Hi teachers,
This is for a listening comprehension exercise.The text is from a CD.
Alex Dinon escaped from prison yesterday.
If this is what the students will hear:
What are you doing in my field, young man?’ she said. Alex sat up quickly. ‘I’m sorry,’ he said. ‘I was tired, and needed some sleep. I’m going now.’‘You’re very dirty,’ the old woman said. ‘Look at you! Where are you going?’‘North,’ Alex said. He stood up and began to move away.
Would the following be suitable questions and answers?
1. How did Alex rise from the field? He did it quickly.
2. Did Alex apologize to the old woman? Yes he did
3. What were Alex’s motives to be in her field? (They were that) he was tired and needed some sleep.
4. What did Alex look like? He was very dirty.
5. Which direction did Alex want to go? He wanted to go North.
6. Did Alex rise and began to leave the field? Yes, he did.
Thanks in advance.
It looks like you are planning this exercise for detailed comprehension. I would first try to work out some more general questions or a multiple choice test for general comprehension. As to the questions, they are more or less fine to me, except the first one. Alex didn't rise from the field, he sat up which means he was still on the ground, not lying now as it was before the woman came up to him, but sitting.
If I were a native speaker of English, I would never shut up. :-)
Hi englishhobby,
Thank you for your reply.
The exercise is planned for intermediate students, so they don't really need to work out any general questions. They have been doing this kind of exercise in the beginners level with much more easy questions.
Sorry, but if I'm not mistaken, don't you also raise when you go from a lying position to a sitting position?Alex didn't rise from the field, he sat up which means he was still on the ground, not lying now as it was before the woman came up to him, but sitting.
TS
No–englishhobby is right–you sit up.Sorry, but if I'm not mistaken, don't you also rise when you go from a lying position to a sitting position?
Rover
"To rise from the field" suggests that he was capable of levitation!
Perhaps you should ask them "How did he move from his original/lying position in the field?"
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
Hi Rover,
Thank you for your reply. I wrote 'rise' the way I pronounce it. My mistake.
How about the questions? Are the rest correct?
TS
If you are pronouncing it "raise", then you are pronouncing it incorrectly. "Rise" should rhyme with "eyes".Originally Posted by learning54
Hi Rover,
Thank you for your reply. I wrote 'rise' the way I pronounce it. My mistake.
How about the questions? Are the rest correct?
TS
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
Hi emsr2d2,
Thank you for your reply.
So, instead of:
How did Alex rise from the field? He did it quickly
I should ask:
How did he move from his lying position in the field? He did it quickly.
TS
3. What were Alex’s reasons for being in her field?
6. Did Alex rise and begin to leave the field?
On second though, I pronounce it right then. I wrote my question when I was in a hurry.
TS
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