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Libro de: Briget Jonas'diary, Guías, Proyectos, Investigaciones de Inglés

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Tipo: Guías, Proyectos, Investigaciones

2020/2021

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POINTS FOR UNDERSTANDING
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1. Read Bridget’s New Year’s Resolutions. What can you learn from them about her?
She is a smoking girl and she haven’t a boyfriend.Who is Mark Darcy? Why doesn’t
Bridget want to meet him?
2. Who are these people? Mark Darcy is the soon of Malcom and Elaine Darcy
3. Who are this people?
(a)Una Alconbury is a best friend of Bridget’s parents
(b)Perpetua is her boss
(c) Daniel Cleaver is her boss
(d)Shazzer is her best friend
(e)Tom is Bridget’s best friend
4. Why does Bridget tell Daniel he is an emotional coward?
Because he want to sleep with Bridget but he doesn't want to have a relation ship
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1. Why does Bridget call her married friends the ‘Smug Marrieds’?What do they say
to make her feel bad
Because they think their lives are better than those of single people
2. ‘Valentine’s Day has no meaning .’ How does Bridget really feel about valentine’s
Day? She feels alone
3. Why does Bridget’s mother want to change her life? Why does Bridget not believe
her mother is telling her the whole truth?
Because she say that thirty-five years se running his home and looking after him
and now is the turn to take off.
Because when Bridget ask her mother about Julio, she answer with a nervous
voice.
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1. What advice do (a) Shazzer (b) Jud (c) Tom give about Daniel?
Whose advice works best?
(a) ShazzerShazzer said he had behaved very badly and bridget should tell
him what she think of him
(b) JudJude said Daniel was probably worried about work,so Bridget should
give him change.
(c) Tom Tom adises and he said Bridget should behave a ice-cream. If Bridget
really want Daniel and want to win his heart, she should be as could and
distant towards him as possible.
2. What problems does Bridget face in planning for her birthday?
She wants to invite all her friends but she doesn’t wants to spend a lot of money
3. ‘I love my friends.’ Why does Bridget say this?
Because they invited her to eat at a restaurant on her birthday
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POINTS FOR UNDERSTANDING

1. Read Bridget’s New Year’s Resolutions. What can you learn from them about her? She is a smoking girl and she haven’t a boyfriend.Who is Mark Darcy? Why doesn’t Bridget want to meet him? 2. Who are these people? Mark Darcy is the soon of Malcom and Elaine Darcy 3. Who are this people? (a)Una Alconbury is a best friend of Bridget’s parents (b)Perpetua is her boss (c) Daniel Cleaver is her boss (d)Shazzer is her best friend (e)Tom is Bridget’s best friend

