English Camp - Activities

English in Camp – Facilitator’s Guide

Heroic Failures In a world where people strive for success, here are some stories of failures. Look at the stories and decide which ones are false and which ones are true.

THE LONGEST ROMANCE In 1900 Octavio Guillen met the girl who would one day be his wife. Two years later he announced his engagement to Adrianna martines and everyone said they made a lovely couple. They still made a lovely couple in 1969, when they cast caution to the wind and got married in Mexico City. They were both 82 and had been engaged for 67 years.

THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL ABDUCTION In August 1972 Mr Darsun Yilmaz of Damali on the Black Sea was rejected by his neighbour’s daughter and decided to abduct her. Soon after midnight Yilmaz arrived in his beloved’s garden with a ladder. Once in her room, he threw a blanket over her head and carried her down to the car. Away they sped into the night, joy in his heart and stars in the sky. However, when he unwrapped his precious cargo and pursed his lips for a kiss he discovered it was the 91-year-old grandmother, who took this welcome opportunity to beat him up.

THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL ALIBI During his divorce hearing in July 1978, a London man was asked to explain what he and ‘the other woman’ were doing in his bedroom with the lights out. He replied: “Playing snooker.”

THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL ANIMAL RESCUE On 14 January 1978 a fire crew in England were called out by an elderly lady in South London to retrieve her cat which had become trapped in a tree. They arrived very quickly and soon rescued the cat. So grateful was the lady that she invited them all in for tea. Driving off later, with fond farewells, they ran over the cat and killed it.

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HOSPITAL BEDS There are seven patients in the Hospital Ward. Their beds are arranged like this at the moment. Unfortunately the patients are not very happy with the arrangements. Can you rearrange the beds so that each patient may be a little happier with his neighbour: ALF

BASIL

CHUCK

DAVE

ERIC

FRED

GEOFF

This is the hospital social workers assessment of each of the patients: ALF BASIL CHUCK DAVE ERIC FRED GEOFF

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Joker Interested in literature & politics In pain. Depressed. Needs to be cheered up but can't talk back. Never stops talking about anything and everything. Only interested in sport and girls. Wants to read or rest, but not chat. Lonely. Feels left out of things.

HOSPITAL BEDS There are seven patients in the Hospital. Their beds are arranged like this at the moment. Unfortunately the patients are not very happy with the arrangements. Can you re-arrange the beds so that each patient may be a little happier with his neighbour: ALF

BASIL

CHUCK

DAVE

ERIC

FRED

This is the night sisters report on each of the patients: ALF BASIL CHUCK DAVE ERIC FRED GEOFF

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Sleeps through any noises. Lies awake moaning & groaning all night. Very ill. Needs all the sleep he can get. Kept awake by Basil. Snores very loudly. Sleeps through all noises. Kept awake by George. Talks quite loudly in his sleep.

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How many words can you make out of ‘Mangosteen’ 1.

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NASA GAME You are one of the crew on board a spaceship to rendezvous with the mother ship on the lighted side of the moon. Mechanical difficulties, however, have forced your ship to crash land at a spot some 300 kilometres from the rendezvous point. The rough landing has damaged much of the equipment aboard. Your survival depends on reaching the mother ship, and you have to choose the most essential items for the 300 km trip. The 15 items left intact after landing are listed below. Your task is to rank them in order of importance to your crew in your attempt to reach the rendezvous point. Write number 1 for the most important item, number 2 for the second and so on through to number 15.

box of matches 20 metres of nylon rope parachute silk two .45 calibre pistols one case of tins of dried milk star map life raft 20 litres of waters signal flares solar-powered FM transmitter concentrated food

receiver

portable heating unit two 50 kilo tanks of oxygen magnetic compass first-aid kit

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In each of the following extracts from a newspaper there is a misprint. Correct the word which is wrong Example: Pamela Smith has been awarded a medal by the Animal Society for rescuing a car trapped up a tree. wrong word = car

should be = cat

1. Some members of the police accepted brides in connection with the incident. 2. Part time assistant require for sweat shop in Kajang. 3. Mr Chris Dobson spoke next. His humorous speech was also full of amusing antidotes. 4. For sale: Satan wedding dress, $400. 5. He became a champion boxer by eating most of his main rivals. 6. The Planning Committee want to make the area around the University a conversation area. 7. This is a very serious offence, we shall have to deal with it very severely as a detergent to anyone in the same mind. 8. Window, mid-50s, seek company of tall, educated gentleman. 9. The priest, who is appearing in the show, only sins for charity. 10. A bicycle worth $400 has been stolen from a mouse in Kajang. 11. Fully killed mechanic required for a busy garage. 12. Three old men sat on the wench, eating sandwiches. 13. The dog was seen swimming around unable to get out of the water. 14. The police were old and they asked the fire brigade for help. 15. Gardens dug, widows washed, and chimneys swept – call 9876543 for information.

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Match the nonverbal signals on the left with the meaning below: a. Search me! I don’t know! b. a rejection or refusal. c.

everything is all right.

d. I think you are crazy or stupid! e. A ok, everything is wonderful. f.

good luck.

g. let me think about this! h. keep it a secret. Don’t tell! i.

