Fáilte go mBaile Átha Cliath!

1. The Book of Kells is from England. Right. Wrong.
2. Books in Ireland are considered very important. Right. Wrong.
3. England’s oldest books were written during the Middle Ages. Right. Wrong.

A First Look at Dublin

1

Listen to the recording and identify the Flannigans’ door.

2

Listen again and pick out proper nouns (people, places, language). 

A Tour of Dublin

1

Label the parts of this document.

2

Write your questions before calling Croke Park.

3

Label the pictures with elements from the text.

  

The Book Of Kells

1

Complete the mindmap as you listen to the document.

2

What questions did Josh ask? Complete these sentences with Wh- words.
💡 Tip: Remember: Wh- words → missing information. Auxiliary first → yes / no questions.

a)

is the Book of Kells?
b) 

created it?
c)

was it made?
d)

pages does it have?
e)

the book have pictures?
f)

is your job, exactly?

3

Watch the video. What might be the boy’s future job?

StudiocanalUK/Youtube/DR

Gardener

Fireman

Monk

4

Focus on the images of the video and number the elements below in order of appearance.

L'accent irlandais !

Listen: I moved to Dublin when I was thirty-three.

Réfléchis : Les Irlandais, prononcent-ils /th/ : /θ/ (mouth) ou /t/ (tomato) ?


Répète : Dublin is my third favourite place in Ireland!

Le prétérit simple

Observe : I lived in Connemara as a child, but I moved to Dublin in 2015. I wrote a book about the city! Aiden studied at Trinity College.

Réfléchis : Repère les verbes dans les phrases ci-dessus. Ces trois verbes sont . Trois verbes se terminent en . Un verbe ne se termine pas en : il est . La base verbale du dernier verbe est .

Conclus : Pour mettre un verbe régulier au prétérit, je rajoute à la BV. S’il s’agit d’un verbe irrégulier, j’apprends sa conjugaison par ❤️ . Si la BV se termine en -y, je transforme le -y en .

Mission 2

1

I must prepare...

a phone conversation.

an oral presentation

a written presentation.

2

What did I visit?

Trinity College.

Dublin Castle.

The Houses of Parliament.

Croke Park Stadium.

3

Choose your level:

A2+

A1+

A2