1. What plant is the symbol of Saint Patrick? What does it mean?
2. What is the name of the Indian festival of light?
3. What is the name of the Jewish festival of light?
5. What celebration is symbolized by a poppy?
6. What do people celebrate in Quinceañera?
MODAL VERBS IN SONGS Translate these sentences: 1. No puedo sacarte de mi cabeza. 2. Sé que puedo ser lo que quiera ser. 3. No debes llorar. 4. El espectáculo debe continuar. 5. Debería quedarme o debería marcharme? Then watch the video and check your answers.
- Los modales van seguidos por un infinitivo sin “to”.
- No llevan –s en la tercera persona.
- Funcionan como auxiliares, así que no van acompañados de otros auxiliares en las oraciones negativas o interrogativas. I can speak English (NOT: I can to speak English). She can speak Spanish. (NOT: Shee cans speak Spanish). I can’t speak Spanish (NOT: I don’t can speak Spanish).
Timeline: the following events took place in the USA on 11 September 2001, but they are not in the correct order. Can you rearrange
them? Then choose the correct tenses to complete the sentences.
A-At about 10 a.m., the southern tower (collapse).
B-At 11:30 p.m. President Bush (enter) into
his daily journal: “The Pearl Harbor of the 21st century took place today… We think it’s Osama bin Laden.”
C-Later, the northern tower also (fall) in on itself.
D-Shortly after the World Trade Center catastrophe, at
about 9:38 a.m, a Boeing 757 (crash) into the Pentagon.
E-The chaos (begin) at about 8:50 a.m.,
F-the president (address) the nation from the White
House.
G-Evacuation of
the first tower (begin) at 9:00.
H-Then, at 9:04 a.m., another jet (crash) into the
southern tower.
I-Later, at about 10:20 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93
(crash) in western Pennsylvania
J-While police and fire-fighters (try) to locate
survivors in the rubble that had been the Twin Towers,
K-when a hijacked American Airlines
passenger plane (smash) into the One World Trade Center.
How many countries have you recognised? What are these countries famous for? If you had to choose one country to visit, which one would you choose? Why?