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Download onto your tablet or print the following pdf for our next lesson. English language and literature A/AS level for AQA Unit 5 Narrative pg 24 25 5.1 Narratives and narrators → read the text → find 3 examples of time frame https://disk.yandex.ru/i/RTD_b7o_DPNxRQ

CONTENTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY
CELTA systems lesson breakdown for on-line delivery

lesson section                      CELTA stage                       interaction patterns
Lead in                             activating schemata               T / Cl → SS breakout rooms
Narrative discourse                 vocab pre-teach                   T / Cl → SS breakout rooms

(optional EFL - depending on target level)
Must vs have to, must in the past   target language presentation      T / Cl
Third conditional                   target language presentation      Ss / T
Review of unreal conditionals       target language presentation      Ss / T
Mixed conditionals                  controlled practice               SS breakout rooms
type 1 and type 2 

The suspicions of Mr Whicher        semi-controlled practice          SS breakout rooms
or the Murder of Roadhill House
Tellability                         free practice                     SS breakout rooms

]]> English language and literature A/AS level for AQA B2 Unit 5 Narrative 32 1 Lead in How to recognise storytelling devices used by the narrator Describing literal & figurative conflicts active edit_ol_qa pix/icons8-collaboration-100_white.png Should the narrator of a story provide you with all the details, or just plant enough seeds for you to grow the plot and harvest the outcome? ✓ setting the backdrop without giving away the plot ✓ relying on readers' curiosity & imagination to fill in the gaps backdrop = painted piece of fabric that is hung behind the stage in a theatre as part of the scenery; general conditions in which an event takes place, which sometimes help to explain that event

Look at this picture. → answer the questions]]> Who are these protagonists? ✓ brother & sister ✓ lovers ✓ characters in a computer game protagonist = main character in a play, film or book Are they really crossing swords to settle a dispute? ✓ just practising for fun ✓ flirting with swords ✓ trying to get to the next stage of the game to cross swords = phrase coming from literal sword-fighting and duelling, where combatants would cross their blades to parry blows or initiate a fight. Now also an idiom meaning to have an argument, dispute, or disagreement with someone What will their story be about? ✓ the siblings need to revenge their father who was murdered by a villain ✓ the lovers will repeatedly tease each other and experience passion, hate, and bitter regrets ✓ gamers can fulfil their aspirations of becoming heroes in the eyes of each other while their real life is filled with solitude and hopelessness to tease = to laugh at sb and make jokes about them either in a friendly way or in order to annoy or embarrass them; to annoy an animal, especially by touching it, pulling its tail, etc How successful have you been at guessing the above answers? What does it suggest? (your own answers) 31 2 pix/icons8-dictionary-100_white.png Narrative discourse Describing choices in language and structure which add implicit significance to events, characters and settings active 1 external_url quiz textbook https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/h5pactivity/view.php?id=32940 https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/h5pactivity/view.php?id=32940 https://msk.ictnle.com/h5p/embed.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmsk.ictnle.com%2Fpluginfile.php%2F33165%2Fmod_h5pactivity%2Fpackage%2F0%2Fnarrative_discourse_drag-and-drop.h5p&component=mod_h5pactivity" name="h5player" width="998" height="842" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="h5p-player w-100 border-0" style="height: 0px;" id="6a4d2cd7df6c86a4d2cd7df6ca1-h5player" What is a narrative discourse? ✓ choices in language and structure may add implicit significance to events, characters and settings ✓ helps distinguish what happened from the way it is narrated ✓ reveals intention(s) of the author → place expressions on the diagram → recycle the definitions to describe the picture in the background ]]> ]]> 30 20201003-0932 Must vs have to, must in the past active grammar Can you make assumptions about the narrator's intentions? 29 20210320-0858 Third conditional active grammar What conditionals do you need to make a hypothesis about events and characters? 28 20210423-2014 Unreal conditionals active decks deck_of_phrases_conditionals_2-3.csv 27 20260507-0919 Practice - Mixed conditionals type 1 and type 2 (unreal situations) active review 26 3 The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill House active wip edit_short_reading_floating prep_short_reading_floating pix/icons8-reading-100_white.png Can you recognise discourse devices in prose? Read the excerpt → answer the questions → recycle narrative discourse devices → make assumptions with 'must, have to' It must have been colder earlier. → make suppositions with the 3rd conditional If the weather had been better, perhaps the victim wouldn't have chosen a hansom cab to Paddington Station. ]]> Who do you think are the narrator and narratee? → narrator ✓ some detective reading notes made by Detective-Inspector Jonathan Whicher ✓ a plaintiff during court proceedings → narratee ✓ a judge (...) narratee = person to whom a narrative is told plaintiff = person who makes a formal complaint against sb in a court of law Who is the character? What can you suppose from the precise description of how much he paid? ✓ Detective-Inspector Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard ✓ attentive, patient ✓ he might be imagining the way someone spent their day → perhaps he's checking how much was spent by a victim on the day they disappeared... Which are central events, and which are additional events? Why are the latter mentioned? ✓ main event → buying 2 rail tickets ✓ additional events → the day was warm → if the day was warm for the first time, perhaps it had been chilly or raining previously - which is why a cab was taken → there must have been a reason for stopping in Chippenham on the way to Trowbridge instead of going directly What does your knowledge frame help you assume? ✓ Detective-Inspector Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard can't have been doing some tourism the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ✓ the investigation must have been launched on serious grounds (theft, murder) How can you actively participate in the text by using your own experiences to fill in the narrative gaps? (your own answers) The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill Housee The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill House Kate Summerscale

