London here i come

2 GUÍA DIDÁCTICA-DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUA INGLESA
www.einadescola.com
XXIX
CAMPAÑA DE
TEATRO Y MÚSICA
PARA ESCOLARES
CURSO 2013-2014

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LONDON, HERE I COME! GUIA DIDÀCTICA
Departamento Lengua Inglesa.
Santi es un joven que por temas familiares, se ve obligado
a marcharse a vivir a Inglaterra con su madre. El inglés
es una lengua que no le gusta y nunca le ha prestado
mucho atención. En Londres conocerá unas chicas que
le ayudarán a descubrir este nuevo idioma.
SINOPSIS
Open Theatre
LONDON,
HERE I COME!
TEATRO EN INGLÉS
GUÍA DIDÁCTICA Demelsa Díaz

Santi and Dorothy used to live in a small town in Spain. Dorothy’s family moved to London some time
ago and now they are about to welcome Santi and his mother Marta. Some English men who bought
Marta’s brand in Madrid suddenly offered her a designer job in London. So now they will go to their
relatives’ house in England and get used to a new country.
Dorothy speaks English very ﬂuently because she has been living in London for some years, but
Santi’s English is terrible. He has never had an interest in the English language. He has never been
interested in studying anything. Although they are relatives they have never been friends, so they
have the chance to become closer to each other now that they are going to live under the same roof
in ENGLAND.
Santi is in a desperate situation. He can’t buy a sandwich or get to High School because nobody can
understand him, nobody speaks his language. Santi needs his friends to give him a hand, but who
are these friends we are talking about? Well, there is Dorothy, there is Sergio who will help from the
other side of the computer in Madrid and there is a girl who will help him a lot and will probably be-
come more than a friend, Sue.
Santi He is a spanish teenager. His mother has been employed to work in
England. His English level is terrible.
Dorothy She is a spanish teenager. She and her parents have lived in England
for some years. Her English level is First Certiﬁcate.
Sergio He is one of Santi’s spanish friends, and tries to help him improve his
English conversation via Internet.
ACTIVITY 1
Read the Synopsis and The Main Characters and say if these sentences are True or False
a) -Santi is a regular student and he speaks a bit of English.
b) -Santi lives in England because his mother decided to close her factory and start a
new life.
c) -Dorothy has been Santi’s best friend since they were children.
d) -Dorothy is in trouble with English and needs Santi’s help.
e) -Sergio is a Spanish boy who tries to help Santi improve his conversation.
f) -Santi and Dorothy’s mothers are just good friends and live in two different cities.
g) -Santi and Dorothy live in England under the same roof.
h) -The factory which Santi’s mother used to have was bought by some English men.
SYNOPSIS/THE MAIN
CHARACTERS

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LONDON, HERE I COME!
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
• In our website you will find a link through which you will be able to download all the
audio support related to this play. This support includes one scene and the songs from
the play which will develop comprehension and diction skills.
• You will also find the transcribed scene and songs, as well as the karaoke of the songs
to be sung in Music or English class.
• Finally, through this link you will find as well the scripts and teaching packs of each
play.
1. Songs from the play:
• Read the lyrics and underline the words you don’t understand.
• Listen and follow the lyrics.
• Try to deduce the meaning of the words you don’t understand from the context.
• Look up the words you still don’t understand in the dictionary.
• Listen and sing each line from the song.
• Sing the whole song.
2. Scene from the play:
• Read the whole scene and underline the words you don’t understand.
• Listen and follow it in the script.
• Try to deduce the meaning of the words you don’t understand from the context.
• Look up the words you still don’t understand in the dictionary.
• Listen and repeat each line from the script.
• Read the whole scene with a partner.

