Friday, 20 March 2015

Nico's Text on Dynamo

Dynamo, the best
 


Dynamo: Magician Impossible is a documentary series that follows the lives of the magician Steven Frayne, aka Dynamo. The show is produced by Phil McIntyre Productions and Inner Circle Films for UKTV channel Watch and Universal Networks International.
Dynamo was born on December 17, 1982 as Steven Frayne in Bradford , England. He grew up there with his grandparents learned to perform acts of illusion thanks to his grandfather and developed his skills during his trips to New Orleans , Louisiana. It is currently affected by a disease called Crohn's disease which makes it a little difficu On August 1, 2013 , Dynamo published an autobiography called ' Nothing is Impossible'
On July 5, 2012 , Dynamo was awarded by the British Society of Magicians The Magic Circle as an Associate Member of The Inner Magic Circle. That same year, the series Dynamo : Magician Impossible won the award for Best Entertainment Programme of the Broadcast Awards 7 Dynamo named as one of the best known magicians and seen the world lt to attend some events .



1 :   True or false
    A.       Dynamo was born in 1983
    B.      “Magician imposible” won the award for best entertaiment
    C.      The show was produced by Phil McIntyre

2 : Open questions.
   1.What is the real name of “Dynamo”?
  2.How is the name of the documentary of Dynamo?

3:Synonyms
   1:fantasy  (paragraph  two)
   2:named  (paragraph two)

   3:course  (paragraph one)                                                                                    

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Clara's Text on X Factor

The X Factor is an American reality television show music competition created by Simon Cowell and produced by Fremantle Media North America, which aired on Fox from 2011 to 2013. Based on the original UK show, and an addition to the The X Factor, the series found new singing talent drawn from public auditions, and they competed against each other for votes. The winner was determined by the show's viewers
The series employed a panel of judges who critiqued the contestants' performances. Each judge was assigned to one of the categories and acted as mentor to the contestants in his or her category, helping to decide song choices, styling and staging, while also judging contestants from the other categories after each of the live performances. They competed with each other to win the competition, us making them the winning judge.
The original judging panel consisted of Cowell, Paula Abdul, Cheryl Cole and L.A. Reid. Demi Lovato and Britney Spears joined the panel in the second season. In this show was created groups that didn´t win but have a famous reputation like 1D,Little Mix ,Fifth Harmony..
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1.­TRUE or FALSE
-The x factor is an American comedy television show
-The x factor is produced by Simon Cowell and   created by Fremantle Media North America
-The series employed a panel of judges who criquited the constants´ performances

2. OPEN QUESTIONS
-Who are the members of the original judging panel ?


-What does the judge do when he is assigned to a category or a contestant?

3. SYNONIMS

-Prestige (paragraph 3)
-Champion (paragraph 1)
-Contest (paragraph 1)

-Authority (paragraph 2)

Sunday, 1 March 2015

More Exercises!

Following Kike's request I've added more exercises for you to study the use of English exam we have on friday:

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-1.html

Past simple vs. past continuous: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimpleorcontinuous/menu.php

Present Perfect Simple: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple

Present perfect simple vs. past simple: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper

Futures: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-mix/exercises

If you need more just ask me :)

See you tomorrow! ^^