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Vacation Assignment #3 (Comprehension)

 

(Activity 1) Multiple Choice: http://www.wackerlig.at/english/english_03/exercises/london/london_03.htm


The passage below was taken from BSSEE 2017. Suggested time- 25 mins



    The mobile cinema was, as the name suggests, a cinema on wheels which travelled around Barbados providing education and entertainment. On special nights, a van would arrive with a generator which provided the power for the projector and loudspeakers that were mounted. A large white screen was also set up. This work completed the car park at Fairchild Street Market, or any large pasture in one of the country districts to become a temporary outdoor cinema for the night.     

    At a time when there were no television sets in the home and limited entertainment, people were happy to have an evening out with friends at the mobile cinema. They travelled with the then popular outdoor seating which might have been a wooden bench, an old sheet or a crocus bag to spread on the ground to make themselves comfortable. Baked nuts and toffees were favourite snacks eaten at this event. 

    Those responsible for the mobile cinema took the opportunity to educate persons on issues that were of local interest. Sometimes, information on health or segments of international news were included. For entertainment, a movie was usually shown. The mobile cinema was, at that time, essential to communit life. 


1. What is a mobile cinema?


2. State the name of the piece of equipment that provided power for the mobile cinema. 


3. Give ONE word from paragraph 1 which tells us that the mobile cinema was in an area for a short time. 


4. State ONE reason why the mobile cinema was important to persons at that time. 


5. How do we know that chairs may not have been provided by the organizers of the mobile cinema. 


6. Suggest ONE reason why a large pasture was used for the mobile cinema. 


7. Suggest ONE reason why the mobile cinema is no longer a feature of Barbadian life. 

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