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Comparing habits and customs from different
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Activity 5.1
Interview
Apply your knowledge
Take the worksheet you will fnd next page home
and interview one of your parents if you have the
opportunity, if not, go and make the interview to one
of the elderly people in your community. This activity will give you the chance to get
to know your parents a bit more and to know the things he/she used to do when he/
she was around 17.
Ask the questions in Spanish in case he/she doesn’t speak English, but if you can
communicate with him/her in English, please do so.
The questions are only a guide; you can ask what you consider important for you and
your parents. At the end of the interview, you will need to translate the information
in English and write a report.
Useful time expressions for the past: Yesterday at seven o clock, last Sunday, last
night, last summer, last year, ew days ago, fve days ago, some years ago, three
days ago, the night before, last century.