Gi-Ants

Before you watch:

Test Are you really a fan of Phineas and Ferb?

Test Which Phineas and Ferb Character are you?

Watch the video:

Multiple choice questions:  00.00-02.20

1. Candace made a bear out of:

• marshmallows
• baklava
• gingerbread

2. Candace worries that Jeremy thinks her ideas are:

• weird
• boring
• silly

3. Phineas and Ferb are looking for:

• a goose with a bat
• a bear made of baklava
• a chicken wearing a baseball hat

3. Phineas likes ants because they are:

• efficient and productive
• tiny and cute
• intelligent

4. The monitor is not working because:

• Dr. Doofenshmirtz destroyed it
• Carl was playing croquet in the lair
• Major Monogram was playing indoor games

5. The odd purchases of Dr. Doofenshmirtz include:

• hand computers, a clown’s hat and a huge pair of foot booties
• microwave items, a giant pilgrim hat and a turkey
• bio-molecular components, a giant pilgrim hat, a huge pair of foot booties

6. Working life reminds Major Monogram of:

• his days in the army
• his job as a journalist
• his days in the theatre

7. What do Phineas and Ferb demonstrate first :

• a scale model of Antius Maximus
• a giant ant farm
• a scale model of Anti-Climaximus
  
  

Are these sentences true or false? 02.20 – 03.27

1. Ferb’s resize-inizer makes ants smaller.

2. Antius Maximus is a farm for giant ants.

3. Before getting into Antius Maximus you need to douse yourself in ant pheromones.

4. The ant cologne smells like Buford's house.

5. Too much ant pheromones will make the ants angry.

6.  Phineas thinks that his friends are cool because they do what he suggests doing.

Answer the questions: 03.27 – 06.40

1. How did Dr. Doofenshmirtz trap Perry the Platypus?

2. According to Dr. Doofenshmirtz, why do people feel tired and lethargic after eating Thanksgiving dinner?

3. How does Dr. Doofenshmirtz plan to take over the Tri-State Area?

4. Why can’t Linda go with Candace to see what Phineas and Ferb are doing?

5. What statue does Linda represent?

6. Why does Candace keep on dousing herself in ant pheromones?

Fill in the gaps: 06.40 – 07.22

Phineas: Good idea! Let's go see the _____! Wow! Candace? You're ____?
Candace: You know, you really should ____ that doorbell. I must have _____it like 10 times, and all it did was squirt _____ stuff on me.

Phineas: The _____! Oh, that's why the ants think you're their queen! So, what it’s like to have a millions of ants at your _______?
Candace: Oh, it’s great! Finally, somebody ________my ideas! Only, they keep bringing me _____ and _____ legs. I could really go for a ____. And, to think, they'd have a ____ queen dress, or something.
Linda: Hey, where are they going?
Candace: Hey, get back here! What’s the _____ of being queen if you’re all alone? Say, these ________ aren't bad!

Are these sentences true or false? 07.22 – 08.35

1. The ants evolved from an agrarian society to a hunter-and-gatherer society.

2. The ants made Candace salad from grasshopper legs.

3. The ants managed to make a dress for Candace because they had had an industrial revolution.

4. Candace asked the ants for the Internet connection.

5. Perry the Platypus got his head stuck in a turkey.

Multiple choice questions:  08.35 – the end

1. After entering the information age the ants had more time for:

• family
• fun
• work

2. The ants got rid of Candace because they advanced beyond the need for:

• developed society
• revolutions
• monarchy

3. The ants left because:

• they need to find themselves
• they need to find a new queen
• they need to find a new ant farm

4. The ant colony is going to traverse the galaxy in search of:

• Basket Planet
• Picnic Planet
• Ant Planet

5. The ants take …… with them as an in-flight snack:

• Candace
• salad
• a turkey

6. Candace wants to show Linda:

• building-sized turkey
• human-sized ants
• ant-sized humans

7. Ferb thinks the ants will return one day:

• when they’re having a picnic
• when they build a new ant farm
• when they find a new queen
  
  

Learn the words from the video HERE

The Norman Conquest (The History of English)

Notes:

duty-free Galois's multipack - a box of French cigarettes from the airport shop

‘de rigueur’ - required by etiquette or fashion

‘ad nauseam’ - to the point of nausea

toffs - members of the upper classes, especially ones who are elegantly dressed

bonhomie -  excessive friendliness

indecipherable - difficult to understand

Watch the video and do additional video exercises HERE.

Are these sentences True or False?

• William the Conqueror invades England in 1055.
• Words like ‘judge’, ‘evidence’ and ‘justice’ come from the German language.
• Latin was still used in church.
• The common man spoke English able to communicate only by speaking more slowly and loudly until the others understood him.
• Words like ‘cow’, ‘sheep’, and ‘swine’ come from the French-speaking farmers.
• Words like ‘beef’, ‘mutton’ and ‘pork’ come from the French-speaking toffs.
• It is difficult to understand menus in English restaurants because they are in French.
• All in all the English absorbed about eight thousands new words from the Normans
• The English don’t like the French rule of cheek kissing.
• Words like ‘armies’, ‘navies’, and ‘soldiers’ come from the French language.
• The English  began the Hundred Years’ War against France.
• It actually lasted 126 years but by that point no one could count any higher in French and English took over as the language of power.

Fill in the gaps with the words:

‘swine’, ‘judge’, ‘beef’, power, invades, church, ‘navies’, common, count, rule

1066. True to his name William the Conqueror 1._______ England bringing new concepts from across the channel like the French language, the Doomsday book and the duty-free Galois's multipack.

French was ‘de rigueur’ for all official business with words like 2._______, ‘evidence’ and ‘justice’ coming in and giving John Grisham’s career a kick start.

Latin was still used ‘ad nauseam’ in 3._______, but the 4._______ man spoke English able to communicate only by speaking more slowly and loudly until the others understood him.

Words like ‘cow’, ‘sheep’, and 5._______ come from the English-speaking farmers.

While the ‘a la carte’ versions 6._______, ‘mutton’ and ‘pork’ come from the French-speaking toffs, beginning a long running trend of restaurants having completely indecipherable menus.

All in all the English absorbed about ten thousands new words from the Normans, though they still couldn’t grasp the 7._______ of cheek kissing.

The bonhomie all ended when the English nation took their new warlike lingo of ‘armies’, 8._______, and ‘soldiers’ and began the Hundred Years’ War against France.

It actually lasted 116 years but by that point no one could 9._______ any higher in French and English took over as the language of 10._______.

Read about a Norman church HERE and answer the questions:

1. What are the walls like and why?

2. Where did they keep water for baptizing people?

3. What does ‘baptizing’ mean? Have you been baptized?

4. Is stained glass in churches Norman?

5. What are the windows like?

6. What are the doors like?

7. Why are there big pillars inside?

9. Why was it dark in a Norman church?

10. What language did the priest speak?

11. Did people sit or stand in a Norman church?

12. Why was the church a big part of Norman life?

13. Why did the Normans build all these churches in the first place?

14. How would you feel if you were an Anglo-Saxon and watched all these cathedral and churches going up?

Questions for you:

• Do you know of any famous world cathedrals or churches?
• What are some famous Russian cathedrals?
• Has anyone invaded Russia? Who? When?
• Have the Russians invaded anyone?

Learn the words HERE.