks / pants for Christmas! Are you willing to risk / do that?
5-Lynette Scavo, Gabrielle Solis, Bree Van de Kamp and Susan Mayer brought the Youngs some food, what did they bring?
a) Fried chicken, Mediterranean paella, two baskets of desserts and muffins, spaghetti
b) Roast chicken, salty paella, two baskets of desserts and muffins, spaghetti
c) Fried chicken, spicy paella, two baskets of desserts and muffins, macaroni and cheese
6-Who said “we all have moments of desperation, but if we can face them head on, that’s when we find out how strong we really are.”
a) Susan Mayer
b) Mary Alice Young
c) Bree Van de Kamp
And that’s all for today!