hansom = carriage with two wheels, pulled by one horse, used in the past to carry two passengers 7s.10d. = How much is that worth today? - Value of some pre decimal coins used in England https://eehe.org.uk/31230/whatsitworth/ 1s.6d. = How much is that worth today? - Value of some pre decimal coins used in England https://eehe.org.uk/31230/whatsitworth/ seventies = approximately 21 degrees Celsius Trowbridge = town which became the county town of Wiltshire in 1889 when Wiltshire County Council was formed and sought a place which representatives from Swindon and Salisbury, among others, could reach and return home from in one day. Trowbridge fulfilled this criterion by its railway connections and thus was chosen as the county town, further reinforced by the construction of County Hall in 1939 Chippenham = market town and civil parish in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies 13 miles north-east of Bath, 86 miles west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Scotland Yard = nickname for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (the police force covering most of Greater London). The name stuck because the original headquarters, established in 1829, was located on a London street called Great Scotland Yard

25 3 Tellability active edit_ol_qa pix/icons8-collaboration-100_white.png What makes someone want to tell a story? Why is it worth reading and listening to? The strange motorcyclist tellable? How does the narrator shape and present their tales? ]]> (your own answers) The falling dog tellable? How does the narrator shape and present their tales? ]]> (your own answers) 24 knowledge frame = mental store of knowledge about the world gained through experience gap-filling = act of adding a rich sense of meaning to individual words and phrases based on our own knowledge and the context in which they appear tellability = features of a story that make it worth telling to an audience high tellability = characteristic of a narrative that presents interesting material in an engaging way low tellability = characteristic of a narrative that presents uninteresting material in an uninspiring way backdrop = painted piece of fabric that is hung behind the stage in a theatre as part of the scenery; general conditions in which an event takes place, which sometimes help to explain that event protagonist = main character in a play, film or book to cross swords = phrase coming from literal sword-fighting and duelling, where combatants would cross their blades to parry blows or initiate a fight. Now also an idiom meaning to have an argument, dispute, or disagreement with someone to tease = to laugh at sb and make jokes about them either in a friendly way or in order to annoy or embarrass them; to annoy an animal, especially by touching it, pulling its tail, etc hansom = carriage with two wheels, pulled by one horse, used in the past to carry two passengers Trowbridge = town which became the county town of Wiltshire in 1889 when Wiltshire County Council was formed and sought a place which representatives from Swindon and Salisbury, among others, could reach and return home from in one day. Trowbridge fulfilled this criterion by its railway connections and thus was chosen as the county town, further reinforced by the construction of County Hall in 1939 Chippenham = market town and civil parish in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies 13 miles north-east of Bath, 86 miles west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Scotland Yard = nickname for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (the police force covering most of Greater London). The name stuck because the original headquarters, established in 1829, was located on a London street called Great Scotland Yard 23 saw seen this film Maybe or either period drama or docudrama They learnt how do you are supposed to behave in ~~some~~ noble society ~~Did~~ Have you ever ~~went~~ gone | been to a country on a different continent? (Did you go to the cinema last night = point in time ← past simple | Have you ever been (= gone) to... = from the past up to now ← present perfect ]]> character /'keriktə:/ emperor /ˈempərə/ 20260709 12:00-12:50 1 2 active Narrative (per CELTA basic skills lesson) By the end of this session you will have studied print

CONTENTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY
CELTA basic skills lesson breakdown for on-line delivery

lesson section                      CELTA stage                       interaction patterns
Lead in                             activating schemata               T / Cl → SS breakout rooms
The suspicions of Mr Whicher        text + gist task                  SS breakout rooms
or the Murder of Roadhill House     
( - )                               feedback                          Ss / T

(optional EFL - depending on target level)
Must vs have to, must in the past   target language presentation      T / Cl
Third conditional                   target language presentation      Ss / T
Review of unreal conditionals       target language presentation      Ss / T
Mixed conditionals                  controlled practice               SS breakout rooms
type 1 and type 2 

Narrative discourse                 vocab pre-teach                   T / Cl
The suspicions of Mr Whicher        text + details                    SS breakout rooms
or the Murder of Roadhill House     discussion 

Tellability                         production activity (drafting)    SS breakout rooms
Writing task (Paper 1A, Section C)  production activity               homework

]]> English language and literature A/AS level for AQA B2 Unit 5 Narrative 22 1 Lead in How to recognise storytelling devices used by the narrator Describing literal & figurative conflicts active edit_ol_qa pix/icons8-collaboration-100_white.png Should the narrator of a story provide you with all the details, or just plant enough seeds for you to grow the plot and harvest the outcome? ✓ setting the backdrop without giving away the plot ✓ relying on readers' curiosity & imagination to fill in the gaps backdrop = painted piece of fabric that is hung behind the stage in a theatre as part of the scenery; general conditions in which an event takes place, which sometimes help to explain that event

20 20201003-0932 Must vs have to, must in the past active grammar Can you make assumptions about the narrator's intentions? 19 20210320-0858 Third conditional active grammar What conditionals do you need to make a hypothesis about events and characters? 18 20210423-2014 Unreal conditionals active decks deck_of_phrases_conditionals_2-3.csv 17 20260507-0919 Practice - Mixed conditionals type 1 and type 2 (unreal situations) active review 16 3 pix/icons8-dictionary-100_white.png Narrative discourse Describing choices in language and structure which add implicit significance to events, characters and settings active 1 external_url quiz textbook https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/h5pactivity/view.php?id=32940 https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/h5pactivity/view.php?id=32940 https://msk.ictnle.com/h5p/embed.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmsk.ictnle.com%2Fpluginfile.php%2F33165%2Fmod_h5pactivity%2Fpackage%2F0%2Fnarrative_discourse_drag-and-drop.h5p&component=mod_h5pactivity" name="h5player" width="998" height="842" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="h5p-player w-100 border-0" style="height: 0px;" id="6a4d2cd7df6c86a4d2cd7df6ca1-h5player" What is a narrative discourse? ✓ choices in language and structure may add implicit significance to events, characters and settings ✓ helps distinguish what happened from the way it is narrated ✓ reveals intention(s) of the author → place expressions on the diagram → recycle the definitions to describe the picture in the background ]]> ]]> 15 4 The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill House - Reading for detail active wip edit_short_reading_floating prep_short_reading_floating pix/icons8-reading-100_white.png Can you recognise discourse devices in prose? Read the excerpt → answer the questions → recycle narrative discourse devices → make assumptions with 'must, have to' It must have been colder earlier. → make suppositions with the 3rd conditional If the weather had been better, perhaps the victim wouldn't have chosen a hansom cab to Paddington Station. ]]> Which are central events, and which are additional events? Why are the latter mentioned? ✓ main event → buying 2 rail tickets ✓ additional events → the day was warm → if the day was warm for the first time, perhaps it had been chilly or raining previously - which is why a cab was taken → there must have been a reason for stopping in Chippenham on the way to Trowbridge instead of going directly What does your knowledge frame help you assume? ✓ Detective-Inspector Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard can't have been doing some tourism the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ✓ the investigation must have been launched on serious grounds (theft, murder) How can you actively participate in the text by using your own experiences to fill in the narrative gaps? (your own answers) The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill Housee The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill House Kate Summerscale

