Activity 1: LITERATURE

“What does this parallel reading reveal about how Chaucer has been read and studied across the
centuries?”

Based on the two readings proposed, John Sutherland's article 'Filthy Chaucer' and the extract
from William Lipscomb's Preface to an 18th-century edition of the Tales, I can deduce that the
language that Chaucer used within his literary work is rather ordinary and obscene, which is an
aspect difficult to understand due to his knowledge and status of diplomacy at the time.

First of all, both proposed readings date from different temporal contexts, one is from the 18 th
century and the other from the 21 st century, and both show an analysis regarding The Canterbury
Tales that denotes the importance of the author's writing. In the 18 th century, the parts considered
obscene in the adaptation of the tales were directly omitted, but in the 21 st century a deeper
analysis is given place since the original writing of Chaucer is not censored.

Another essential point to analyse is the idea that, nowadays, the examination boards consider
that Chaucer’s poems attracts the attention of young adolescents precisely because of the themes
he deals with and the ordinary language in which the tales are written, without mincing words.
What is more, it is considered that students will receive a misconception regarding civic citizenship
education if the tales are not contextualized at the time they were written, that is, the Middle
Ages.

To conclude this essay, Chaucer’s literary work has been read and studied across the centuries in a
way that, although the language used in The Canterbury Tales is not the most appropriate within
the academic parameters of traditional education, we must not censor such a masterpiece as it
helps us to better understand the different aspects of 14 th century society and culture.

Activity 2: Grammar and Vocabulary

Modals and Semi-modals

A. Circle the correct word or phrase:

1. Couldn´t – could
2. Could
3. Could – both options
4. Could
5. Both options
6. Managed to
7. Have gone
8. Be able to
9. Will humans be able to
10. May
11. Have caught
12. Can´t
13. Both options
14. May
 15. Were allowed to
B. Write a verb form the box in the correct form in each gap:
1. Do
2. Feel
3. To recover
4. Invite
5. Have
6. To sit
7. Eat
8. Speak
9. To work
10. Have stood
11. Be provided
12. Have gone
C. If the word in bold is correct put a tick. If it is incorrect, rewrite it correctly:
1. Get
2. Have
3. Given
4. Had
5. Should
6. CORRECT
7. Might
8. CORRECT
9. Better
10. Will
11. Would
12. Could
D. Write a verb or a short phrase in each gap so that the second sentence has a similar
meaning to the first sentence:
1. Better to see
2. Jerry would forget to feed the cat, wouldn´t he?
3. Could have invited
4. Shouldn´t have bought
5. Teenagers do make so much noise, don´t they?
6. May as well see
7. Hadn´t you
8. You probably ought to have asked Dad what he thought.
E. Write a word from the box in each gap. You will need two of the words twice.
1. Needn´t
2. Have
3. Needn´t
4. Had
5. Doesn´t
6. Will
7. Have
 8. Has
9. Must
10. Got
F. Complete using must, have to, need or need to in the correct form and the correct form
of the word in brackets.
1. Don´t have to pay
2. Need to be kept
3. Doesn´t need picking up
4. Won´t have to rely
5. Must be sent off
6. Had to get
7. Did you need to make
8. Mustn´t believe
9. Didn´t have to put
10. Do farmers need to get up
11. To have to commute
12. Needn´t have done
G. Write one word in each gap:
1. To
2. Done
3. Ought
4. Do
5. To
6. Got
7. Should
8. Need
9. Had
10. Well
11. Will
12. Be
13. Should
14. Need
15. Had
H. Circle the correct word or phrase:
1. That must
2. Be
3. Can´t
4. Must
5. Both options
6. Wouldn´t
7. Both options
8. Might
9. Have landed
10. Might
I. Complete the second sentence using the word given.
 1. May not have gone
2. May well been lying
3. Must have been awarded the medal
4. Ought not to have arrived
5. Will the winner not have been
6. May well have been
7. Can´t be
J. Choose the correct answer:
1. Won´t be able to
2. Could have looked
3. Hadn´t
4. Could
5. Don´t students have to attend
6. Might
7. Have been told
8. Had better
9. Didn´t need to buy
10. Have to

