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There is a set of index cards with descriptions of

different TV shows. You need to read their
descriptions, and guess which TV show it is.

1) The series will tell about the life and adventures

of a cheerful teenager Archie Andrews, as well as
Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge and their friends. The
action takes place in the modern world, and the
main characters decide to explore the hidden side of
life of a small peaceful town with all its oddities and
dark secrets hiding behind a festive facade.
2) The witch is trying to find her true self between
the natures of a mortal and a witch, while she will
have to resist the evil forces that threaten her, her
family and the whole world of people.
3) The daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams,
studies at the Nevermore Academy. She will have to
master psychic abilities to stop a local serial killer
and uncover the secret of her parents.

1) 2) 3)

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 Task 1.
Have you watched the TV series "Riverdale" before?
Did you like it? Why/Why not?
How many seasons have you watched and which
one did you like the most?
Let's remember the main characters. Connect the
names with the pictures.

Cheryl Blossom Archie Andrews

Betty Cooper Josie McCoy
Kevin Keller Veronica Lodge
Jughead Jones Toni Topaz

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 Task 2.
Read the description of the first season and
complete the task about true or false.
As a new school year begins, the town of Riverdale
is reeling from the recent, tragic death of high
school boy Jason Blossom — and nothing feels the
same... Archie Andrews is the all-American teen, but
the summer's events made him realize that he
wants to pursue a career in music — not follow in
his dad's footsteps. It's weighing heavily on Archie's
mind — as is his fractured friendship with budding
writer and fellow classmate Jughead Jones.
Meanwhile, girl-next-door Betty Cooper is anxious
to see her crush Archie after being away all
summer, but she's not quite ready to reveal her true
feelings to him. And Betty's nerves – which are
hardly soothed by her overbearing mother Alice –
aren't the only thing holding her back. When a new
student, Veronica Lodge, arrives in town from New
York with her mother, there’s a spark between her
and Archie, even though Veronica doesn't want to
risk her new friendship with Betty. And then there's
Cheryl Blossom... What, exactly, is she hiding about
the mysterious death of her twin brother, Jason?
Riverdale may look like a quiet, sleepy town, but
there are dangers in the shadows...
1. The town of Riverdale is happy and T/F
peaceful.
2. Jason Blossom is a high school boy who T/F
recently died.
3. Archie Andrews wants to follow in his T/F
dad's footsteps.
4. Betty Cooper is not interested in Archie. T/F
5. Veronica Lodge is a new student from T/F
Los Angeles.
6. Cheryl Blossom is Jason's twin sister. T/F
7. Riverdale is a dangerous town. T/F
8. Betty's mother is supportive of her. T/F
9. Jughead Jones is a musician. T/F

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 Task 3.
Read about personality of the two main characters
of the series and answer the questions.
Archie is a very kind-hearted, loyal,
honest and caring person, especially
when pertaining to his friends and
family. His suffering derives from
merely having to stand by and watch
his friends suffer while knowing that
there is nothing he can do to ease
their pain. Archie is a guy who wears
his emotions on his sleeve, and this
can often be felt through his music.
However, this in no way diminishes
his masculinity, as Archie has been
Archie Andrews
known to turn violent and aggressive
at times. He is a member of Riverdale
High School's football team, the
Riverdale Bulldogs.
1. How would you describe Archie's personality?
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2. In what ways can Archie's emotions be felt
through his music?
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3. What extracurricular activity is Archie involved
in at Riverdale High School?
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4. How does Archie behave towards his friends and
family?
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5. What are some of the positive traits that Archie
possesses?
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 Task 3.
Read about personality of the two main characters
of the series and answer the questions.
Contrary to her appearance, that
being a pretty blonde girl, Betty in no
way fits the stereotype of your typical
"dumb blonde". In fact, she's a straight-
A student and arguably one of the
most intelligent students at Riverdale
High School. Not to mention she's an
overachiever. Betty strived to be the
perfect student, daughter, and sister
simply to please everyone around her.
Betty also shows a great deal of
strength, courage and nerve. She is
Betty Cooper
constantly fighting for her friends
and family and will do whatever it
takes to defend her loved ones. She
often is impulsive and gets herself in
situations that could have been
thought out. However, she isn't afraid
to stand her ground and stand up for
herself and even threaten people
should the time call for it.
1. What is Betty's appearance, and how does it
contradict the stereotype of a "dumb blonde"?
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2. Why does Betty strive to be the perfect student,
daughter, and sister?
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3. What are some of Betty's positive qualities?

