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A really popular summer festival in the UK

One of the most popular summer festivals in the UK is the Edinburgh Festival. It isn’t actually one festival; eight festivals are held in the city simultaneously, including the Art Festival, the Book Festival, the International Festival, the Fringe and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

The Edinburgh Festival has happened in August every year since 1947, except for 2020. The idea for a festival came from Rudolf Bing, an Austrian who loved and sponsored the arts. Bing was the general manager of the famous Opera House at Glyndebourne in the South of England. He wanted to organise an international festival of music and opera to help fund the Opera House. Different cities were considered, including Oxford, but finally, Edinburgh, which already had a long history of festivals, was chosen.

Two important events took place during the first International Festival. Firstly, a week-long film festival was organised by the Edinburgh Film Guild. Secondly, eight theatre groups arrived uninvited. They were not allowed to perform in the International Festival, so they set up their shows in other venues in the city. That became the ‘Edinburgh Festival Fringe’.

The Fringe Festival is now the largest of the festivals. In 2018, it featured more than 55,000 performances of 3,548 different shows in 317 venues. There are circus, music, dance, comedy, theatre performances and much more. Comedy is the most common performance: over a third of the shows are comedy.

Attending the festival is a great experience, but planning ahead is a good idea. Hundreds of thousands of people attend each year, so you’ll need to book accommodation and tickets for popular shows in advance. But don’t plan too much! You’ll find out about great, little-known shows and performers while you are there, and you’ll be disappointed if you are too busy to attend.

places in town vocabulary

• find, select and write

are there...?

• look and answer

Have-has Possession-prepositions of place

Prepositions of place - Classroom objects

Drag the name into its correct place

There is/There are &Prepositions of Place 

Places in Town.

Reading comprehension - Grammar: Present Simple daily routines 1st and 3rd person singular. Prepositions of time and place.

Exercise on giving directions to get to a place.

Places in Town 

1): Completar espacios (Past Simple y Past Continuous)

Instrucciones: Completa las oraciones con la forma correcta del verbo entre paréntesis. Usa Past Simple o Past Continuous según corresponda. (5 puntos)

1. While I _______ (walk) to school, it suddenly _______ (start) to rain.
2. She _______ (not watch) TV yesterday because she _______ (study) for her exam.
3. They _______ (play) soccer when the accident _______ (happen).
4. What _______ you _______ (do) at 8 p.m. last night?
5. We _______ (see) a shooting star while we _______ (sit) on the beach.

2): Opción múltiple (Future Simple - Will y Be Going To)

Instrucciones: Elige la respuesta correcta. (5 puntos)

1. Look at those clouds! It _______ soon.
   a) will rain
   b) is going to rain
   c) rains
2. I think John _______ be at the party tonight.
   a) will
   b) is going to
   c) is
3. They _______ a new car next year; they’ve already saved the money.
   a) are going to buy
   b) will buy
   c) buy
4. Don’t worry, I _______ help you with your homework.
   a) am going to
   b) will
   c) going
5. She has decided that she _______ to university after finishing high school.
   a) will go
   b) is going
   c) is going to go

3): Transformar oraciones

Instrucciones: Reescribe las oraciones en negativo y en pregunta. (6 puntos)

1. He was reading a book.
   • Negativo: ______________________________
   • Pregunta: ______________________________
2. They will visit their grandparents tomorrow.
   • Negativo: ______________________________
   • Pregunta: ______________________________
3. She cooked dinner last night.
   • Negativo: ______________________________
   • Pregunta: ______________________________

4): Ordenar oraciones

Instrucciones: Ordena las palabras para formar oraciones correctas. (4 puntos)

1. yesterday / didn’t / homework / do / he / his
2. the / were / doing / kids / what / at 5 p.m.?
3. going / we / are / to / tomorrow / leave
4. was / playing / music / she / beautiful

5): Comprensión lectora

Instrucciones: Lee el siguiente texto y responde las preguntas. (5 puntos)

Texto:
"Last summer, Emily and her family went on a trip to Spain. While they were visiting Barcelona, they saw many interesting places. One afternoon, while Emily was taking photos of the Sagrada Familia, her brother got lost. He wasn’t paying attention and walked away from the group. Luckily, a kind stranger helped him find his way back. The whole family was very relieved when they found him."

Preguntas:

1. Where did Emily’s family go last summer?
2. What was Emily doing when her brother got lost?
3. Why did her brother get lost?
4. Who helped Emily’s brother?
5. How did the family feel when they found him?

Puntaje Total: _____ / 25