This is very strange or suspicious

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strong disapproval!!

k.

You and I know this but no one else does.

l.

Hello! Goodbye!

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Anger I don’t know! Yes Well done! I’m at a loss! A warm welcome! I said it wrong! Thank you! Hi! Wonderful, marvelous

7. 8. 9. 10.

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Riddle Me Ree (1)

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Can you solve the answers to these riddles? 1. What is it that only you can give to others, but only you can keep?

2. A cowboy rides into town on Tuesday. He is tired, so he decides to stay at the town's hotel. He rides out of town on Sunday. He hasn't left town in the meantime or stayed anywhere else, but he only pays the hotel for two nights. How does he do it, without breaking the law?

3. There are ten volumes of an encyclopedia on a shelf in a library. Each book is two inches thick. The books are in order. A bookworm starts munching his way through the books, starting at the front cover of Volume 1 and finishing with the back cover of Volume 10. If he eats in a straight horizontal line, how far has he gone?

4. A TRADITIONAL ENGLISH RIDDLE It is in the rock, but not in the stone; It is in the marrow, but not in the bone; It is in the bolster, but not in the bed; It is not in the living, nor yet in the dead. What is it?

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5. John turns off the light in his bedroom. The light switch is twenty feet from the bed, but he still manages to get into his bed before it is dark. How does he do it?

Riddle Me Ree (2)

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Can you solve the answers to these riddles? 6. "At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen." Hint: They belong to the night.

7. "Runs over fields and woods all day Under the bed at night sits not alone, With long tongue hanging out, A-waiting for a bone." Hint: It's something very close to you.

8. "There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies." Hint: A fruit

9. Starting with the letter S there is an 8 letter word which each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from eight letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

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10. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

Riddle Me Ree (3)

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Can you solve the answers to these riddles? 11. What is it the poor man throws away, That the rich man puts in his pocket?

12. When shared by one is less than fun When shared by two requires more than one When shared by three can’t be done?

13. What has long legs with crooked thighs, Little head with no eyes?

14. What is that which a gentleman has not, and never can have, but may give to a lady?

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15. What is that which belongs to you, but is used by others more than you?

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Answers to Riddles 1

Your word.

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The cowboy's horse is called Tuesday. So he could ride into town on Tuesday but the day was Friday.

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The bookworm travels 16 inches. If the books are put on the shelf the right way up the front cover of volume one is on the inside, the back cover of the volume ten is also on the inside.

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The letter R

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He goes to bed when there is still daylight

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The stars

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shoe

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a watermelon

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The word is: Starting

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You would be in 2nd place, you did not overtake the winner

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What he blows from his nose.

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Kissing.

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A pair of scissors.

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A husband.

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Your name.

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Matchstick Puzzles Swimming Fish Turn the fish around by moving only 3 matches, no overlapping.

Remove a square (twice) Move 2 matches to new positions to get only 4 squares, no overlapping or loose ends.

5 to 4 Move 3 matches to new positions to get only 4 squares, no overlapping or loose ends

16 squares to none Remove 9 matches so that no square (of any size) remains

3 squares to 5 Move 6 matches so that 5 squares are formed

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Make 3 squares Move 3 matches to get 3 perfect squares

Divide by 2 Use the four matches to divide the large square into 2 parts of the same shape. Use the matches without breaking or overlapping them

3 Triangles to 4 Move 3 matches to make 4 equilateral triangles, no overlapping

4 Squares to Many Take this arrangement and with the following moves:-

Move 2 matches to make 7 squares

Remove 2 matches and leave 2 squares

Move 3 matches and leave 3 squares

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Remove 3 matches and move 2 to form 3 squares

Move 4 matches and form 3 squares

Remove 1 match and move 4 to make 11 squares

3 to 6 Make these 3 matches into 6, no breaking into pieces

A wheel to Triangles Move 4 matches to form 3 equilateral triangles

5 add 6 makes 9 Add 5 matches to these 6 matches and make 9

Ice in the Glass (Easy)Move 3 matchsticks and reform the glass in the same shape so the ice is outside it.

(Harder) Move 2 matchsticks and reform the glass in the same shape so the ice is outside it

7 to nothing From these 7 matches, take 1 away and move 2 to leave nothing

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Zoo Layout This is the current layout of a zoo, but the layout needs changing for the following reasons: a. The giraffe is about to give birth. b. 1 of the lions has just died. c. Small children are alarmed by seeing the crocodiles facing them as they come in. d. The new panda enclosure may not be big enough e. The monkeys are very noisy, disturbing the other animals f. The camel is rather smelly. g. All the enclosures should be filled. h. Harmless animals should not be put next to predators. (Other animals which may attack or frighten them in their natural state). i. The zoo has enough money to buy 4 flamingos or 2 small deer.

