An exciting experionce
Last year, I went to Catalunya to visit my penfriend Josep. He lives in a smali town cailed Terrassa. I stayed with Josep and his family for a week. The most exciting day was when we visited Barcelona.
We travelled by bus to the city centre, and we visited a lot of great places. First we went to MontjuTc. It was a sunny day, so we could see the mountains, the beach and the city. We had lunch in a nice restaurant, and ate typical Catalan food.
My favourite place in Barcelona was Park Guell. It’s a beautiful park with ceramic mosaics and strange houses. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudf. 1’m very interested in architecture, so I asked Josep about Gaudf. He was bom in 1852, and he grew up in Barcelona. He designed a lot of interesting houses in the city, like the Casa Mila. Gaudf also designed the Sagrada Familia cathedral, but he couldn’t finish it. He died in 1926.
When I came home, I surfed the Internet and found some morę information about Gaudf. I thought that his buildings were beautiful because they’re very different from English buildings.
Jack (aged 16)
1 Josep lives in Barcelona. _
2 Jack and Josep went to the city by bus._
3 It rained all day in Barcelona. _
4 Jack didn’t like the Parć Guell. _
5 Gaudf also designed the Casa Mila. _
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11 Read the text again. Then answer tne questions.
1 When did Jack visit Catalunya?
2 What did Jack have for lunch in Barcelona?
3 When was Antoni Gaudf born?
4 Why couldn't Gaudf finish the Sagrada Familia cathedral?
5 Why did Jack like Gaudfs buildings?
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12 Listen to Finn talking to his grandmother. Choose the correct answers.
1 Finn is doing a school project about new technology / life in the past.
2 Finn’s grandmother was born in 1940 / 1944.
3 She left school when she was fourteen / sixteen.
4 She worked in a clothes shop / shoe shop.
5 She went to a restaurant / the cinema with Finn’s grandfather.
2 MARKS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER. TOTAL_/10
13 Write about an exciting experience. Think about these questions:
• Where were you?
• Who were you with?
• What did you do?
• What was your favourite thing?
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