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Superstitions and First Conditional Usage

The document is an English assignment for a student named César Andres Armijos Cabrera from Unidad Educativa Fiscomisional 'La Dolorosa'. It covers the definition of superstition, vocabulary matching, and lists various superstitions along with an exercise using the first conditional to express good and bad luck. The assignment includes references to cultural beliefs and practices related to luck.

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Superstitions and First Conditional Usage

The document is an English assignment for a student named César Andres Armijos Cabrera from Unidad Educativa Fiscomisional 'La Dolorosa'. It covers the definition of superstition, vocabulary matching, and lists various superstitions along with an exercise using the first conditional to express good and bad luck. The assignment includes references to cultural beliefs and practices related to luck.

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UNIDAD EDUCATIVA FISCOMISIONAL

“LA DOLOROSA”
ENGLISH AREA AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Dirección: Olmedo 162-71 y José Antonio Eguiguren
Teléfono: 2570388 e-mail:
cladolorosaplaneamiento@[Link]

Student´s name: César Andres Armijos Cabrera


Subject: English
Grade and parallel: 1st “E”
Date: 12/02/2022

1. Superstitions:

What is a superstition? Write a short definition.

Superstition is the belief contrary to reason that attributes a magical explanation to the
generation of phenomena, processes and their relationships without any scientific proof
or evidence.

2. Vocabulary: Match each word with the correct definition.

FAITH. _strong belief or trust in someone or something.

HOPE. _to want something to happen or be true and think that it could happen or be
true.

LUCK. _the things that happen to a person because of chance: the accidental way
things happen without being planned.

CLOVER. _a small,green plant that usually has three leaves on each stem and that
usually has roun flowers that are White,red,or purple.
3. SUPERSTITIONS / FIRST CONDITIONAL.

a. Listen and watch the video. Then pause it and list some superstitions.
[Link]

Make a list:
• The superstition that it is bad luck to walk under a ladder came from the Christian
religion.

• It is considered bad luck to stick chopsticks straight up in a bowl of rice.

• To avoid a baby being born with a facial birthmark, pregnant women in India don't
go outside during an eclipse.

• Being a bridesmaid more than twice is considered bad luck.

• The number thirteen is unlucky, but seven is lucky.

• Numbers four and nine are considered unlucky because they are similar to the
words for death and suffering.
• It is bad luck to spill salt, break a mirror, or see three butterflies together.

• Four leaf clovers and horseshoes, on the other hand, are considered lucky.

• Many people have good luck charms, such as a rabbit's foot or a lucky piece of
jewelry.

4. Write your own superstitions on the table below. Using First


Conditional.

GOOD BAD
LUCK LUCK
A. If you have a rabbit´s foot,you´ll have Good Luck. x
B. If you walk under of a laddel,you´ll never married. x
C. You´ll have bad luck if you look a black cat. x
D. You´ll have Good luck if you have a four-leaf clover. x
ANNEX:

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