Empower C1 - 5A (part 1)

Fairness

What comes to your mind?

What is this place?

What is this place?

Multiple Select

On arrival, what TWO things does the writer notice?

• smell of coffee

• quiet

• angry banging

• barred windows

Multiple Choice

Prisoners in Halden prison have committed PETTY crimes.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the FOCUS of the Norwegian justice system?

• punishment

• rehabilitation

• isolation

• termination

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT mentioned as one of the conveniences in Halden cells?

• flat-screen TV

• toilet & shower

• fridge

• cupboards and desks

• air conditioners

Multiple Choice

Why the writer thinks comparison of Halden prison with a hotel is a stupid one?

• There's no swimming pool

• Inmates are still locked in

• There's no reception

• Inmates can't choose the rooms/cells

Multiple Select

For whom it was a priority to create an unprisonlike environment?

• warden

• architects

• people/society

• government

• police

Multiple Choice

What is the time span inmates stay unlocked in Halden prison?

• 14 hours

• 11 hours

• 12 hours

• 13 hours

Multiple Choice

What crime does Kent serves his sentence for?

• murder

• violent attack

• burglary

• arson

• fraud

Multiple Choice

As the writer walk around the prison with the warden an inmate asks a questions about what?

• swimming pool

• tennis court

• football pitch

• kitchen for cooking

• gym

Multiple Choice

Inmates in Halden are not happy about the recent changes in ...

• routine

• cells

• visitation times

• prison rules

Multiple Choice

What would people outside the prison laugh at?

• The way inmates look

• The nature of inmates' complaints

• The things inmates do in prison

• The way they address the warden

Multiple Choice

The writer qualifies Halden prison as a place where you always need to be cautious and watch out for trouble.

• True

• False

Match these captions with photos a-d at page 57

Underline the relative clauses in each caption. Is it defining or non-defining?

Relative clause

Defining or non-defining?

1. Norwegian prison officers are tasked with rehabilitating the men in their care, the result of which is a 20% reoffending rate, compared with almost 50% in England and Wales.

Relative clause

Defining or non-defining?

1. Norwegian prison officers are tasked with rehabilitating the men in their care, the result of which is a 20% reoffending rate, compared with almost 50% in England and Wales.

Relative clause

Defining or non-defining?

2. The prison has a mixing studio in which prisoners can focus their creative energy on music.

Relative clause

Defining or non-defining?

2. The prison has a mixing studio in which prisoners can focus their creative energy on music.

Relative clause

Defining or non-defining?

3. Welcome to Halden Prison, Norway, inside the walls of which prisoners receive comforts often likened of those of boutique hotels.

Relative clause

Defining or non-defining?

3. Welcome to Halden Prison, Norway, inside the walls of which prisoners receive comforts often likened of those of boutique hotels.

Relative clause

Defining or non-defining?

4. The prisoners, some of whom have committed the most serious crimes imaginable, are provided with plenty of opportunities for physical exercise.

Relative clause

Defining or non-defining?

4. The prisoners, some of whom have committed the most serious crimes imaginable, are provided with plenty of opportunities for physical exercise.

Compare the clauses

1. which results in a 20% reoffending rate

2. where prisoners can focus

3. where prisoners receive comforts

4. who in some cases have committed the most serious crimes

2 c

1. the result of which is a 20% reoffending rate

2. in which prisoners can focus their creative energy on music.

3. inside the walls of which prisoners receive comforts

4. some of whom have committed the most serious crimes imaginable

2 a

Non-defining relative clauses are not essential; they give us additional information about the nouns.

Non- defining

Defining relative clauses are essential to the meaning of a sentence because they make it clear who/which noun phrase we're referring to.

​Defining

Defining or Non-defining?

Relative pronouns

when / where / why

Relative pronouns

which

Relative pronouns

which

Relative pronouns

who / whom / whose

Relative pronouns

who / whom / whose

Relative pronouns

none of whom / all of which / some of whose

Relative pronouns

whoever / whatever / wherever / whenever

Multiple Choice

I don't want to stay anywhere _____ doesn't have decent facilities.

• where

• when

• why

• which

• that

Multiple Choice

Give me one good reason _____ I should believe you.

• where

• when

• why

• which

• what

Multiple Choice

The letter took a week to arrive, ______ is far too long.

• where

• when

• why

• which

• what

Multiple Choice

I might have made a mistake, in _____ case I'll apologise.

• where

• who

• whose

• which

• that

Multiple Choice

Ten people agreed to take part, some of _____ later dropped out.

• whom

• who

• whose

• which

• that

Multiple Choice

It was a long and confusing story, little of ______ was true.

• why

• what

• where

• which

• that

Multiple Choice

That was the best excuse ______ she could come up with.

• why

• what

• where

• which

• that

Multiple Choice

We should not give up our rights, for ______ people have made great sacrifices.

• why

• what

• where

• which

• that

Multiple Choice

The emergency number is 999, ______ is easy to remember.

• why

• what

• where

• which

• that

Multiple Choice

Mrs Jackson, to _____ we are very grateful, has kindly agreed to speak.

• why

• what

• whom

• which

• who

Multiple Choice

Florida is the only place ______ I want to live.

• wherever

• that

• when

• which

• who

Multiple Choice

It's up to the person _______ job it is to sort out the transport.

• whom

• whose

• that

• which

• who

Multiple Choice

The police arrived half an hour later, ________ the gang had escaped.

• by which time

• by that time

• by the time

• by whose time

• by what time

Multiple Choice

We recruited some younger staff, _____ had any experience.

• few of whom

• few of who

• few of which

• few of that

• few of whose

Multiple Choice

Most graduates lack the skills for ______ there is the most demand.

• whom

• which

• that

• whose

• why

Open Ended

What do you think the prison life should be like? Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

Prisoners should have their own / share a cell, in which there should be ____ (up to 4 options)

Open Ended

What do you think the prison life should be like? Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

Prisoners should have to do / have the opinion of doing some kind of work, for which they should be paid _____ per week.

Open Ended

What do you think the prison life should be like? Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

The guards, _____ of whom should be trained in _______, should be paid _____ per week.

(use slashes (/), i.e. one / two / three)

Open Ended

What do you think the prison life should be like? Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

Prison meals, _____ of which should be _______, should be served _____ times a day.

(use slashes (/), i.e. one / two / three)

Open Ended

What do you think the prison life should be like? Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

Prison meals, _____ of which should be _______, should be served _____ times a day.

(use slashes (/), i.e. one / two / three)