Santi: No,no,no.Football is the best sport in the world. Do you know what I
discovered the other day?
Dorothy: what?
Santi: That football was invented by English men. If it hadn’t been for them,
in Spain men would all be bullfighters.
Dorothy: Jajajaja.Ok, now it’s time to give you your final mark. (hace de profesora)
Entra la madre.
Dorothy: Oh, She is your mother, isn’t it Mr.Santi?
Santi: Yes.
Dorothy: Then would you please sit next to us? I was going to tell Santi the
mark he’s got in this course right now.
Madre: I’m conviced he’s going to pass. You must know he has studied all day
and all night, Mrs. Teacher.
Dorothy: And the final mark of Mr. Santi Puig is of…7,2!
Santi: Yeeeaah!!!! I have passed!! (da besos a todas) And now I have something
to do. I must talk to Sue. Thank you you two!
Madre: Santi, wait. I’m very proud of you. You remember that I promised you
that if you learned English I would enrol you in the Football school?
Look, I’ve already paid the registration, you start on Tuesday.
How’s that?
Santi: Thank you, mum, you’re the best. (se abrazan) But now I must talk to
Sue. I don’t know if she even wants to look at me.
Dorothy: Come on Santi. She’ll undestand it.
Santi: I hope so. Thank you you two…(se va)
Madre: (a Dorothy). Is Sue his girlfriend?
Dorothy: Huh? No, no. Well, I don’t know. Maybe she is. I’m going to do my
homework with the computer.
RECORDED SCENE

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ACTIVITY 2
Match the words and deﬁnitions
SUBJECT place where buses have to stop, to collect people
FACTORY small place where neighbours live
FIRST CERTIFICATE an unpolite person or behavior
TEENAGER young person who is between 13 and 19 years old
NEIGHBOURHOOD place where people go to work
BUS STOP title which is given to people with a good level of English
RUDE each one of the themes into which a school year is divided
ACTIVITY 3
Correct the mistakes
• I’ve been liveing in Spain untill two months ago.
• She ﬁnish study at 5 o’clock.
• If she try, he will passes the exam.
• Don’t distturb me, I’m studing.
• I think Santi really love her.
• At this time tomorrow, I’ll be comming to the place I met Sue.
• It has stoped rainning.
VOCABULARY ALL LEVELS

ACTIVITY 4
Santi´s teacher gave this homework to the students, but Santi as usual has problems to do it. Help
Santi ﬁll the gaps:
1. Are there ______ apples in the kitchen?
A) much B) any C) some
2. That is _____ interesting lesson.
A)The B) a C) an
3. I went ______ church last Sunday.
A) at B) in C) to
4. What _____ he like? - He is very friendly.
A) does B) did C) is
5. I ________ a new folder last month.
A) Bought B) have bought C) buyed
6. How ________ money do you have in your pocket?
A) many B) few C) much
7. He came ______ home late last night.
A) - B) at C) to
8. Jack is a nice boy, and I like _____.
A) - B) him C) his
9. I get up ______ seven o’clock every day
A) in B) on C) at
10. I like __________ music.
A) listen B) listen to C) listening to

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ACTIVITY 5
Put the verbs into the correct tenses
Everyday Santi (get up) at half past eight in the morning and (do) some exercises
in the garden. Then he (have) a shower. He (get dressed) and listens to the news
on the radio. Then he (go) downstairs and (make) breakfast. At the moment, Santi
(sit) in the kitchen and (drink) a cup of coffee. He (read) a magazine and
(think) about his summer holiday. He (want/go) to Madrid for two weeks with
Dorothy, they (learn) a lot of English, but they will miss their hometown.
ACTIVITY 6
Put the correct one in each gap
1-Sorry my friend, but that’s how it sounds in English. You are (in/ at) England.
2-It´s a bit far (of/ from) here (by/ in/ on) foot.
3-I´ll be waiting (at/ for/ to) you here tomorrow (on/ in/ at) the same time.
4-I feel sorry (on/ for/ of/ off) you!
5-I usually get up (in/ at/ on) six o’clock a.m.
6- (in /on/ at) school, people say I´m silly and stucked-up.
7-Have you known Santi (for/during/ since) a long time?
8-Do you go out often (on/at/in) the weekend
ACTIVITY 7
Put “when” or “if” in each gap.
1. I go home tonight, I’ll have a bath.
2. There is a good programme on TV, I’ll watch it.
3. There’s nothing in the fridge, we’ll eat out.
4. I’ll pay you back the money I get my next pay cheque.
5.We’ll go skiing next winter we have enough money
6. it’s a nice day tomorrow, we’ll go swimming.
7. I’m coming to London tomorrow. I’ll phone you I arrive.
8. We’re thinking of going to Spain for our holydays we decide to go, I’ll let you know.

