Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward

6a At the polls
Date:
Can do (tick ✓)
I can identify the sequence of events in a text.
I can discuss the role of celebrities in politics.
I can use conditional sentences to describe real situations
and their probable consequences or results.
I can use conditional sentences to describe imaginary
situations and their probable consequences or results.
Three actors who became politicians
Match the actors to the descriptions.
1 Ronald Reagan a) Starred in Never on a Sunday in 1960. Over one million
people attended this person’s funeral.
2 Clint Eastwood b) A B-movie actor who starred in films like Bedtime for
Bonzo, this person later became president of the USA.
3 Melina Mercouri c) Star of spaghetti westerns and crime movies like Dirty
Harry, this person became mayor of Carmel, California.
British & American English
Which of these terms refer to British politics (B) and which to American (A)
run for office
senator
stand for election
MP
governor
Conservative
Republican
parliament
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You have to do everything to win, no matter what.
Arnold Schwarzenegger