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Can you solve these riddles?
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Speaking activities
Can you solve these riddles?

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Riddles game
Form groups of 2-3. With your partner(s), take 1 minute to discuss the answer to the riddle shown on-screen, then type your answer into Lessonup (1 person per group)!

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What has many holes but still holds water?

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Which word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Slide 4 - Open question

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but not once in a thousand years?

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David's mother has three children. The first is called May, the second June. What is the third child called?

Slide 6 - Open question

What do you call a bear with a missing ear?

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What belongs to you, but is used by others far more than you use it yourself?

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Rich people need this, but poor people already have it - and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

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What begins with T, ends with T and has T inside it?

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How can I put my left hand in the right pocket of my jeans and my right hand in the left without crossing my arms?

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Cowboy Bill rode into town on Friday and rode out two days later on Friday. How can that possibly be true?

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Fake news!
In the same groups, take a look at the following statements. Were these things really said by Donald Trump, or are  they fake news? Discuss briefly then select your answer!

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"I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her."
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Fake news
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True

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"I think I would use social media, as President, better than possibly any of all the 44 previous presidents."
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Fake news
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True

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"I'm just thinking to myself right now, we should just cancel the election and give it to Trump, right?"
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Fake news
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True

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"I've no reason to visit Dubai, we have plenty of sandy beaches and oil in the USA."
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Fake news
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True

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"Theresa May is a useless prime minister, she should ask me for advice on Brexit."
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Fake news
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True

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"I look very much forward to showing my financials, because they are huge."
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Fake news
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True

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"I think I am actually humble (=bescheiden)."
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Fake news
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True

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"I'm happy to take advice from China, as long as it's on how to build a wall."
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Fake news
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True

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"I will build a great wall - and nobody builds walls better than me."
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Fake news
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True

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"The beauty of me is that I'm very rich."
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Fake news
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True

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Formative Assesment
Practise test for bonus points on listening test
Grammar-Vocabulary-Language/Culture

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Vocabulary
LearnBeat studyplanner 12 Oct

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