Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward
Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward
Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward
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5c A good read<br />
Date:<br />
Can do (tick ✓)<br />
I can understand progression in a text.<br />
I can find evidence in a text to back up my opinions.<br />
I can use the past perfect continuous to talk about actions that<br />
were in progress before or up to a certain point in the past.<br />
I can identify long vowels and pronounce them correctly.<br />
Movie mistakes<br />
In the film Girl with a Pearl Earring there is a scene where you see a man riding a bicycle; but<br />
bicycles weren’t invented for another 150 years! Have you ever spotted mistakes in films What<br />
were they You can find others if you do an internet search for ‘movie mistakes’.<br />
The most valuable paintings in the world<br />
Paintings by these five artists are all in the top ten of the world’s most expensive paintings<br />
(when sold at auction). Can you put them in order from 1 (the most expensive) to 5 (the least<br />
expensive)<br />
Van Gogh Cezanne Renoir Picasso Klimt<br />
A strange language<br />
If something is worthless it has no value,<br />
but if something is priceless it is very<br />
valuable and impossible to replace.<br />
Another word for priceless is invaluable.<br />
What other confusing words have<br />
you found in English<br />
2<br />
An art joke<br />
A painter had an exhibition at a gallery. After<br />
some time he asked the gallery owner if anyone<br />
had shown any interest in any of his paintings.<br />
‘I have some good news and some bad news,’<br />
the gallery owner replied. ‘A man came in and<br />
enquired about your work and wondered if it<br />
would increase in value after your death. I told<br />
him I thought it would and he bought all 25 of<br />
your paintings.’ ‘That’s fantastic!’ the artist<br />
cried. ‘What’s the bad news’<br />
‘I’m afraid he was your doctor.’