ACTIVITY 8
Santi and Dorothy are practising the Irregular Verbs, could you give them a hand?
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
Be
Kept Kept
Fly Flew
Drawn
Fed
Leer
See
Said
Wrote
Catch
Romper
Took
Escuchar
Build
Cut
Sung
Stand
Taught
Perder
Left
Got
Find
Told
Entender
Win
Pagar

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ACTIVITY 9
There are words in two languages that are similar in appearance and/or pronunciation. Pay attention
to these sentences. If you see any false friend, please correct it.
1. I’d like to visit the Sahara Dessert.
2. I used to work as a teacher till I retired; actually I teach my grandaugther Gertrudis.
3. She was embarrassed when she started to work for the Company.
4. You are a mess! Please tide your ropes before an hour, if you want to go for a walk.
5. He is smoking all the time, he smokes 30 cigars a day.
6. The Year Notice: The couple is going to get married next month.
7.I´m actually a figment of your imagination
ACTIVITY 10
Translate this colloquial expressions and use five of them to make five sentences. Ask your teacher
if they are correct
1. Calm down
2. Take it easy
3. You are at the end of your tether
4. How rude
5. I feel sorry for you
ACTIVITY 11
Reading2
This is Sergio, Santi’s friend. They meet in the net and they e-mail each other very often. As you
can see Sergio’s life is very different from Santi’s life. Do the exercise below and then have a con-
versation with your mates and compare Santi and Sergio’s live.
Sergio always ________________ (travel) a lot. In fact, he _____ (be) only two years old when he
first _____ (fly) to the US. His mother ___ (be) Italian and his father ___ (be) American. Sergio ___
(born) in Spain, but his parents ________ (meet) in Cologne, Germany after they ________ (live)
there for five years. They ______ (meet) one day while Sergio’s father __________ (read) a book in
the library and his mother ________ (sit) down beside him. Anyway, Sergio ________ (travel) a lot

because his parents also __________ (travel) a lot.
As a matter of fact, Sergio ____________ (visit) his parents in Figueres at the moment. He _______
(live) in Madrid now, but ______________ (visit) his parents for the past few weeks. He really _______
(enjoy) living in Madrid, but he also _______ (love) coming to visit his parents at least once a year.
This year he ___________ (fly) over 50,000 miles for his job. He _______________ (work) for Jackson
& Co. for almost two years now. He’s pretty sure that he ____________ (work) for them next year as
well. His job __________ (require) a lot of travelling. In fact, by the end of this year, he ____________
(travel) over 120,000 miles! His next journey _______ (be) to Australia. He really ________ (not like)
going to Australia because it is so far. This time he __________ (fly) from Paris after a meeting with
the company’s French partner. He _______________ (sit) for over 18 hours by the time he ________
(arrive)!
ACTIVITY 12
Writing
Imagine you are travelling all the time, the same as Santi’s friend. Write an e-mail to your best friend
talking about your last great trip all over the world. To make it easier choose just the seven countries
that you like the most.
ACTIVITY 13
NO GAPS!!! Put spaces in the right places, and make sure the punctuation is correct
Myalarmclockringsathalfpastsevenandigetupfiveminuteslaterfirstigotothebathroo-
mwhereiwashmyselfandbrushmyteeththenigotothekitchentohavebreakfastieattoa-
standjamandidrinkcoldmilkafterbreakfastigetreadyforschoolileavemyhouseateigh-
toclockandcatchthebusatquarterpastittakestwentyminutestogettoschool.
ACTIVITY 14
Put the article if needed
1. ___Silver is highly valued.
2.___Peter came to see me.
3.___Space is infinite,
4. They play___basketball.
5.___Human beings are intelligent.
6.___Blue car is very old.
7. I like ___coffee very much.
8.___Coffee I drank was very hot.