14 5 Tellability active edit_ol_qa pix/icons8-collaboration-100_white.png What makes someone want to tell a story? Why is it worth reading and listening to? The strange motorcyclist tellable? How does the narrator shape and present their tales? ]]> (your own answers) The falling dog tellable? How does the narrator shape and present their tales? ]]> (your own answers) Brainstorm contents of a 300 word-long essay on the high and low tellability of both excerpts. 13 6 pix/icons8-hand-with-pen-100_white.png Writing (Paper 1A, Section C) active 1 external_url textbook https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/assign/view.php?id=33269 https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/assign/view.php?id=33269 To what extent do you agree with this view in relation to the two texts from The strange motorcyclist and The Falling Dog you have studied? 'Narrative techniques deployed by an author often make a story more engaging than the plot itself.' To what extent do you agree with this view in relation to the two texts from The strange motorcyclist and The Falling Dog you have studied? Remember to include in your answer relevant comment on the ways the writers have shaped meanings. ]]> 12 knowledge frame = mental store of knowledge about the world gained through experience gap-filling = act of adding a rich sense of meaning to individual words and phrases based on our own knowledge and the context in which they appear tellability = features of a story that make it worth telling to an audience high tellability = characteristic of a narrative that presents interesting material in an engaging way low tellability = characteristic of a narrative that presents uninteresting material in an uninspiring way backdrop = painted piece of fabric that is hung behind the stage in a theatre as part of the scenery; general conditions in which an event takes place, which sometimes help to explain that event protagonist = main character in a play, film or book to cross swords = phrase coming from literal sword-fighting and duelling, where combatants would cross their blades to parry blows or initiate a fight. Now also an idiom meaning to have an argument, dispute, or disagreement with someone to tease = to laugh at sb and make jokes about them either in a friendly way or in order to annoy or embarrass them; to annoy an animal, especially by touching it, pulling its tail, etc hansom = carriage with two wheels, pulled by one horse, used in the past to carry two passengers Trowbridge = town which became the county town of Wiltshire in 1889 when Wiltshire County Council was formed and sought a place which representatives from Swindon and Salisbury, among others, could reach and return home from in one day. Trowbridge fulfilled this criterion by its railway connections and thus was chosen as the county town, further reinforced by the construction of County Hall in 1939 Chippenham = market town and civil parish in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies 13 miles north-east of Bath, 86 miles west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Scotland Yard = nickname for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (the police force covering most of Greater London). The name stuck because the original headquarters, established in 1829, was located on a London street called Great Scotland Yard 11 saw seen this film Maybe or either period drama or docudrama They learnt how do you are supposed to behave in ~~some~~ noble society ~~Did~~ Have you ever ~~went~~ gone | been to a country on a different continent? (Did you go to the cinema last night = point in time ← past simple | Have you ever been (= gone) to... = from the past up to now ← present perfect ]]> character /'keriktə:/ emperor /ˈempərə/ 20260708 12:00-12:50 1 1 active Narrative (flipped lesson format + TTT) By the end of this session you will have studied print

(additional prep for flipped format)
(optional EFL - depending on target level)
Review of unreal conditionals   
Practice - Mixed conditionals type 1 and type 2 

The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill House   
Read the excerpt for gist
→ answer the questions

https://disk.yandex.ru/i/RTD_b7o_DPNxRQ

CONTENTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY
flipped lesson + Test/Teach/Test breakdown for on-line delivery

lesson section                      CELTA stage                       interaction patterns
(optional EFL - depending on target level)
Review of unreal conditionals       teach                             T / Cl
Practice - Mixed conditionals       test                              T / Ss
type 1 and type 2 

