ACTIVIDAD 1

BOOK ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER 1.

II Comprehension questions.

1. Why was Luke’s secretary preparing the room next door?

Because Luke and Jake had a meeting with the company’s directors.

2. Name some of the things in the room:

There were red roses, there was a table, there were crystal glasses, Some lamps and A golden cigarette.

3. What was the cause of the disagreement between Jake and Luke?

Because Jake wanted to construct an office building in the center of the city and Luke had given his word and he wanted to construct a children’s house.

4. What “harmful habit” did Jake have?

He smoke .

5. What’s the old saying that the two men used?

They used “ he who dares, wins”

6. Why had they used the saying?

They used it to motivate each other.

7. Who telephones Luke?

Luke was telephoned by his wife Megan.

8. What was Luke’s favorite meal?

It was the beef curry. Luke loved it.

9. Who was Jake in love with?

He was in love with Megan. His best friend’s wife.

10. What was Jake going to try and persuade the director do?

He wanted to persuade them to construct a luxury and comfortable offices building.

Topics for discussion

1. Do you think Luke and Jake are very different from each other? How?

Yes, I do. Because they had different life styles. Luke was a married man with a beautiful family while Jake was a single man who thought in getting money and prestigious. he was ambitious and he had a “harmful habit” he liked to smokes while Luke hate it.

2. Explain why smoking is considered to be such a harmful habit.

This is considered in that way because many people hate the make produced by cigarettes. Moreover it produces bad breath and a bad smelling in the clothes and hands. This habit makes the teeth yellow.

3. What would you build- a children’s home or an office block? Why?

I would build a children’s home because around the city you can find different building with offices functions but you never find a good place for children that maybe do not have a comfortable and good place where they can live.

4. Do you have a favorite dish? What is it?

My favorite dish is the lasagna.

Activities

A. Imagine that you are going to buy a house. Look at the three buildings below and decided which one you would choose to live in. give reasons for your choice.

I would choose number 3 because I like the comfortable things. I don’t like to live so far from people and the supermarkets. I like th modern things. If I live in the city I can find many different places to visits and where I can buy the things I need.

B. “ a fool and his money are soon parted”

It means that people who don’t care his/her money lose it quickly.

b. “ you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”

People who had done thing during a long time in his/her life can’t change their habits.

c. “ you can’t judge a book by its cover”

People can’t be defined by their appearance, its’ important to meet them.

d. “every cloud has a silver lining”

They mean that it is always possible to get something positive out of a situation, no matter how unpleasant, difficult or even painful it might seem.

e. “better safe than sorry”

This idiom is used to recommend being cautious rather than taking a risk.

Vocabulary exercises

I. Circle the odd one out.

1. gold silver Velvet

2. comfortable Harmful convenient

3. Success discussion conversation

4. Rush riches luxury

5. Gorgeous pretty Awkward

6. Bang buzz Button

7. sound Property. tone

II. Fill in the table below with the correct word.

NOUN ADJETIVE

1.Success

2.Courage

3.Harm

4. Gold

5. Respect

6. Comfort

7. Pride

8. Fright

Successful

Courageous.

harmful

gold

respectful

comfortable

proud

frightful

CHAPTER TWO

II Comprehension questions

1. Why was Jake angry when he left the meeting?

Because the company directors sis not accept his proposal.

2. Who ran to meet Luke when he arrived home?

It was his son Nathan who loves him so much

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3. What did Nathan want to do the next day?

He wanted to go out to ride bike with his father.

4. What animal did they go hunting for?

They wanted to hunt rabbits for dinner.

5. What kind of day was it?

It was a glorious and nice day. It was shiny and it was perfect for hunting.

6. What happened while they were hunting?

Jake wanted to persuade to Luke about the office building.

7. Why didn’t the lorry driver notice them?

Because he was not looking the Luke’s car. He was looking at the pleasant view below.

8. What did Luke shout?

He shout “ get onto your own side of the road”

9. What happened to the car?

The car left the road and disappeared over the hill. It exploded.

III. Topics for discussion.

1. What do you think happened to Luke and Jake?

They suffered an accident and how the car exploded their body were impossible to recognize.

2. What qualities do you look for in friend?

I look for in my friends honest people. People in whom I can trust.

3. What’s your idea of a happy family?

Family based in love. A family where all members can communicate and where they same time as family,

4. What’s the worst accident you’ve ever had or heard of?

The worst accident that I have had, has been when I fell down

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