TREASURE HUNT: By: Manuel Jesús Hermosín Mojeda

INTRODUCTION: In this treasure hunt you are going to answer different questions about the activity you did last To answer the questions you have to look for the information that I offer to you. Be careful, because of you have to read the texts and extract the relevant information to answer the CLUES: Notice that the grammar rules to talk in past simple: there are regular verbs and irregular verbs (everyyou have to use the verb negative form, you have to do the same.

- AFFIRMARTIVE: Subject + verb (past form) + complements.- NEGATIVE: Subject + - INTERROGATIVE: (IP if necessary)

QUESTIONS:

1. When did the British start to exploit the Riotinto mines?2. How many years did

century? 3. What kind of government4. What method of mineral extraction did they use in Spanish mines?5. What did British construct to be use as an outlet for their production?6. Did British people introduce their own customs?7. Can you make a list of different customs they introduced?8. What was Huelva transformed into?9. Did British introduce an ar10. What was the name of the sports club they created?11. How many sports they practiced at the beginning?12. Do you know the name for the first 13. Do you know the name14. Do you remember the route 15. Who was Wilhelm Sundheim?

SAY TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F)A. British people were here more than 90 yearsB. British people used to live like Spanish peopleC. British loaded their minerals onto shipsD. They constructed a railway from Riotinto to SevilleE. British possessed the knowF. Huelva had the richest copper mines of the time (XIX and XX centuries). _____

: Manuel Jesús Hermosín Mojeda 3rd Cycle of Primary Education

: In this treasure hunt you are going to answer different questions about the activity you did last week ‘The British legacy in our town

answer the questions you have to look for the information by clickinge careful, because of you have to read the texts and extract the

relevant information to answer the questions. It’s not difficult to find the information!

: Notice that the most of the questions are in past simple. Remembergrammar rules to talk in past simple: there are regular verbs (the past form ends in

(everyone has its own forms). When you need to make questions u have to use the verb ‘to do’ into the past form ‘did’ and when you need to use the

negative form, you have to do the same. AFFIRMARTIVE: Subject + verb (past form) + complements. NEGATIVE: Subject + did + not + verb (infinitive form) + complements

IP if necessary) + Did + subject + verb (infinitive) + complements + ?

When did the British start to exploit the Riotinto mines? How many years did British presence take in the XIX century and in the XX

What kind of government was in Spain when British bought the mines?What method of mineral extraction did they use in Spanish mines?What did British construct to be use as an outlet for their production?Did British people introduce their own customs? Can you make a list of different customs they introduced? What was Huelva transformed into? Did British introduce an architectonic style for their buildings?What was the name of the sports club they created?

many sports they practiced at the beginning? Do you know the name for the first football playground? Do you know the names of the workers quarters in Huelva and in Riotinto?Do you remember the route we did? Name the different places.

ho was Wilhelm Sundheim?

SAY TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F): British people were here more than 90 years. ______ British people used to live like Spanish people. ______ British loaded their minerals onto ships. ______ They constructed a railway from Riotinto to Seville. ______British possessed the know-how to exploit the mines. ______Huelva had the richest copper mines of the time (XIX and XX centuries). _____

Cycle of Primary Education

: In this treasure hunt you are going to answer different questions British legacy in our town’.

by clicking the hyperlinks e careful, because of you have to read the texts and extract the

s not difficult to find the information!

are in past simple. Remember the (the past form ends in –ed)

one has its own forms). When you need to make questions and when you need to use the

did + not + verb (infinitive form) + complements. + Did + subject + verb (infinitive) + complements + ?

in the XIX century and in the XX

was in Spain when British bought the mines? What method of mineral extraction did they use in Spanish mines? What did British construct to be use as an outlet for their production?

chitectonic style for their buildings?

of the workers quarters in Huelva and in Riotinto? did? Name the different places.

______ ______

Huelva had the richest copper mines of the time (XIX and XX centuries). _____

MATCH THE TWO PARTS OF THE SENTENCES: British introduced the the British cultural heritage in our province. For eighty-one years Riotinto a German businessman. Punta Umbria was was Corta Atalaya. This route we did shows became a British colony. British constructed about British presence in ‘Puerta del Atlántico’. One of the biggest open cast pits the Riotinto pier over the river Odiel. You can watch an exhibition most advanced technology in mining. Sundheim was the British summer resort. HYPERLINKS: ·http://www.englishteacher-manuhe.blogspot.com/ ·http://www.mcu.es/arquitecturaybibliotecas/biblioteca.cmd?FORMULARIO=biblioteca&ACCION=ver&id_biblioteca=0&id_itinerario=17&seccion=itinerario&idioma=English ·http://www.mcu.es/arquitecturaybibliotecas/biblioteca.cmd?FORMULARIO=biblioteca&ACCION=ver&id_biblioteca=0&id_itinerario=17&seccion=itinerario&id_texto=405&idioma=English ·http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Sundheim · http://rabidaenglish.blogspot.com/2009/04/british-legacy-in-huelva.html · http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_26816.shtml NOTE: I’ve made this ‘treasure hunt’ from different resources and sites from the internet only for educational purposes. All of these sites are ‘open access’, but if you’re in trouble about this, please contact to me: manuel.hermosin@gmail.com