PRISON BREAKS
- Watch the video about Alcatraz. While you watch, make notes and then use them to summarise the main ideas.
- Explain what "institutionalised" means within the context of this scene from Shawshank Redemption.
RELATIVE CLAUSES: Video, explanation, practice
Join these sentences using a relative clause. If it is possible to omit the relative
pronoun, write it in brackets.
1 The man told me you were out. He answered the phone.
The man
2 The museum was shut. We wanted to visit it.
The museum
3 I didn't get the job. I applied for it.
4 The party wasn't very enjoyable. We went to it.
5 The storm caused a lot of damage. Nobody had been expecting it.
6 The postman was late this morning. He is always on time.
How to Choose the Right Career Path in 7 Simple Steps
MODAL VERBS: WILLINGNESS, OBLIGATION, NECESSITY
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Watch the video and complete the expressions.
1 You’re staying with Emma at the moment, if my memory __________ me correctly?
2 I was__________ the impression that you were writing another book?
3 No __________ you heard that from that guy from the radio interview.
4 What __________ out in my mind most is that that interview was a total disaster!
5 I’d __________ a guess that he hadn’t even read my book.
6 __________ , you’re a technician, like Emma’s boyfriend, right?
7 I think I __________ Emma saying that her boyfriend’s a technician at City FM.
8 __________ you’d known, would you still have agreed to meet with me?
LITERATURE
The Hitchhiker, Roald Dahl
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (2002 film trailer)