The suspicions of Mr Whicher        feedback                          Ss / T
or the Murder of Roadhill House     
Lead in                             activating schemata               T / Cl → SS breakout rooms
Narrative discourse                 vocab pre-teach                   T / Cl
The suspicions of Mr Whicher        text + details                    SS breakout rooms
or the Murder of Roadhill House     discussion 
Tellability                         production activity (drafting)    SS breakout rooms
Writing task (Paper 1A, Section C)  production activity               homework

]]> English language and literature A/AS level for AQA B2 Unit 5 Narrative 10 20210423-2014 Unreal conditionals active decks deck_of_phrases_conditionals_2-3.csv 9 20260507-0919 Practice - Mixed conditionals type 1 and type 2 (unreal situations) active review 8 1 The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill House - Reading for gist (prep) active wip edit_short_reading_floating prep_short_reading_floating pix/icons8-reading-100_white.png Do you enjoy making predictions? Read the excerpt for gist → answer the questions ]]> Who do you think are the narrator and narratee? → narrator ✓ some detective reading notes made by Detective-Inspector Jonathan Whicher ✓ a plaintiff during court proceedings → narratee ✓ a judge (...) narratee = person to whom a narrative is told plaintiff = person who makes a formal complaint against sb in a court of law Who is the character? What can you suppose from the precise description of how much he paid? ✓ Detective-Inspector Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard ✓ attentive, patient ✓ he might be imagining the way someone spent their day → perhaps he's checking how much was spent by a victim on the day they disappeared... The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill Housee The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill House Kate Summerscale

7 2 Lead in How to recognise storytelling devices used by the narrator Describing literal & figurative conflicts active edit_ol_qa pix/icons8-collaboration-100_white.png Should the narrator of a story provide you with all the details, or just plant enough seeds for you to grow the plot and harvest the outcome? ✓ setting the backdrop without giving away the plot ✓ relying on readers' curiosity & imagination to fill in the gaps backdrop = painted piece of fabric that is hung behind the stage in a theatre as part of the scenery; general conditions in which an event takes place, which sometimes help to explain that event

Look at this picture. → answer the questions]]> Who are these protagonists? ✓ brother & sister ✓ lovers ✓ characters in a computer game protagonist = main character in a play, film or book Are they really crossing swords to settle a dispute? ✓ just practising for fun ✓ flirting with swords ✓ trying to get to the next stage of the game to cross swords = phrase coming from literal sword-fighting and duelling, where combatants would cross their blades to parry blows or initiate a fight. Now also an idiom meaning to have an argument, dispute, or disagreement with someone What will their story be about? ✓ the siblings need to revenge their father who was murdered by a villain ✓ the lovers will repeatedly tease each other and experience passion, hate, and bitter regrets ✓ gamers can fulfil their aspirations of becoming heroes in the eyes of each other while their real life is filled with solitude and hopelessness to tease = to laugh at sb and make jokes about them either in a friendly way or in order to annoy or embarrass them; to annoy an animal, especially by touching it, pulling its tail, etc How successful have you been at guessing the above answers? What does it suggest? (your own answers) 6 3 pix/icons8-dictionary-100_white.png Narrative discourse Describing choices in language and structure which add implicit significance to events, characters and settings active 1 external_url quiz textbook https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/h5pactivity/view.php?id=32940 https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/h5pactivity/view.php?id=32940 https://msk.ictnle.com/h5p/embed.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmsk.ictnle.com%2Fpluginfile.php%2F33165%2Fmod_h5pactivity%2Fpackage%2F0%2Fnarrative_discourse_drag-and-drop.h5p&component=mod_h5pactivity" name="h5player" width="998" height="842" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="h5p-player w-100 border-0" style="height: 0px;" id="6a4d2cd7df6c86a4d2cd7df6ca1-h5player" What is a narrative discourse? ✓ choices in language and structure may add implicit significance to events, characters and settings ✓ helps distinguish what happened from the way it is narrated ✓ reveals intention(s) of the author → place expressions on the diagram → recycle the definitions to describe the picture in the background ]]> ]]> 5 4 The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill House - Reading for detail active wip edit_short_reading_floating prep_short_reading_floating pix/icons8-reading-100_white.png Can you recognise discourse devices in prose? Read the excerpt → answer the questions → recycle narrative discourse devices → make assumptions with 'must, have to' It must have been colder earlier. → make suppositions with the 3rd conditional If the weather had been better, perhaps the victim wouldn't have chosen a hansom cab to Paddington Station. ]]> Which are central events, and which are additional events? Why are the latter mentioned? ✓ main event → buying 2 rail tickets ✓ additional events → the day was warm → if the day was warm for the first time, perhaps it had been chilly or raining previously - which is why a cab was taken → there must have been a reason for stopping in Chippenham on the way to Trowbridge instead of going directly What does your knowledge frame help you assume? ✓ Detective-Inspector Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard can't have been doing some tourism the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ✓ the investigation must have been launched on serious grounds (theft, murder) How can you actively participate in the text by using your own experiences to fill in the narrative gaps? (your own answers) The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill Housee The suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder of Roadhill House Kate Summerscale