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ACTIVITY 15
To avoid any mistake similar to what Santi has made, try to memorize this vocabulary. Make at least
ten sentences with the words you choose. Show them to your teacher.
A cold Pneumonia
Flu Antibiotic
Temperature Painkiller
Vomit Rest
Diarrhea Leprosy
Tonsillitis Pain
Cancer Exhaustion
Heart attack Blood test
Anaemia Leukaemia
Medicine Syrup
Thermometer
ACTIVITY 16
Quiz
See if you can finish the following sentences with the correct question tag. The first ones are relatively
easy, but then they get more difficult.
1. You don’t like me, .......................?
2. It isn’t raining, ................?
3. You’ve done your homework, ................?
4. I’m not late, ............?
5. I’m not late, ...............?
6. I’m invited to your party,...............?
7. You like German food...................?
8. You’ll come to my party................?
9. You remembered to feed the cat...............?
10. Let’s play tennis...................?
11. There is a problem here......................?
12. He never says a word...............?
13. Nobody came to your party.................?
14. Don’t forget..................?
15. You think you are clever...............?
16. So, you think you are clever...................?

ACTIVITY 17
Expressions of quantity. Read the following deﬁnitions and ﬁll the gaps.
Expressions of quantity
SOME: is generally used in positive sentences.
ANY: is generally used in questions and negatives
MUCH: is generally used in questions and negatives + uncountable nouns
MANY: is generally used in questions and negatives + countable nouns
A LOT OF : is used in positive sentences +countable and uncountable nouns
A FEW: is used with countable nouns
A LITTLE: is used with uncountable nouns
a) Have you got eggs?
b) There are biscuits in the tin.
c) He’s got of money.
d) There aren’t parks in my town.
e) There is salt, but there isn’t pepper.
f) How money can you earn per week?
g) There are parks in London.
h) There is whisky left. Help yourself
ACTIVITY 18
Test
How ambitious are you?
1. In ten years do you hope to:
a) be married with a family?
b) have an interesting but not very well-paid job?
c) have a well-paid job that isn’t very interesting?

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2. In twenty years time do you hope to:
a) have enough money to pay your bills?
b) have quite a lot of money?
c) have a lot of money?
3. Here is a list of ten jobs. Wich would you like to do? Put 1 next to your favourite, 2 next
to your next favourite, etc
nurse builder
accountant journalist
teacher artist
politician enginer
policeman/woman
actor/actress/ pop star
4. Is improving your standart of living importat to you?
5. Do you think people who have money should help people who don’t have money?
6. How old do you want to be when you have children?
a)18-22 b)23-26
c)27-30 d)over 30
7. When you are playing a game do you always want to win?
8. Can you tell a white lie?
9. Do you think rich people are happier and more interesting than other people?
10. Do you work hard because you want to be succesfull?
11. If you have a job to do, do you do it inmediatly, or do you wait until the last moment?
12. Do you agree with the philosophy “Every man for himself”?
13. Do you like hard work?
14. Wich of the following is the most important to you? Love Happiness Money Health

1. a) F b) F c) F d) F e) T f) F g) T h) T
2. 1-g 2-e 3-f 4-d 5-b 6-a 7-c
3. I’ve been living in Spain until two months ago.
She ﬁnishes her studies at 5 o’clock.
If he tries, he will pass the exam.
Don’t disturb me, I’m studying.
I think Santi really loves her.
Tomorrow at this time, I’ll go to the place I met Sue.
It has stopped raining.
4. 1-a 2-c 3-c 4-a 5-a 6-c 7-b 8-b 9-c 10-a
5. Everyday Santi gets up at half past eight in the morning and does some exercises in the garden.
Then he has a shower. He gets dressed and listens to the news on the radio. Then he goes downstairs
and makes breakfast. At the moment, Santi is sitting in the kitchen and drinking a cup of coffee. He
is reading a magazine and thinking about his summer holiday. He wants to go to Barcelona for two
weeks with Dorothy, they are learning a lot of English, but they will miss their hometown.
6. 1.IN 2.FROM/NO 3.FOR/AT 4.FOR 5.AT 6.AT 7.FOR 8.AT
7. 1. When 2. If 3. If 4. When 5. If 6. If 7. When 8. If
8.
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE MEANING
Be Was/were Been Ser/estar
keep Kept Kept Guardar
Fly Flew Flown Volar
Draw Drew Drawn Dibujar
Feed Fed Fed Alimentar
Read Read Read Leer
See Saw Seen Ver
Say Said Said Decir
Write Wrote Written Escribir
Catch Caught Caught coger
Break Broke Broken Romper
Take Took Taken Coger/Llevar
Hear Heard Heard Escuchar
Build Built Built Construir
Cut Cut Cut Cortar
ANSWERS SECTION

