The Fat Duck restaurant in the UK was voted the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine. It is known for experimental dishes created by self-taught chef Heston Blumenthal, including bacon and egg ice cream. Blumenthal uses molecular gastronomy techniques to produce unique taste combinations. Britain had an unusually high number of restaurants on the top 50 list, challenging its reputation for bland food and showing that British cuisine is becoming more adventurous.

1. FINAL WORKSHOP
NOVENO
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
• Do you know these people? Read their fact files and make comparative or superlative
sentences:
RAFA NADAL NOVAK DJOKOVIC ROGER FEDERER
DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: DATE OF BIRTH: 8th
3rd June, 1986 22nd May, 1987 August, 1981
BIRTHPLACE: BIRTHPLACE: BIRTHPLACE: Basel,
Manacor, Majorca, Belgrade, Serbia Switzerland
Spain SIBLINGS: 2 SIBLINGS: 1 older
SIBLINGS: 1 younger brothers sister, Diana
younger sister, Mª HEIGHT: 1,88 m HEIGHT: 1,85 m
Isabel WEIGHT: 80 kg WEIGHT: 85 kg
HEIGHT: 1,85 m RANKING: world RANKING: world
WEIGHT: 85 kg number 1 since number 3 since 2011
RANKING: world 2011 CAREER TITLES: 70
number 2 since 2011 CAREER TURNED PRO: 1998
CAREER TITLES: TITLES: 28 SPOKEN
46 TURNED PRO: LANGUAGES: Swiss
TURNED PRO: 2003 German, English, French
2011 SPOKEN and Italian.
SPOKEN LANGUAGES:
LANGUAGES: Serbian, English,
Catalan, Spanish and German and Italian.
English
KING OF CLAY
DAVIS CUP: aged
17

2. FOR EXAMPLE : - Djokovic is YOUNGER than Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer.
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2. _________________________________________________________________
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Use the comparative form of the appropriate adjectives.
In the left picture:
EXAMPLE : The smoke coming from the chimney is SMALLER (small, big).
The end of the dog’s tail is________________ (brown, white).

3. The pine trees on the left side of the picture are_____________ (tall, short).
The paws of the dog are _____________ (light, dark)
The snowfall is_______________ (light, heavy).
The window in the attic is ___________ (dark, light).
The broom has a_____________ (long, short) handle.
The carrot nose of the snowman is____________ (short, long).
The broom has ____________ (many, few) ribbons.
The snowman is (fat, thin) and has a _____________ (big, small) mouth.
SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PROGRESSIVE
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
Dan: Hi, Betty. I _________ (see/neg.) you at school last Monday.
Betty: Hello, Dan. I ___________ (come/neg.) on Monday. I wasn't ________ (feel) well,
so I _____________ (decide) to go to the doctor.
Dan: Oh! ___________ (be) it serious?
Betty: No, the doctor ____________ (examine) me and ___________ (tell) me I
__________ (have) the flu. He ___________ (prescribe) some medicine and ___________
(tell) me to go home and rest.
Dan: __________ you ____________ (stay) home all day last Monday?
Bettu: No, only in the morning. I ____________ (have) to work in the afternoon, and
guess what?
Dan: What?
Betty: When a friend __________ (drive) me home, he ___________ (crash) his car. He
______________ (see/neg.) the red light.
Dan: ___________ anyone ___________ (get) hurt?
Betty: Thank God, nobody ___________ (do) .
Dan: I'm happy to hear that. Well, Mary, I have to rush now. While I ______________
(listen) to your story, I ___________ (remember) that my wife ________________ (ask)
me to go to the mechanic to get our car. See you later. Take care.
Betty: You too. Bye.

4. Disagree with the following statements
Example: Robert heard a dog on the road. - No, he didn´t hear a dog on the road.
Mary was riding a motorbike. ____________________________________
Jhon ran over the dog. - ________________________________________
Julia threw a stone at the dog. -__________________________________
The dog was barking at James all the time. ____________________________
The dog bit James. _______________________________________________
The girls were sitting on the grass. - _________________________________________
Make cop´s questions. Use the words in brackets.
Cop: _______________________________________ ? (what/do/yesterday at 8.15)
Joe: I was driving to work.
Cop: ________________________________________ ? (what time/meet/the dog)
Joe: I saw him at about 8.30.
Cop: when you saw the dog__________________________________? (drive/fast)
Joe: No, I wasn't.
Cop: _______________________________________________ ? (what/the dog/do)
Joe: He ran away.
Cop:___________________________________________ ? (how/find/the two girls)
Joe: I followed the dog, when he came back.
Cop: ________________________________________________ ? (see/anyone else)
Joe: No, I didn't.
Cop: ______________________________________________? (call/an ambulance)
Joe: No, I didn't. I drove the girls to the hospital.
PAST AND PRESENT PARTICIPLES
Complete the sentences using the adjectives from the chart .
Confused tiring interested confusing.
Amusing worried boring
Disgusted satisfied scared
1 - The people I work with are _________ with their jobs

