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)
58 (104) 11 A wound made by cutting or a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information (5)
59 (104) Solution
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.
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:
62 (104) Work in pairs. Take turns explaining and guessing the words on your lists. A B 1. Concise 1. 2. 2. Syntax 3. Slash 3. 4. 4. Assault 5. Bash 5. 6. 6. Don 7. Graduate 7. 8. 8. Mug 9. Offence 9. 10. 10. Common 11. Suffix 11. 12. 12. Accessory
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
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