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Dear students,
You all will be working grammar, listening, and reading comprehension. Enjoy the activities!
See you next week!
1. Click on the following link:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/basic-grammar
There you will find several grammar topics which might help you. Do the exercise first. Then, study the information for the following topics and answer finally take the test.
a. Adjectives and prepositions
b. Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing
c. Articles 1
d. Articles 2
e. Countable and Uncountable Nouns 1
f. Countable and Uncountable Nouns 2
g. Past Continouos and Past Simple
h. Questions forms
i. Verbs followed by '-ing' or by 'to + infinitive 1'
If you get all your answers correct the first time, you can take a photo or print the screen. In case, you needed several times to get the exercise right, don't worry! You should write down the exercise on a sheet of paper to hand in.
2. Click on the following link
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/b1-intermediate-reading/digital-habits-across-generations
Do the preparation before you read the text 'Digital Habits across Generations.' Then read the text and afterwards do Tasks 1 & 2.
If you get all your answers correct the first time, you can take a photo or print the screen. In case, you needed several times to get the exercise right, don't worry! You should write down the exercise on a sheet of paper to hand in.
3. Listen and read the biographies of Albert Einstein and Johannes Kepler and answer the questions. Read the text at least 3 times.
In your opinion, what are the five more important events in
Einstein's youth?
Write down a timeline of Einstein's professional experience
as a physicist.
What event makes Einstein turn down his German Citizenship?
What other interests did Einstein pursue in his later years?
What do you think the quote 'The difference between stupidy
and genius is that genius has its limits' means?
- Now read Johannes Kepler biography at least
three times.
Write down a time line for the most important events in his
personal life and his career as a scientist.
Think about Einstein's and
Kepler's texts and find the similarities as well as the differences. Organize
the information in a chart where you clearly show what they have in common and
what the differences are.
For example:
Similarities
Both Kepler and Einstein were scientists.
Differences
Einstein was a physicist, and Kepler was a mathematician and an astronomer.
Differences
Einstein was a physicist, and Kepler was a mathematician and an astronomer.
Now that you know about Einstein
and Kepler's lives, who do you like best?
Write down an explanation.
Write down an explanation.
4. As some of you have expressed anxiety about Physics, I found a webpage which might help you. Please, feel free to ask if you have doubts related to English. Many of the topics are in your Physics Syllabus.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Tutorial/Newton-s-Laws
In the same page you can find a section called Physics Interactives which can also be helpful.
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives
5. Don't forget to do your three listening activities from the British Council Site
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening
6. Please, read and do the exercises for Christmas Carol, Chapters 1 & 2.
https://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/literature/christmas-carol
Those of you who can read the original version, click on the link to do so.
Have fun!