  1. Why does Bridget tell Daniel he is an emotional coward? Because he want to sleep with Bridget but he doesn't want to have a relation ship
  1. Why does Bridget call her married friends the ‘Smug Marrieds’?What do they say to make her feel bad Because they think their lives are better than those of single people 2. ‘Valentine’s Day has no meaning .’ How does Bridget really feel about valentine’s Day? She feels alone
  2. Why does Bridget’s mother want to change her life? Why does Bridget not believe her mother is telling her the whole truth? Because she say that thirty-five years se running his home and looking after him and now is the turn to take off. Because when Bridget ask her mother about Julio, she answer with a nervous voice.
  1. What advice do (a) Shazzer (b) Jud (c) Tom give about Daniel? Whose advice works best? (a) ShazzerShazzer said he had behaved very badly and bridget should tell him what she think of him (b) JudJude said Daniel was probably worried about work,so Bridget should give him change. (c) Tom Tom adises and he said Bridget should behave a ice-cream. If Bridget really want Daniel and want to win his heart, she should be as could and distant towards him as possible.
  2. What problems does Bridget face in planning for her birthday? She wants to invite all her friends but she doesn’t wants to spend a lot of money
  3. ‘I love my friends.’ Why does Bridget say this? Because they invited her to eat at a restaurant on her birthday
  1. Name two way in which Bridget’s mother surprise her. She surprise her because she goes with another men and she surprise her because she gets a job on TV
  1. Why does Bridget want to develop ‘inner poise’? She develop the inner poise because she wants to keept more calmed and relaxed
  2. Why is Bridget surprised to see Jeremy in the restaurant? What problems does this cause for her? -Because he was with a women -Magda is her friend and she didn’t know how to tell here
  3. How does Bridget feel about the book party? Read through her list of aims for the party. How successful is she in achieving them? -She didn’t want to go to the party
  4. What information does Daniel give Bridget about Mark Darcy? He tell he know who is Mark Darcy and they studied together.
  1. How does Bridget feel about being pregnant? She feel dizzy and she say it’s a big mistake
  2. Who helps Bridget about the pregnancy test? What mistake has she made about the test? -Shazzer helps Bridget -She had the instructions wrong
  3. What does Magada say about marriage that Bridget finds surprising? She say it’s a hard work
  4. Why is Bridget angry with her mother? Because her mother pressured to be interview for her TV program but she doesn't want to they know that Bridget is her daughter.
  1. Where does bridget want to go with Daniel? She wants to go on a romantic minibreak
  2. What does Daniel like doing at weekends? He like stay indoors watching cricket on TV
  3. Why does Daniel not behave thoughtfully towards Bridget? Because he doesn’t consider her feelings
  1. How does Daniel let Bridget down about the fancy dress party? He promise to go with here but in the end he says he has too much work
  2. Why is Bridget embarrassed at the party? Whose fault is this? Because when she was the only person disguised
  1. What news does Bridget’s father have? His mother and Julio was wanted because they stealing money
  2. How does Mark Darcy show that he cares about Bridget? He go to PortugaL to found Bridget’s mother
  1. Why is Bridget upset about Rebecca’s party?Why s Rebecca upset with Bridget? What has happened to cause this? -Because she don’t invite Bridget -Because Bridget didn’t replied to the invitation card of Rebeca
    • That was a misunderstanding
  2. Who comes unexpectedly to the Alconburys’ place on Christmas Day? Julio
  3. How does Bridget get her mother to come downstairs? She tells her mother that Una is spoiling the gravy
  4. How did Mark Darcy persuade Julio to come back to England? He told that Bridget’s mother was spending Christmas with Bridget’s father

Exercises

Background

Choose the correct information to complete the sentences. The first one is an

example.

  1. The author of Bridget Jones’s Diary is English/American.
  2. Helen Fielding wrote Bridget Jones’s Diary while she was working as a journalist/publishing assistant
  3. The novel Bridget Jones’s Diary was published in 1995 /
  4. Bridget Jones’s Diary was popular because she was a beautiful heroine/likable woman.
  5. Helen Fielding wrote/ refused to write a sequel to Bridget Jones’s Diary
  6. Bridget Jones Diary is/is not a true story about the life to Helen Fiealding
  7. Bridget Jones’s Diary shows that women should avoid/enjoy being single.
  8. Helen Fiealding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice have similar publication dates/ plots
  9. In the film version of the book, Bridget Jones is played by a British/an American actress.
  1. Helen Fielding wrote the screenplays for the Bridget Jones alone/with somebody else
  2. Bridget Jones is in her twenties/thirties

Vocabulary: opposite in context

Choose the best OPPOSITE (a-d) of the underlined word/phrase from the story. The first one is done for you.

  1. ‘Perpetua was wearing a tight red skirt, which made her bottom to look very big’ (a)long (b)fashionable (c) loose (d) patterned
  2. ‘She sat down in front of the mirror and put on her eye make-up’ (a)putt off (b) took off (c)took out (d) turned off
  3. ‘Her skin was clear and her hair was shining’ (a)bright (b)dull (c)untidy (d)heavy
  4. ‘For a moment neither of us spoke’ (a)all (b)both (c) some (d)none
  5. ‘Oh Good. I’ll be sacked’ (a) fired (b)hired (c)retired (d)unemployed
  6. ‘Your skirt is clearly absent. Is skirt off sick?’ (a)away (b)well (c)recent (d)here
  7. ‘Then he whispered,” This is just a bit of fun, OK?”’ (a)spoke (b)shouted (c)asked (d)mentioned

