GOOD MORNING
A couple of things today:
LISTENING PRACTICE:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=6+MINUTE+ENGLISH
Try to keep up with your English: real English.
Last part of unit 10 in the workook. These are
voluntary activities if you want to revise:
pg 82 and 83 in the workbook.
Writing
A discursive essay page 82
Exercise 1
5 – vaccines, antibiotics
2 – printing press, computer technology
Exercise 2
1 seems / looks 2 seems 3 seemed / sounded
4 have felt 5 looks / seems
Exercise 3
1 Scientists based in California have developed incredibly
sophisticated robots.
2 Having modified a vaccine for rubella, the inventor was
acclaimed by the press. / The inventor who had modified
a vaccine for rubella was acclaimed by the press.
3 Researchers seeking a cure for the disease investigated a
new batch of antibodies.
4 While [subject + was / were] trying to record heartbeats,
the pacemaker was invented.
5 The laboratory in the university building has several
specimens of molluscs.
6 Cancer cells were observed mutating by specialists.
Progress check unit 10 pg 83
Exercise 1
Galaxy Zoo was created to recruit volunteers to examine galaxies whose patterns are unrecognizable to computers.
Exercise 2
a a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it
b a figure with four sides in the shape of a diamond that has two opposite angles more than 90° and the other two less than 90°
c a solid or hollow figure with round ends and long straight sides.
Exercise 3 :Please refer to Student’s Book page 120
Exercise 4 :Please refer to Student’s Book page 122
Exercise 5 :Please refer to Student’s Book page 122
Exercise 6 :Please refer to Student’s Book page 124
Exercise 7: Please refer to Student’s Book pages 124 and 125
Exercise 8 : Please refer to Student’s Book page 125
Exercise 9 The Black Death originated in Asia.
Exercise 10
a He faced death, and knew the end was nigh.
b The invention of the personal computer marked the beginning of the end for typewriters.
Exercise 11
a as b like
Exercise 12
a The head of the science department told the students in the chemistry lab about microbes.
b Wendy witnessed an unusual procession while she was driving in the country.
Exercise 13
Please refer to Student’s Book page 128
