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Word on the Street
Seaside Entertainment
General park activities
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Exercises
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Activity 2
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Activity 1
1. Where is the longest pier in the
world?
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Put the activities into the correct
categories.
Select the correct answers for the following
questions.
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playing football
a) Blackpool
sunbathing
b) Southend
watching a Punch and Judy puppet
show
playing arcade games
riding donkeys
going sailing
b) The piers had a lot of arcade
games on them.
c) Piers connected different places
to each other.
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Traditional seaside activities
a) People could imagine they were
on a ship.
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going on the swings
2. Why were piers so popular 100
years ago?
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catching Frisbees
c) London
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building sandcastles
3. Mr Punch is ___________.
b) cute
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c) bad
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4. The puppeteer’s favourite character
is ___________.
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a) the crocodile
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b) Mr Punch
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c) Judy
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5. Playing arcade games __________.
a) makes you a better athlete
Blackpool rock
Discussion
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What do you like about towns by the
sea? / What do you dislike?
c) greatly improves your physical
fitness
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Do you think the types of activities
which are popular now are the same
as those popular 100 years ago?
Why?/Why not?
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Do you like computer games?
Why?/Why not?
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b) improves your hand–eye
coordination
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6. Computer simulators are useful for
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a) improving your physical ability
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b) practising skills
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c) becoming a better tennis player
a) visit the pier
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7. Nick insists that visitors to Blackpool
must ____________.
Discuss these questions with another
student or post a comment on the
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b) watch a Punch and Judy show
c) try a boiled sugar sweet called a
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Answers
Activity 1
Traditional seaside activities
building sandcastles
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riding donkeys
watching a Punch and Judy puppet show
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Modern seaside activities
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playing arcade games
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going sailing
General park activities
playing football
catching Frisbees
going on the swings
1. b) Southend
2. a) People could imagine they were on a ship.
3. c) bad
6. b) practising skills
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4. a) the crocodile
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Activity 2
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sunbathing
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