Prime Time 5/6, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

Famous speeches 1 Word formation Complete the grid below. Verb Noun (thing) Noun (person) Adjective to speak speech speaker speechless to free to domination to competitor to protest ––– to ––– struggling to growth grower to talkative to ––– successful 2 Language in use: Martin Luther King, Jr. You are going to read a text about Martin Luther King, Jr. In most lines of the text there is a word that should not be there. Write that word in the space provided after each line. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick ( ü ). There are three examples at the beginning. On 4 April 1968 a bullet ended the life of Martin Luther King, ü 0 Jr., but it did not put to an end to his revolution. Since the 1950s to 00 when Martin Luther King, Jr. started his campaign for Civil Rights ü 000 in America, the situation of African Americans has always changed Q1 considerably. Eventually, the non-violent protest of the Q2 Civil Rights campaigners has paid off. In the 21 st century the Q3 President Obama showed that it is possible to become an African Q4 American President in the US. The campaigners of the 1950s and Q5 1960s did not expect that the changes they longed for ever Q6 would happen so quickly. Q7 Today African Americans enjoy equal rights throughout it but in Q8 the reality they are still disadvantaged. The prison population for example Q9 still consists predominately of black and males. In general, black Q10 Americans are less well-off doing than their white fellow citizens. Q11 More black people join the US forces to combat unemployment Q12 numbers and bear the burden in case of a war. Q13 In his times then Martin Luther King, Jr. was also fighting for Q14 economic rights of African Americans because he knew that legal Q15 regulations alone cannot bridge the gap year between the rich Q16 and the poor, between white and black America. Q17 When he was killed in 1968, the Civil Rights Movement was lost Q18 one of its charismatic leaders but there were others who continued Q19 his struggle to gain for equality and recognition. Q20 TIP • Prime Time 6: Unit 8  S. 102 61 21 Famous speeches Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv