Listen Mr Oxford Don, Additional Work

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1 57 (104) Listen Mr Oxford Don, Additional Work Listen Mr Oxford Don Crosswords Across 1 Attack someone physically or emotionally (7) 6 Someone who helps another person commit a crime (9) 7 Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence (3) 9 A crime less serious than a felony like murder or arson (7) 10 Teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) (3) 11 Word order, the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences (6) 12 A vigorous blow, knock, bang (4) Down 1 To be equipped with weapons (5) 2 Expressing much in few words (7) 3 Studies of the formation of basic language units and rules (7) 4 (NB! Two words) A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking (7,5) 5 Of no special distinction, quality; or of low or inferior quality or value; or a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; or to be expected, standard (6) 8 Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies (8)

2 58 (104) 11 A wound made by cutting or a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information (5)

3 59 (104) Solution

4 60 (104) Explain the phrases and expressions below in English and find a corresponding Danish expression To be on the run The Queen s English To serve time To be a wanted man To accuse someone of something To incite a riot To make someone do something Make comments on the speaker in the poem using each expression.

5 61 (104) Find words in the text that match the definitions below 1. Making a wound by cutting or a punctuation mark: 2. To make a vigorous blow, knock, bang: 3. Expressing much in few words: 4. Attack someone physically or emotionally 5. Word order, the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences 6. A teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford): 7. Robbing at gunpoint or with the threat of violence: 8. Of no special distinction, quality; or of low or inferior quality or value: 9. A crime less serious than a felony like murder or arson: 10. To receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies: 11. Someone who helps another person commit a crime: 12. An affix that is added at the end of the word:

6 62 (104) Work in pairs. Take turns explaining and guessing the words on your lists. A B 1. Concise Syntax 3. Slash Assault 5. Bash Don 7. Graduate Mug 9. Offence Common 11. Suffix Accessory

7 63 (104) How much do you remember of John Agard s poem? Fill in the missing words - To make the exercise harder, print the page and erase the first letters of each missing word. Listen Mr Oxford Don Me not no Oxford don me a simple i from Clapham C I didn't g I immigrate But listen Mr. Oxford don I'm a man o d r and a man o d r is a dangerous one I e have no gun I e have no knife but m the Queen's English is the s of m l I dont need no axe to split/ up yu s I don't need no hammer to m up yu g I w you Mr Oxford don I'm a wanted man and a wanted man is a d o Dem accuse me of a on de Oxford dictionary imagin a c peaceful man like me dem want me to serve time for inciting r to r but I tekking it q down here in Clapham Common I m not a violent man Mr. Oxford don I only armed wit muh h b

8 64 (104) but human breath is a dangerous w So mek dem send one b w after me I ent serving no jail s I slashing suffix in s I bashing f wit p t and if necessary I making de Queen's English a to my o 1985