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4. In what ways does Betty fight for her friends and
family?
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5. Is Betty afraid to stand up for herself or threaten
people if necessary?
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 Task 4.
Try to make your own descriptions of the other
heroes of the series. Next to the pictures there are
words that can be used.
darkly charismatic,
humorous, confident,
apathetic, determined,
quick outspoken,
temper, feminist,
secrets, intelligent,
crafty, black
intelligent, clothes,
writing empathetic
skills,
"outsider"
Jughead Jones Veronica Lodge

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 Task 5.
Watch the part of the first season of the series and
answer the questions.

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1. What is the name of the town in the story?

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2. How does the town appear from a distance?
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3. What did the Blossom twins do on the fourth of
July?
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4. Who found Cheryl by the river's edge?
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5. What did the police do after Jason's
disappearance?
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6. How was Jason's death ruled?
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7. What did Cheryl drop in the water?
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8. How did Jason die according to Cheryl's story?
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9. What were people still talking about on the last
day of summer vacation?
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10. What rolled into town on the last day of summer

vacation?
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 Task 6.
Watch the part of the first season of the series and
fill in the gaps.

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- Betty, this coming year is _____(1) for colleges.

_____(2) are important. Extracurriculars, _____(3).
_____(4) a decent character is _____(5) important.
They do look at that.
- Mom, I'm a _____(6).
- You've _____(7) so much. I just don't want anything
_____(8) that. I mean, just think of your _____(9)
sister. She was such a _____(10) star before she let
that Blossom boy ruin it.
- Mom, I'm not Polly.
- You missed _____(11) last night.
- By seven minutes. I was with Archie, who has red
hair, yes, but is nothing like Jason Blossom.

- I was gonna be all _____(12). More like Jason

Blossom. I love you so much, Elizabeth. I just need
you to be _____(13), okay? And stay _____(14). You
_____(15) your Adderall? Seems you forgot to pick
up your _____(16).
shining, sophomore, prescription,
athletics, maintaining,
accomplished, poor, refilled,
jeopardizing, grades, critical,
hugely, focused, curfew, voices,
smart

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 Task 7.
Learn the basic slang from the series. Insert phrases
or individual words into sentences.
brace yourself - готовиться к чему-то тяжёлому
a sight for sore eyes - услада для глаз
game-changer - переломный момент (изменение)
sophomore - второкурсник
to miss curfew - пропустить комендантский час
to get ripped - мускулистый
the floor is yours - дать кому-то высказаться
to be not in the headspace for smth - быть не в
настроении что-то делать
to take the bull by the horns - тянуть быка за рога
1. She decided _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and confront
her boss about the problem.
2. Before entering the haunted house, I told my
friend _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for a scare.
3. After being away for months, seeing her family
was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
4. The new technology was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in
the way we communicate with each other.
5. Even though he was only a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
he was one of the best players on the team.
6. Mary _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ last night and got
grounded by her parents.
7. Mark started going to the gym regularly _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and build some muscles.
8. Everyone turned their attention to John when
the boss said, "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _."
9. Tom had a lot on his mind and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ for a party tonight.

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 Task 8.
Read the statements from the series and try to
guess who they belong to!

“Hands off, Goblin.”

Josie McCoy
Moose Mason
Cheryl Blossom
Archie Andrews

“Sardonic humor is jut my

way of relating to the world.”

Jughead Jones
Hiram Lodge
Archie Andrews
Betty Cooper

“Sorry to interrupt the sad

breakfast club.”

