NB 1 A day in the life of the Poslett family - SOLUTION

Thank you for your answers. You did really well. Congratulations!

Just in case, here are the answers:

1 5:30am

2 4:30am

3 goes shopping

4 reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, history, general knowledge and
scripture

5 1000

6 takes John and the girls their dinner - bread and
butter and some fish for John

7 goes to the market and buys sugar, butter, tea, mutton joint, some bacon and maybe sausages

8 a bath.

NB1A WHO IS WHO IN YOUR CLASS?

Dear NB1A students,

It's your turn to guess who has these daily routines.

Do you know your classmates well? If you know the answers, write a comment to this post.

_______1 ________ has breakfast at 7:30 and then, goes to work in a school at 8: 00 in the morning. She leaves work at 3:00 and has lunch at home at 3:30. She has dinner and watches the news on TV at 9:00. Then, she goes to bed at 23:30.

________ 2 _________ gets up at 6:45. He is a computer technician. He starts work at 9:00. He doesn’t have lunch in his office. He works in a bank and has dinner at home at 21:00. He goes to bed at 23:00.

NB2 STUDENTS

Well done to all of you who answered the questions about the false sentences. And ... you even found an extra one! This is the solution:

2. The French revolution started in 1789.
3. The first modern Olympic games were in Athens in 1896.
5. Christmas became a national holiday in 1890.
7. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born in 569 AD.
9. Workers first discovered Neanderthal man in Germany.
11. Christopher Columbus first arrived in America in 1492.

and the one you found out:
6. Until 1967, people drove on the left of the road in Sweden.

NB1D WHO IS WHO IN YOUR CLASS?

Dear NB1D students,

I have typed the paragraphs that you wrote in pairs and now it's your turn to guess who each paragraph is about.

Do you know your classmates well? If you know the answers, write a comment to this post.

_______ 1 _______ gets up at 7.30 a.m. She has breakfast at 7.40. She plays basketball at seven o’clock in the afternoon. She goes to school every day. Her home is in Madrid but she is from Valencia. She has dinner in her house two times a week.

_______ 2 _______ has breakfast at five past eight and he has coffee and a croissant. He leaves home at 8.15 and he goes to school. He studies English in Alameda de Osuna School. He plays videogames at eight in the evening.

_______ 3 _______ gets up at 8.30. He has breakfast at home every day. He goes to work at 9.10. He works in an office and has lunch there. He leaves work at 5 and he gets home at 5.30. He lives in Madrid. Miguel likes his city. He has dinner at 10 and he watches TV every day.

_______ 4 _______ gets up at 15:30 and he has breakfast at 16:00. He has lunch at home at 21:30 and then he goes to work by car. He has dinner at work at 2.30. He leaves work at 7.00 and arrives home at 7.15. Then, he goes to sleep at 9.30.

______ 5 ________ gets up at 7 o’clock. She leaves home at 8 o’clock. She goes to work at 9. She works at the university. She has breakfast at 10.30: coffee with milk. She leaves work at 3. She has lunch in her house at half past three. She goes to class to Alameda de Osuna School at 5. She watches films on TV.

NB1 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

It is always a good idea to go back to what we know. If you want to check again the pronunciation of basic words that we learnt in unit 1, click here .

NB 1 A day in the life of the Poslett family

This activity will help you find specific information in a text. You do not need to understand every word that you read. Just focus on finding the answers to the questions. You are going to find out about the Poslett family who lived in Victorian England in 1874. The website is going to tell you all about their daily routine.

Click on the days of the week on the left side of the page and answer these questions:
1 What time does John get up on Monday?
2 What time does Elizabeth get up on Monday?
3 What does Alice do on Tuesday when she gets home?
4 What does Frank learn at school on Tuesday?
5 How many people work in the factory on Wednesday?
6 What does Elizabeth do at 12 o'clock on Wednesday?
7 What does Elizabeth do on Saturday morning? What does she buy?
8 What do all the family have on Sunday evening?

NB2 STUDENTS

HISTORICAL FACT OR FICTION?

If you remember, we’ve done the first part of this activity in class by finding the missing information but I would like you to finish it:

Which six sentences do you think are false?

1. The White House was originally grey before they painted it white.
2. The French revolution started in 1788.
3. The first modern Olympic Games were in Athens in 1796.
4. Concorde started flying in 1969.
5. Christmas became a national holiday in the USA in 1790.
6. Until 1965, people drove on the left of the road in Sweden.
7. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born in 469 AD.
8. Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel into space.
9. Workers first discovered Neanderthal man in France.
10. Gandhi studied in England when he was a young man.
11. Christopher Columbus first arrived in America in 1392.
12. Mozart grew up in Austria.

NB1- SOLUTION TO THE BRAIN TEASER

Well done!

The answer to question 1 is: my son.

The answer to question 2 is: the adult is the little Indian's mother. The word 'adult' is used for both men and women.