Grammar: present perfect simple/continuous

Choose the best form(present perfect simple or present perfect continuous) to

complete the sentences. The first one is an example

  1. Daniel has gone/ has been going to a meeting in Croydon and he’ll be back tomorrow.
  2. I’ve called/I’ve been calling Mum and dad all week,but there’s still no answer.
  3. I’ve booked/I’ve been booking a nice hotel for a minibreak next weekend and i hope that Daniel is going to like it.
  4. At the New Year’s Day party I asked Mark, ‘ Have you stayed/Have you been staying with your parents over New Year?’
  5. I’ve wasted/ I’ve been wasting the whole day getting ready for date with Daniel, which he has just cancelled/has just been cancelling.
  6. My mother has never presented/ has never been presenting a television show before.
  1. Bridget feels miserable when Daniel does not ask her one a date at the weekend, and she calls Shazzer to tell her how bad her life is.
  2. Bridget is suspicious about her mother’s relationship with Julio -Is this the reason for her parents ‘problems?’
  3. Bridget starts to feel jealous of her mother having a relationship with Julio while she herself is single.
  4. Bridget feels confused by Daniel’s behaviour towards her.She cannot understand why sometimes he wants to be with her and at other times he ignores her.

Sentence transformations:I wonder/ I’d like to know/

I’d want to know…

Rewrite the sentences to describ what Bridget is thinking, uning I wonder/ I’d like to know/ I’d want to know… at the begining. The first one is an example.

  1. ‘Is Daniel Cleaver attracted to me?’ I wonder if Daniel Cleaver is attracted to me
  2. ‘Why has Dad started ringing up in the night?’ I wonder why dad has started ringing up in the night
  3. ‘Who do my parents’ friends always have to ask me when I’m getting married?’ I’d like to know why my parents’ friends always have to ask me when i’m getting married
  4. ‘Is the Valentine day card for me or vanessa?’ I wonder if the Valentine’s Day card is from mo or Vanessa
  5. ‘Should I tell Magda that her husband is having an affair?’ I wonder if I should tell Magda that her husband is having an affair
  6. ‘Does Dad know about Julio?’ I wonder if Dad knows about Julio
  7. ‘Why hasn’t Rebeca invited me to her party?’ I want to know why Rebeca hasn’t invited me to her party
  8. ‘When is Mum coming back from Portugal?’ I’d like to know when Mum is coming back from Portugal

Vocabulary: verbs and nouns

a. Match a verb with a noun to make phrases from the story. The first one is done for you. 1 make a deal 2 put on weight

3 ring the doorbell 4 fill in a tax form 5 pay attention 6 take no notice 7 light a cigarette

b. Now choose phrases from a to complete the sentences below, changing the tense or from of the verb where necessary. Each phrase may only be used once. The first one is an example.

  1. Mark made a idea with Julio to get back some of the money that had stolen from Bridget’s parents’ friends.
  2. A man who knew about money helped Bridget’s mother to fill in a tax form
  3. Bridget decided to take no notice of Daniel when he returned from America. By ignoring him, she knew she would make him pay attention to her.
  4. Bridget did not her Mark when he rang the doorbell because she was using a noise hairdryer.
  5. Daniel took a match and lit a cigarette , before calling room service.
  6. Bridget always counted the calorien in everything she ate because she was worried about putting on weight

Making questions

Write the questions for the answers shown. Q1 Who sends Bridget email message about her skirt? A1 It’s Daniel Cleaver who sends Bridget email message about her skirt. Q2 Whose partner known to her friends as ‘Vile Richard’ A2 Jude’s partner is known to her friends as ‘Vile Richard’ Q3 Where does Bridget have to go to interview firmament? A3 Bridget has go to the fire station to interview firmer Q4 How much does Bridget weight on 18 june? A4 Bridget weighs 8st 12 on 18 June Q5 What what does Bridget dream with Daniel? A5el Bridget dreams of going on a romantic minibreak with Daniel Q6 Why does Bridget’s soup turn blue? A6 The soup turns blue because Bridget puts bright blue string in the water Q7 Why had Mark Darcy helped Bridget’s family?