14. camel

15. panda entrance

1. giraffe

2. empty

13. cafeteria 3. two zebras 12. four monkeys

8. three crocodiles

11. five pelicans 7. two lions

4. three donkeys

10. fox 9. three dolphins

6. two hippos

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5. two wolves


Use the blank zoo plan and organize the animals so that all the conditions above can be fulfilled Rearrange the animals according to the conditions given on the original zoo plan.

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three donkeys

two zebras

pandas

giraffe

entrance

cafeteria

four monkeys

two hippos fox

three dolphins camel

lion

deer

five pelicans

three crocodiles

Suggested Layout (This is not the only solution)

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two wolves


Who goes where? Eight people are waiting at Heathrow Airport (London) for their flights. Find out where each person is flying to. Dr James’ plane leaves much later than Mr Kingsley’s.

Both Ms Windsor and Dr James are flying to the Far East.

Both Mr Goldberg and Ms Windsor will be landing in Singapore.

This is Ms Lee’s first trip to Holland.

The woman flying to New York leaves more than four hours before Ms Lee.

Dr James is hoping to buy a cheap DVD player in Dubai.

Mr Dean’s plane is not on time.

One of the men has the flight number AF743.

Here is some information on flights, destinations, etc. Departure time

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Flight No

Airline

Destination

UA598

United Airways

NEW YORK

17.25

17

BA227

British Airways

DUBLIN

18.30

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LA921

Lufthansa

TOKYO

19.00

20

via Singapore

SK565

SAS

COPENHAGEN

20.55

15

Delayed

AF743

Air France

PARIS

21.10

12

KL367

KLM

AMSTERDAM

21.40

17

SA547

Singapore Airlines

SINGAPORE

22.40

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BA324

British Airways

BALI

23.05

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Write your answers here. Name

Destination

Mr Dean Ms Windsor Ms Dupont Dr James Ms Lee Mr Goldberg Mr Vincent Mr Kingsley SPORT

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Remarks

via Dubai


Match the sport and the equipment with the picture

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athletics

badminton

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basketball

boxing

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cycling

darts

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motor-racing

rowing

rugby

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skiing

snooker

swimming

table tennis

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ball

basket

bat

bow

club

crash helmet

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cue

dartboard

glove

glove

goggles

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oar

pad

riding jacket

rifle

rings

shorts

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shuttlecock

skate

ski

stick

sword (foil)

weights

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Find a friend or two First write down your choice about each item and then walk around all the other students and find another person who agrees with you or has had the same experience. Try and find a different name for each item

item

Your choice

1. An actor/actress you both admire 2. Two different Provinces you have both visited 3. An English book you have both read. 4. A type of food you both dislike 5. Something you both do at least twice a week 6. A job you would both like to have 7. A job you would both hate to have 8. A country you would both like to visit one day 9. Something very expensive you would both like to have 10. Something you both find difficult about learning English 11. Something you are both afraid of 12. A city you both think is beautiful 13. A superstition you have both heard of 14. Something that makes you both angry 15. A hobby that you both like

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Friend’s name


The following words and phrases are anagrams which are all to do with computers. Write the correct word in the column on the right

a. net nit re (1 word) b. wore fat s (1 word) c. folk did spy (2 words) d. bathroom red (2 words) e. metro cpu (1 word) f. bakery do (2 words) g. cameraman cosy mrs do (3 words) h. it’s cop mac cd (2 words) i. tern rip (1 word) j. add nab rob (1 word) k. dad irk sh (2 words) l. bay egg it (1 word) The internet provides you with facilities to automatically create anagrams. Two websites that provide this service for free are at: http://freespace.virgin.net/martin.mamo/anagram.html http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/ a. b. c. d. e. f.

internet software floppy disk mother board computer key board

g. h. i. j. k. l.

random access memory compact disc printer broadband hard disk gigabyte

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Two words from the list below are NOT in the grid. Can you find them. The words may be forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonal

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cd chip cpu diskette font games mouse

hard drive hardware input computer laptop memory

For hundreds of different word searches go to the following website http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids.html Floppy, computer

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modem monitor floppy printer software trackball keyboard


Memory relay – have them come out one at a time, memorise the list and tell the next person who comes back and tells the facilitator, if correct then move on to the next list until all the lists have been used.

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dog – cat – rabbit - mouse

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lion – tiger – leopard – cheetah

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elephant – camel – rhino – hippo

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dolphin – crocodile – sea lion - whale

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penguin – ostrich – kiwi – emu

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platypus – koala – wallaby – kookaburra

Similar to above, except they can take the slip of paper with them and work out the answers together 57


a. 5 capital cities in Europe

b. 5 different types of meat

c. 5 different joints in the body

d. 5 different types of public transport

e. 5 different types of music

f. 5 languages spoken in Europe

g. 5 electrical goods found in a kitchen

Chinese Whispers, start at the back and have them pass the message through the team to the front person who should rewrite the message

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Next Thursday’s three o’clock meeting has been moved to the following Tuesday at five o’clock. Don’t be late. I need 12 pupils to help move some chairs from the classroom to the hall, tomorrow at 10 o’clock Now is the winter of our discontent made more glorious by this Son of York

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