FP Jones
Reggie Mantle
Poly Cooper
Cheryl Blossom

“I am the poster child for sin,

Betty.”

Hermione Lodge
Polly
Alice Cooper
Toni Tapaz

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 Task 8.
Read the statements from the series and try to
guess who they belong to!

“You live in this pale pink

world of milkshakes and first
kisses.”

Kevin Keller
Josie McCoy
Reggie Mantle
Jason Blossom

“It’s not your fault what your

dad did, and you were there
for me when no one else was.”

Sweetpea
Ethel Muggs
Polly Cooper
Kevin Keller

“You’ve got the vocabulary of

a baked potato.”

Reggie Mantle
Jughead
Cheryl Blossom
Fred Andrews

“No, Josie, you’re

irreplaceable. Everyone else
is disposable.”

Mayor McCoy
Betty Cooper
Charles Smith
Miss Grundy

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 Task 8.
Read the statements from the series and try to
guess who they belong to!

“I was born alone. I’ll die

alone. I’ll sing alone. I’ll be OK.”

Melody
Archie Andrews
Valerie
Josie

“You don’t own the color red.”

Veronica Lodge
Archie Andrews
Toni Topaz
Cheryl Blossom

Check your answers on page 20!

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 Task 9.
Watch an excerpt from the first episode of the first
season about dancing and describe the characters'
clothes and appearance.

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Archi: ___________________________________________
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Betty: ______________
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 Task 10.
Listen to an excerpt from Archie's song "I'll Try" and
insert the missing words.

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[Verse 1]
Can you _ _ _ _ _ me?
Am I _ _ _ _ _ out in the crowd?
Are you listening?
Or is _ _ _ _ _ else too loud
For you too hear _ _ _ _ _?
Are you just _ _ _ _ _ walk away?
'Cause there are so many _ _ _ _ _
I can do, but _ _ _ _ _ I'll say
[Chorus]
I'll try
I'll try to let it go
Let it roll _ _ _ _ _ off my back
Yes, so I'll _ _ _ _ _
I'll try
To let it go
Let it go and _ _ _ _ _ look back this way
hear right things everyone try drowned
gonna never anything instead

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 Task 11.
Listen to another excerpt from Archie's song "I'll
Try" and put the words in the right order.

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[Verse 2]
Do you wanna be
The / who / one / and / points / blames
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That makes us feel many things
a / explain / Cause / word / I / can't / in
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Why it hurts so much, you see
pain / born / this / We / with / all / weren't
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I guess that's anything
day / That / by / day / keeps / living
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 Task 12.
Watch the excerpt "Cheryl Tells Her Side Of The
Story" and match the words from it with the correct
definitions.

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1. cruel a. feeling responsible for doing

something wrong or breaking
2. capsize the law
3. lying b. not telling the truth; saying
something that is not true
4. stage
c. a raised platform where
5. drown performers act, sing, or dance in
front of an audience
6. guilty
d. an unfortunate event that
7. tragic accident causes great sadness and often
involves injury or death
8. corroborate
e. the pointed end or edge of
9. tip something; a small piece of
advice or suggestion
f. to overturn or turn upside
down, especially a boat or ship
g. to die by being underwater
and unable to breathe

h. to confirm or support with

evidence or testimony

i. causing pain or suffering

intentionally; lacking empathy
or kindness towards others

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 Task 13.
Watch the excerpt again and answer the questions.
1. What did Cheryl mean when she said she was
guilty?
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2. Why did Cheryl lie about what happened on July
4th?
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3. When was the last time Cheryl saw her brother?
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4. What was the plan that Jason and Cheryl came
up with?
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5. Did Jason actually drown in Sweetwater River?
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6. Did anyone else know about Jason's plan to run
away?
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7. Why did Jason want to run away and fake his
own death?
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8. Was Jason a cruel person?
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9. Did Cheryl kill Jason?
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10. Why didn't Cheryl tell anyone about the
gunshot she heard on July 4th?
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