Escola Secundário com 3º CEB Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho – Figueira da Foz 8ºC

Prática Pedagógica Supervisionada de Inglês Maria Miguel V. Rocha October 2010

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Date: ______________________________________________

Mahatma Gandhi Biography (1869 – 1948)

Indian nationalist leader. Born Mohandas Karamchand

Gandhi on October 2, 1869 in Poorbandar, Kathiawar, West

India. His father _was_ (be) the prime minister of

Porbandar State and his mother _____1 (be) his father’s

fourth wife. When he ____2 (be) only 13 years old Gandhi

__________3 (marry) to a 14 year old girl in an

arranged child marriage. At the age of 15 he _______4

(have) his first child, who _______5 (die) after a few

days. In the following years he _______6 (have) other

four sons.

He ________7 (study) law in London, but in 1893

______8 (go) to South Africa, where he ________9 (spend) 20 years opposing discriminatory legislation

against Indians. As a pioneer of Satyagraha, or resistance through mass non-violent civil disobedience, he

___________10 (become) one of the major political and spiritual leaders of his time. Satyagraha remains

one of the most potent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today.

In 1914, Gandhi __________11 (return) to India, where he ____________12 (support) the Home

Rule movement, and ___________13 (become) leader of the Indian National Congress, advocating a policy

of non-violent non-co-operation to achieve independence. His goal _______14 (be) to help poor farmers and

labourers protest oppressive taxation and discrimination. He _________15 (struggle) to alleviate poverty,

liberate women and put an end to caste discrimination, with the ultimate objective being self-rule for India.

Following his civil disobedience campaign (1919-22), he _______16 (go) to prison for conspiracy (1922-4). In

1930, he ________17 (lead) a landmark 320 km/200 mi march to the sea to collect salt in symbolic defiance

of the government monopoly. On his release from prison (1931), he ___________18 (attend) the London

Round Table Conference on Indian constitutional reform. In 1946, he __________19 (negotiate) with the

Cabinet Mission which ______________20 (recommend) the new constitutional structure. After

independence (1947), he __________21 (try) to stop the Hindu-Muslim conflict in Bengal, a policy

which________22 (lead) to his assassination in Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic.

Even after his death, Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and his belief in simple living - making his own clothes,

eating a vegetarian diet, and using fasts for self-purification as well as a means of protest- have been a signal of

hope for oppressed and marginalized people throughout the world.

An article from Biography.com & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QoW3_jOZM

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Escola Secundário com 3º CEB Dr. Joaquim de Carvalho – Figueira da Foz 8ºC

Prática Pedagógica Supervisionada de Inglês Maria Miguel V. Rocha October 2010

1.1.1.1. Write questions in the Write questions in the Write questions in the Write questions in the Simple PSimple PSimple PSimple Past about Gandhi using these words.ast about Gandhi using these words.ast about Gandhi using these words.ast about Gandhi using these words.

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1. What / do / he / when / be / 13? 1.______________

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2. Where / he / go / to study law? 2.______________

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3. What / he / do in South Africa? 3.______________

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4. What / he / fight for? 4.______________

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5. When / he / go / prison for conspiracy? 5.______________

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6. What / collect / as symbolic defiance? 6.______________

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7. When / they / release / him / from

prison?

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8. What/ try/ to stop in Bengal? 8.______________

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9. Where / Nathuram Godse / kill / Gandhi? 9.______________

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2.2.2.2. Read the text again Read the text again Read the text again Read the text again and answer theand answer theand answer theand answer the questionsquestionsquestionsquestions aboveaboveaboveabove....

3.3.3.3. Match the underlined words in the text with their meanings.Match the underlined words in the text with their meanings.Match the underlined words in the text with their meanings.Match the underlined words in the text with their meanings. 1) the governing of a country or an area by its own people _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _

2) to support or recommend something publicly _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3) open refusal to obey somebody/something _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4) a period of time when you eat no food _ _ _ _ _

5) money that has to be paid as taxes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6) one of the first people to go to a particular area in order to live and work there _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7) most extreme; best, worst, greatest, most important, etc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8) to fight against somebody/something in order to prevent a bad situation or result _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9) any of the four main divisions of Hindu society, originally those made according to functions in society

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10) the willingness to work hard and give your energy and time to a job or an activity _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4.4.4.4. There There There There is a drink that comes from India. Can you guess it with the help of the images below?is a drink that comes from India. Can you guess it with the help of the images below?is a drink that comes from India. Can you guess it with the help of the images below?is a drink that comes from India. Can you guess it with the help of the images below? _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _

5.5.5.5. Reorder the teacReorder the teacReorder the teacReorder the teacups in order to find out ups in order to find out ups in order to find out ups in order to find out the name of the Indian film industry.the name of the Indian film industry.the name of the Indian film industry.the name of the Indian film industry.

(India makes more films than any other country in the world!)

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6.6.6.6. Now listen to the opinion of another very important personality! Now listen to the opinion of another very important personality! Now listen to the opinion of another very important personality! Now listen to the opinion of another very important personality!

"I believe that G____'s views were the _____ enlightened of all the political men in

our time. We should strive to do _______ in his spirit: not to use _______ in

fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in ________ you ______ is evil."

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