Read the three short textsfrom "Who's Who in the British Royal Family."
1.Check your notesand complete the family tree.
2.Who is nextin the British line of succession after Charles III? Why?
3.In the British monarchy,Royal members used to marry members of the aristocracy and divorce was almost unthinkable. Is it the same today? Justify your answer with information about the Royal Family.
4. All members of the Royal Family participate in similar public activities. What are they?
5. Explainin your own words what a "philanthropic cause" is.
6. Read the texts againand list the causes championed by the British Crown.
Who's Who in the British Royal Family - Language Focus 1
Language Focus 1 - The Genitive
1.Circlethe genitive forms in the following excerpts from the text.
a. Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is King Charles and Princess Diana's second son, born on September 15, 1984.
b. Middleton has devoted much of her philanthropic efforts to children's mental and physical health.
c. She [...] has since spearheaded the "Shaping Us" campaign, which underscores the importance of a child's early years.
d. He has helped establish more than twenty charities over forty years, including The Prince's Trust, The Prince's Foundation, and The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund (PWCF).
2.Word order.
a.Translate :King Charles and Princess Diana's second soninto French.
b.Compare the order of words in English and in French.
The order is: ☐ the same ☐ different
3. Make true sentencesabout the Royal Family using the genitive.
a. Prince Harry/Prince William
b. Kate Middleton/Prince William
c. King Charles/Camilla
Who's Who in the British Royal Family - Language Focus 2
Language Focus 2 - Vocabulary
Family members
1.Write downthe missing words.
Example: father⮕ mother
a.Wife ⮕ ...
b.Son ⮕ ...
c. Aunt ⮕ ...
d.Stepbrother ⮕ ...
2. Look up these wordsin a dictionaryand write down a definition and a translation into French.
a.Relatives
b.Estranged parent
c.Mother-in-law
d.Sibling
Charities
1. Underline the right definitionof the noun philanthropy.
a.A large set of guiding principles
b.Active effort to help someone's welfare
c.The study of global economic issues
d. The study of humankind's tastes
2. What is an NPO?
a.A Natural Peasant Organization
b.A Native Pluralist Order
c.A Non-Profit Organization
d.A Non-Professional Orator
3.Completewith causes that charities can choose to champion or to fight against:
homelessness, ...
Recap
Make sureyou know how to pronounce all the words in this worksheet. Repeat them several times to practise their pronunciation.
Who's Who in the British Royal Family - Language Focus 3
Language Focus 3 - Suffixes
1. Observethe noun homelessness.
a. How many suffixes does it have?
b. Look at the following transformations:
Home (noun) ⮕ homeless(adjective) ⮕ homelessness(noun)
What does -lessmean? ☐ full of / with a lot ☐ without ☐ state or quality
c.Use Questions a.andb.to explain in English whathomelessnessmeans.
2. Match each wordwith an equivalent or a definition.
Fearlessness ☐ ☐ The state of having no beginning or end
Defenceless ☐ ☐ Bravery
Timelessness ☐ ☐ Immobility
Joyless ☐ ☐ Light, absence of gravity
Motionlessness ☐ ☐ Unprotected, vulnerable
Weightless ☐ ☐ Unhappy