A. Read three exctracts and fill in the gaps with a past participle from the list: BASED - DESIGNED - INHABITED - SET - INSPIRED - 1 OWNED - PHOTOGRAPHED - TRANSFORMED - RECREATED - USED - WELCOMED - SHOT - CHASED

HIGHCLERE CASTLE near Newbury in Berkshire, UK The castle has been 1 owned by the Carnavaron family since 1679, and the Earl and Countess Carnavaron currently lived there. In 2010, film director Julian Fellowes, a close friend of the family, was planning a new TV series about an aristocratic family and their servants during the early 20th century. While he was staying at Highclere Castle, he realized that it would be the perfect place to set his historical drama and the castle was 2_____________ into Downton Abbey , the home of the fictional Crawley family. The series was a huge success and it has been sold all over the world. Both the interior and exterior scenes were 3__________ in and around the castle itself. In the second TV series the castle is used as a hospital during the First World War. The scenes are 4__________ on a real-life event. In 1914, Lady Almina Carnarvon allowed soldiers who had been wounded to be looked after in the castle. Find more info: https://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/

CORTLANDT ALLEY, New York, USA. In Hollywood's version of New York, the giant metropolis is full of secret alleys where crimes take place, criminals are 5_________ by the police. In fact, there are hardly any alleys in New York today at all. One of the few remaining ones, Cortland Alley, has been 6 __________ for almost all the alley scenes in films and series that are 7_________ in New York. Films with scenes that were shot there include Crocodile Dundee and Men in Black 3, and TV series like Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire, NYPD Blues and Law & Order.

CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE, Oxford, UK. This wonderful 16th-century college, with a spectacular tower, which was 8____________ by the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren, has an important connection with children's literature. It was at Christ Church that Charles Dodgson, professor of mathematics, first met the children of the Dean (the head of the College). He used to tell stories, and was 9__________ by one of them, Alice, to write Alice in Wonderland, in 1865, under the penname of Lewis Carroll. Many years later, Christ Church was used as the setting for several film adaptations of some other famous children's books, the Harry Potter novel. The dining room in Hogwarts is the Christ Church Dining Hall. It could not be used for filming because it was being used by students at the time, so it was 10________ in a studio. Visitors are 11_________ throught the year. Find more info: https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/

1. B. Read the three extracts again. Answer the questions with Highclere Castle, Cordtlant Alley or Christ Church College. Which place...?
2. is not real as it seems in films?
3. was used for the same thing both in real life and on TV?
4. is where a famous author met a person who isnpired him?
5. is one of the few places of its kind that still exists?
6. was built in the 1500s?

C. How about the relation between LLanes and the cinema? Imagine you want to give a presentation about the fims that have been shot in LLanes. Search for information. You can click http://www.llanesdecine.com/itinerarios.htm or use any other relevant sources. Prepare your notes and record yourself speaking (not reading!) for about 3-4 minutes with your mobile phone and send it to me: lauragso@educastur.org