4 5 Tellability active edit_ol_qa pix/icons8-collaboration-100_white.png What makes someone want to tell a story? Why is it worth reading and listening to? The strange motorcyclist tellable? How does the narrator shape and present their tales? ]]> (your own answers) The falling dog tellable? How does the narrator shape and present their tales? ]]> (your own answers) Brainstorm contents of a 300 word-long essay on the high and low tellability of both excerpts. 3 6 pix/icons8-hand-with-pen-100_white.png Writing (Paper 1A, Section C) active 1 external_url textbook https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/assign/view.php?id=33269 https://msk.ictnle.com/mod/assign/view.php?id=33269 To what extent do you agree with this view in relation to the two texts from The strange motorcyclist and The Falling Dog you have studied? 'Narrative techniques deployed by an author often make a story more engaging than the plot itself.' To what extent do you agree with this view in relation to the two texts from The strange motorcyclist and The Falling Dog you have studied? Remember to include in your answer relevant comment on the ways the writers have shaped meanings. ]]> 2 knowledge frame = mental store of knowledge about the world gained through experience gap-filling = act of adding a rich sense of meaning to individual words and phrases based on our own knowledge and the context in which they appear tellability = features of a story that make it worth telling to an audience high tellability = characteristic of a narrative that presents interesting material in an engaging way low tellability = characteristic of a narrative that presents uninteresting material in an uninspiring way backdrop = painted piece of fabric that is hung behind the stage in a theatre as part of the scenery; general conditions in which an event takes place, which sometimes help to explain that event protagonist = main character in a play, film or book to cross swords = phrase coming from literal sword-fighting and duelling, where combatants would cross their blades to parry blows or initiate a fight. Now also an idiom meaning to have an argument, dispute, or disagreement with someone to tease = to laugh at sb and make jokes about them either in a friendly way or in order to annoy or embarrass them; to annoy an animal, especially by touching it, pulling its tail, etc hansom = carriage with two wheels, pulled by one horse, used in the past to carry two passengers Trowbridge = town which became the county town of Wiltshire in 1889 when Wiltshire County Council was formed and sought a place which representatives from Swindon and Salisbury, among others, could reach and return home from in one day. Trowbridge fulfilled this criterion by its railway connections and thus was chosen as the county town, further reinforced by the construction of County Hall in 1939 Chippenham = market town and civil parish in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies 13 miles north-east of Bath, 86 miles west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Scotland Yard = nickname for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (the police force covering most of Greater London). The name stuck because the original headquarters, established in 1829, was located on a London street called Great Scotland Yard 1 saw seen this film Maybe or either period drama or docudrama They learnt how do you are supposed to behave in ~~some~~ noble society ~~Did~~ Have you ever ~~went~~ gone | been to a country on a different continent? (Did you go to the cinema last night = point in time ← past simple | Have you ever been (= gone) to... = from the past up to now ← present perfect ]]> character /'keriktə:/ emperor /ˈempərə/