TOPICAL VIDEOS I LOVE ENGLISH 343, MAY-JUNE 2022
by Cynthia Donson
Video: What was the Berlin Wall?
1. Before you watch the video and do the next activity, read the sentences and choose the best answer.
1) London is a large in the UK.
2) An armed conflict is a .
3) In armed conflicts there are normally two .
4) The people who win a conflict are the .
5) is another word for government, authority or control.
6) are groups of people who protest about something in the street.
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2. Read the questions and choose the correct answer.
1) Where was the Berlin Wall built?
2) When did the Second World War end?
3) Which country controlled East Germany?
4) Which part of Germany was under communist rule?
5) Who was the communist leader?
6) When was the Berlin Wall built?
7) Why did the Soviet Union build the wall?
8) When was the wall destroyed?
3. Complete the sentences using words from the list below. Click on the word from the box and then click again on the right blank space. The video and the above activities will help you.
1) My uncle is building a round his garden.
2) There are different types of political .
3) Some people like life in the country better than life in the .
4) In regular football, there are usually eleven players on each .
5) The only things that produces is destruction and suffering.
6) My brother and sister go to all the about education.
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1) Work in small groups. You live in a nice house with a big garden. Your neighbour wants to build a high wall between his garden and yours to stop your cats from going into his garden. You don’t like the idea at all. Think of arguments and alternatives to persuade him not to build the wall.
2) Present your arguments to the class.
3) Listen to the other groups’ arguments.
4) Vote for the best argument.