5. 2 - John was _____________ by the the news report.
3 - We thought that the instructions were ______________ .
4 - It's an _______________ little story. You should read it.
5 - Working late every day is ______________ .
6 - I'm not really _______________ in sport.
7 - Do you feel ____________ about them?
8 - All this information is making me ________________.
9 - I had a ____________ weekend because of the rain.
10 - Young children are often _______________ of the dark.
Translate the sentences
Estoy interesada en el Nuevo libro de Gabriel Garcia marquez .
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La clase estaba muy aburridora.
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Ese sonido es muy fastidioso
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Ellos están cansados de hacer ejercicio
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Me siento relajado cuando escucho jazz
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Esa canción es deprimente
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Es muy vergonzoso ver a mi hermana cantar.
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6. TELEPHONE EXPRESIONS
Choose the most appropriate answer.
1. Hello. This is John Bates. May I speak with Mr. Wilson, please? –_________________
Mr. Wilson is not here right now.
a. I'm sorry, but c. What number are you calling?
b. No, you may not. d. You got the wrong number
2. Hello. Could I speak to Susan Malden, please? – __________________ , please. I'll see if
she is in.
a. Call back c. Hold on
b. Hang up d. Pick up
3. I'm sorry. Mr. Garcia can't come to the phone at the moment. _______________
leave a message?
d. Could I b. May I
a. Do you like to c. Would you like to
4. I'm afraid Professor Grimes has just stepped out. Can _________________ a
message?
a. I give c. you give
b. I take d. you take
5. I'm afraid Barbara is not in. – Can I a message for her, please?
a. give c. take
b. leave d. write
6. Hello! Is Mary____________ .
a. Calling c. Speaking
b. Dialing d. Waiting
7. Hello, is Mike _________ , please? – Sorry, he's out.
a. busy c. now
b. here d. there
8. Can I speak to Douglas, please? – There is no one here ________________ .
a. by that name c. to speak to
b. I know of d. who is likely to have such a name

7. 9. Can I speak to Bety, please? –__________________ , please. Bety, phone!
a. Certainly
b. Just a moment
c. Of course
d. Yes
Write a conversation for one of the next situations
FIRST SITUATION
Three days ago you bought a smartphone in Tigo but now the internet service is not
working.
SECOND SITUATION
You need to talk with the Doctor because you lost your prescription.
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PRICES AND CLOTHES
What are the people from the picture wearing?

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Dibuja tu propia estructura familiar ( con nombres propios) luego usa cada uno de sus
miembros para escribir por lo menos 20 parentescos entre ellos.
EXAMPLE : Carlota is the aunt of Maria

9. 1. ________________is the _______________ of _________________
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READING COMPREHENSION
British food best in the world
A British restaurant that serves bacon and egg ice cream has been voted the best place in the
world to eat in Restaurant magazine’s list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. The Fat Duck
restaurant, which was runner-up last year, claimed the coveted top spot. Owner and head chef
Heston Blumenthal opened his restaurant ten years ago and soon developed a reputation for
highly experimental and unorthodox dishes. The menu includes leather, oak and tobacco
chocolates, sardine on toast sorbet, snail porridge, and mousse dipped in liquid nitrogen. He is
self-taught and has pioneered the art of “molecular gastronomy” - experiments with chemistry,
physics, food and flavour that result in unique and unusual taste combinations. Nearly 600
international restaurant owners, chefs and journalists participated in the poll to rank the best
restaurants worldwide. A further thirteen British restaurants made it onto the elite eateries list,
four in the top ten. This gives the home of fish and chips an unusual reputation as a culinary
paradise. Britain is infamous for its bland and uninspiring food, which is scoffed at by the more
sophisticated palates of its French neighbours. However, it seems the tide is turning: France had
only eight restaurants in the top fifty and London was named in March by Gourmet magazine as
the Gourmet Capital of the World. Ella Johnston, editor of Restaurant magazine, said British
people are now “becoming more adventurous eaters”.

10. Answer the following questions using your own words.
1. Did Blumenthal go to a cooking school in the past?
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2. How does Blumenthal get these original tastes?
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3. Who is Ella Johnston and what did she say?
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4. What is the name of the restaurant and what can you eat there?
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