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Sing Sang Sung Cantar
Stand Stood Stood Permanecer
Teach Taught Taught Enseñar
Lose Lost Lost Perder
Leave Left Left Ir
Get Got Got
Find Found Found Encontrar
Tell Told Told Decir
Understand Understood Understood Entender
Win Won Won Ganar
Pay Paid Paid Pagar
9. 1. Dessert 2. Actually 3. Embarrassed 4. Ropes
10. 1. Tranquilo 2. Tómatelo con calma 3. Ya no puedes más 4. Qué grosero 5. Das pena
11.Sergio has always travelled a lot. In fact, he was only two years old when he first flew to the US.
His mother is Italian and his father is American. Sergio was born in Spain, but his parents had met
in Cologne, Germany after they had been living there for five years. They met one day while Sergio’s
father was reading a book in the library and his mother sat down beside him. Anyway, Sergio travels
a lot because his parents also travel a lot.
As a matter of fact, Sergio is visiting his parents in Figueres at the moment. He lives in Madrid now,
but has been visiting his parents for the past few weeks. He really enjoys living in Madrid, but he also
loves coming to visit his parents at least once a year.
This year he has flown over 50,000 miles for his job. He has been working for Jackson & Co. for almost
two years now. He’s pretty sure that he’ll be working for them next year as well. His job requires a lot
of travelling. In fact, by the end of this year, he’ll have travelled over 120,000 miles! His next journey
will be to Australia. He really doesn’t like going to Australia because it is so far. This time he is going
to fly from Paris after a meeting with the company’s French partner. He’ll have been sitting for over
18 hours by the time he arrives!
13.My alarm clocck rings at half past seven and I get up five minutes later. First I go to the bathroom,
where I wash myself and brush my teeth.Then I go to the kitchen to have breakfast. I eat toast and
jam and I drink cold milk. After breakfast I get ready for school, I leave my house at eight o’clock and
catch the bus at quarter past, it takes twenty minutes to get to school
14.1. Silver is highly valued.
2. Peter came to see me.
3. Space is infinite.
4. They play basketball.
5. Human beings are intelligent.
6.THE Blue car is very old.
7. I like coffee very much.
8.THE coffee I drank was very hot.

16.1. You don’t like me, do you?
2. It isn’t raining, is it?
3. You’ve done your homework, haven’t you?
4. I’m not late, am I?
5. I’m invited to your party, aren’t I?
6. You like German food, don’t you?
7. You’ll come to my party, won’t you?
8. You remembered to feed the cat, didn’t you?
9. Let’s play tennis, shall we?
10. There is a problem here, isn’t there?
17. a) any b) some c) a lot of d) many e) some/any f) much g) a lot of h) a little
Test “how ambitious are you?”
1. a0 b5 c10
2. a0 b5 c10
3. 0 nurse/artist ﬁrst
2 builder/policeman/ teacher/journalist
5 engineer/actor/actress/pop star
10 politician/accountant
4. yes 10 no 0
5. yes 0 no 10
6. a) 0 b) 2 c) 5 d) 10
7. yes 10 no 0
8. yes 10 no 0
9. yes 10 no 0
10. yes 10 no 0
11. immediatly 10 last moment 0
12. yes 10 no 0
13. yes 10 no 0
14. yes 10 no
15. love 0 happiness 5
money 10 health
Score
0-50: you aren’t very ambitious!!!! you are happy with a quiet life.
50-100 : you are quite ambitious, but you don’t to work too hard.
Over 100 : you are very ambitious, good luck and try to be nice to people......

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