Communication and the Media

A. Complete using the correct form of the words in the boxes:

1. Exaggerating
2. Contradicted
3. Boast
4. Flattering
5. Assert
6. Insist
7. Alleged
8. Utter
9. Confide
10. Confirm
11. Disclosed
12. Convey
13. Murmuring
14. Stumbles
15. Stuttering
16. Mumble
17. Raving
18. Scribbling
19. Quibbling
20. Rants
21. Tip
22. Clarification
23. Gist
 24. Context
B. Circle the correct word:
1. Jargon
2. Comprehend
3. Vague
4. Ambiguous
5. Inkling
6. Illegible
7. Denounce
8. Blunt
9. Petition
C. Write a word from the box in each gap:
1. Pre-recorded
2. Correspondent
3. Spine
4. Anchor
5. Coverage
6. Trailer
7. Caption
8. Footnote
9. Broadcast
10. Pamphlet
D. Write a verb from the box in the correct form in each gap:
1. Columnist
2. Supplements
3. Subtitles
4. Manifesto
5. Handbook
6. Novelist
7. Critic
8. Reviewer
9. Tabloid
10. Ghost-writers
E. Write a phrasal verb from the box in the correct form in each gap:
1. Pass on
2. Blurted it out
3. Talk him round
4. Get my point of view across
5. Talked the whole thing over
6. Speak out
7. Shouted down
8. Dry up
F. Write one word in each gap:
1. Let
2. Come
 3. Gets
4. Came
5. Put
6. Set
7. Caught
8. Get
G. Phrasal verbs with down, connected to the idea of “defeating someone or being
defeated”.
1. Backed down – broke down- bring down - clamp down- climb down- crack down- went
down- wear him down.
H. Write one word in each gap:
1. Without
2. Between
3. Out
4. To
5. For
6. In
7. To
8. On
9. Over
I. Complete the second sentence using the word given:
1. To tell the difference between articles and
2. Take it as read that
3. Talked the editor out of publishing
4. Got into an argument with Terry
5. Come to an understanding
6. Have a discussion with Phil about this
J. Write one word that can be used in all three sentences:
1. Speak
2. Word
3. Speaking
4. Record
5. Notice
6. Book
7. Answer
K. The words in bold are in the wrong sentences, arrange them in the correct sentence:
1. Mouth
2. Posted
3. Tales
4. Volumes
5. Grapevine
6. Chest
7. Cards
8. Hat
9. Clean
 10. Word
11. Drift
12. Stick
L. Complete the sentence by changing the form of the word in capitals:
1. Inexpressible
2. Publicity
3. Unspeakably
4. Wording
5. Talkative
6. Exclamation
7. Typecast
8. Suggestible
9. Unprintable
10. Insistent
M. The prefix over- can be used to suggest the idea of “too much”. Which of the following
words can take over- to mean “too much”?
Act – book – cook- crowded- do- dressed- excited- grown- heat- priced- protective- rate-
react- spend- step- stretched- weight.

N. Complete the sentences using words with over- in exercise M:

1. Overcooked
2. Overdressed
3. Overspent
4. Overexcited
5. Overstepped
6. Overgrown
7. Overweight
8. Overpriced
O. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space in the same line:
1. Saying
2. Speaker
3. Declaration
4. Meaningless
5. Writings
6. Editor
7. Rephrase
8. Statement
9. Implication
10. Hearsay

Activity 3: Reading
Unit 3 “Going Places”
A. Read through the text below without using a dictionary.
B. Fill in the blanks with one suitable word:
 1. Oil
2. Smoke
3. Slopes
4. Wood
5. Clean
6. Noise
7. Break
8. Prehistoric
9. Wind
10. Flood
C. Choose from paragraphs A-D the one which fits each gap 1-3.
1. Paragraph C
2. Paragraph A
3. Paragraph D
D. Which paragraph was not needed?
1. Paragraph B

EXAM PRACTICE:

Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap 1-7.

1. C
2. G
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. F
7. H

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
A. Match each word on the left with the word or phrase on the right which defines it.
1. C
2. I
3. H
4. G
5. F
6. D
7. E
8. J
9. B
10. A
B. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with a verb from the box in the right form.
1. Spewed
2. Choked
3. Banked
4. Trickled
5. Jostled
 6. Scattered
7. Bowled
8. Lingered
C. List the words in the box below under the correct heading.
 People: skipper, conductor, motorist.
 Cars: boot, bonnet, convertible, lay-by, hatchback.
 Trains: buffet car, sleeping car, sidings, and compartment.
 Boats: berth, deck, schooner, moorings, gangplank, galley, liner, jetty, mast,
rudder.
 Planes: fuselage, galley, cockpit, runway, standby and landing-bay.
D. Fill the blanks in the sentences below with the correct preposition from the box:
1. Off
2. Against
3. At
4. Behind
5. Below
6. On
7. Out of
8. Over
9. Under
10. Up to
E. Replace the phrases in italics with a suitable idiom or expression from the box:
1. Go downhill
2. Go halves
3. Will go spare
4. Went by the board
5. Went to pieces
6. Go the whole hog
7. Goes off at a tangent
8. It went against the grain
9. Went blank
10. Went to great lengths
F. Study the list of phrasal verbs with GO on page 160. Fill the blanks with the correct phrasal
verb in the right form.
1. Go about
2. Go on at
3. Go over
4. Went down with
5. Have gone off
6. Went in for
7. Go along with
8. Go through with
9. Went through
10. Went for
G. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the correct adjective from the box:
 1. Wild
2. Lost
3. Tall
4. Rude
5. Close
6. Far
7. Final
8. Foregone
9. Going
10. Narrow
11. Near
12. Long
H. Match a word on the left with one on the right to make a common expression:
1. Bits and pieces
2. Bright and early
3. Give and take
4. Hustle and bustle
5. Odds and ends
6. Part and parcel
7. Peace and quiet
8. Rack and ruin
9. Safe and sound
10. Short and sweet
11. Touch and go
12. Whys and wherefores