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Listen to the recording. Put the following groups
of people into the correct order that they were
in Canada. Starting with the first group.
a. French
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b. Native people
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c. English
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Andria
Listen to the recording. Answer the questions below.
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Who was in Canada before the Europeans arrived?
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2.
When did John Cabot arrive in Canada?
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Which area did Jacques Cartier claim for France?
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4.
Who claimed the Atlantic coast?
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Who made a mistake over the name of ‘Canada’?
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What does ‘Canada’ actually mean?
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Listen to the recording. Fill in the blanks below.
Neil:
Good morning, Andria.
Andria:
Hello.
Neil:
Um, thank you for ______________ _____.
Andria:
Thank you for having me.
Neil:
I’d like to talk today about your country’s history.
Andria:
Mmm.
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Neil:
And, um, I’d like you to tell me some of the most
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country’s history.
Andria:
Ok. Well I come from Canada.
Neil:
Yeah.
Andria:
Um, Canada was settled by, uh, many people
from Europe. ______ ____________ the original
people that were there, natives, were there _______
____________ the Europeans showed up.
Andria
Neil:
Mmm hmm.
Andria:
Uh, the first uh, British person to land on the shores was
John Cabot. He landed there in around the fort... fifteenth
century.
Neil:
Mmm hmm.
Andria:
And then in the sixteenth century came Jacques Cartier,
and he was the first Frenchman to ___________
__________. And so he claimed the area of Quebec for
France, just like John Cabot had claimed the area near
the Atlantic coast for the British.
Neil:
So what you’re saying here that, that Canada was split
into different parts _____ __________ _________.
Andria:
Yeah, Canada’s very, very big so uh, there’s lots of land
for everybody to claim.
Neil:
Does that mean there were also different languages at
that time?
Andria:
Um, I’m, yes of course. Yeah. The French spoke French,
the English spoke English, the native spoke their own
language. Actually it’s __________ ____ __________.
There was a small uh, misunderstanding uh, when it
came to Canada and how it, how Canada got it’s name.
Neil:
Uh huh.
Andria:
Uh, Jacques Cartier was _______________ ____ some
of the native people and they said ‘Well come over to
Canada’, and so they were ____________ _________ uh,
the village, which is actually now Quebec City.
Neil:
Ahh.
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Andria:
Uh, but Jacques Cartier, he made a _________
___________ and thought that he was, that they
were talking about the whole area. And so they
started calling the whole area Canada.
Neil:
Right, right, right.
Andria:
And then eventually it was _________ ______ the
maps and now to this day Canada is called
Canada...
Neil:
Canada.
Andria:
... after the word for village.
Neil:
Ok, uh, thank you for coming in.
Andria:
Mmm. Thank you.
Andria
Some verbs always come as two words. For example:
I put on my jacket.
Match the following words with each picture below.
There is one extra word. Write a sentence for each
picture.
a. land on b. come to c. talk about d. put on
e. talk to f. split into g. come in
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2. __________________
3. _________________
4. __________________
5. _________________
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In the space below, write about an important
event in your country.
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