UNIT 2

UNIT 2 - KINGS AND QUEENS

HISTORY - WHAT CAUSED THE FRENCH REVOLUTION?

VOCABULARY

- upheaval = revuelta política

- undergo = padecer, experimentar

- Enlightenment = la Ilustración

- political awareness = conciencia política

- clergy = clero

- merchants and craftsmen= mercaderes y artesanos

- peasants= campesinos

- harvest = cosechar

- lavishly = con despilfarro

- wealth = riqueza

- sink into debt = hundirse en la deuda

- outrage = indignación

- to storm = atacar

- storehouse of weapons = almacén de armamento

- shatter = hacerse pedazos

- charged with treason= acusado de traición

- beheaded = decapitado

RELATIVE CLAUSES

EXTRA PRACTICE

MORE EXTRA PRACTICE

Combine the following pairs of sentences by means of relative pronouns, making any necessary changes.

1. She was dancing with a student. He had a slight limp. (two ways)

2. I am looking after some children. They are terribly spoilt.(two ways)

3. Romeo and Juliet were two lovers. Their parents hated each other.

4. There wasn't any directory in the telephone box. I was phoning from this box.

5. This is Mrs. Jones. Her son won the championship last year.

6. I was sitting on a chair. It suddenly collapsed. (The chair...)

7. Mr Smith said he was too busy to speak to me. I had come specially to see him.

8. The man was sitting at the desk. I had come to see this man (whom)

9. His girlfriendturned out to be an enemy spy. He trusted her absolutely.

10. This is the story of a man. His wife suddenly loses her memory.