Lottery Comedy - A Walk in the Park

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Preparing for the Test Week

During the English test, the main focus is on reading comprehension. This means that you have to read different types of texts and answer questions about them. Each lesson provides a tip that will help you with this.

Tip 1: Practice English reading tests, read English books and watch English movies or series

Practice makes perfect, and it's no different for English. Therefore, make a lot of reading tests from previous years. In this way, you will develop the reading skills necessary for a good grade.

You can go a step further. On Netflix or Amazon Prime, turn on English subtitles instead of the Dutch ones. That way, you'll read more English and understand it even more.

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Ook het lezen van Engelse boeken is een goede oefening. Schrijf de woorden op die je niet kent en leer ze uit je hoofd. Op deze manier breid je je woordenschat op een leuke manier uit!

Let's practice ........

A bored park keeper dreams of buying a luxury caravan. One day, he discovers a way to make his dream come true. However, to get the money he will have to do something very strange ...

Do the preparation task first. Then watch the short film and do the exercises to check your understanding.

Vocabulary:

Match the phrases with the definitions.

a person who is responsible for things in a park

b. This expression has two meanings. It can mean to actually kill something or it can mean to make a lot of money.

c. the objective

d. to close

 twenty thousand pounds

 

a container where you keep things

a

b

c

d

e

1. Check your understanding: ordering

Write a number (1–8) to put these events in the order they happen in the film.

…………. The park keeper looks at the photo of the target for the first time.

…………. The old lady gives the metal case to the park keeper.

…………. A boy drops a piece of paper on the ground.

…………. A young man asks the park keeper where the toilets are.

…………. The target tells the old lady she has won the lottery.

…………. The park keeper finds the metal case.

…………. The park keeper accidentally knocks over the target.

…………. The park keeper sends a text message on a mobile phone.

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1. The park closes at 6pm.

1. True
2. False

2. The park keeper finds the metal case when the park is still open.

1. True
2. False

3. The park keeper thinks he must kill the target in order to get twenty thousand
pounds.

1. True
2. False

4. The park keeper is very helpful when the man asks him where the toilets are.

1. True
2. False

5. The target asks the park keeper where the toilets are.

1. True
2. False

6. The park keeper thinks he has killed the target.

1. True
2. False

7. The old lady wins the competition because she is the first person to find the target.

1. True
2. False

8. The park keeper didn’t understand the rules of the competition

1. True
2. False

Discussion

Have you ever won anything? What did you win and how?

Tip: Write down any new words you have learnt

Past Paper: Havo 2017

Text 2 and 3

Multiple choice and Gap fill

Tip: 

Write down

 any new words

 you learn 

Zeitgeist

the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.

"the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s"