Unit 6
Lesson 7
Languge Develoment
Before we start. We have to revise the present perfect tense.
The Present perfect simple
The present perfect simple expresses an action that is still going on or that stopped recently, but has an influence on the present.
SB page 69/ exercise 1:
Complete this interview between a TV presenter and an archaeologist with the Present Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets
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Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple? TV presenter: I’m driving to Gobekli Tepe, the world’s oldest building, with Klaus Schmidt, a German archaeologist who (1)____ (make) a surprising discovery. Archaeologist: Yes. I (2) ____ (discover) rings of huge carved stones about 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. TV presenter: How old do you think Gobekli Tepe is? Archaeologist: It’s about 11,000 years old. I’m sure it’s the world’s fi rst temple. TV presenter: OK, we (3) ____ (arrive) at the site where Dr Schmidt (4) ____ (discover) at least 16 buried rings. As we walk among them, I see that some are carved. Archaeologist: We (5) ____ (fi nd) images of animals, like foxes and gazelles. My team has also found human bones, but they still (6) ____ (not/locate) any evidence that people actually lived in Gobekli Tepe. |
The answer:1. has made; 2. have discovered; 3. have arrived; 4. has discovered; 5. have found; 6. haven’t located
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SB page 69 / exercise 2:
2 Now, listen to the interview and check your answers. In a group, discuss your guesses.
The answer:
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Audioscript Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple? TV presenter: I’m driving to Gobekli Tepe, the world’s oldest building, with Klaus Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has made a surprising discovery. Archaeologist: Yes. I have discovered rings of huge carved stones about 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. TV presenter: How old do you think Gobekli Tepe is? Archaeologist: It’s about 11,000 years old. I’m sure it’s the world’s fi rst temple. TV presenter: OK, we have arrived at the site where Dr Schmidt has discovered at least 16 buried rings. As we walk among them, I see that some are carved. Archaeologist: We have found images of animals, like foxes and gazelles. My team has also found human bones, but they still haven’t located any evidence that people actually lived in Gobekli Tepe. |
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SB page 69 / exercise 3:
3 Choose a famous person.
Make notes about what he or she has done during his or her life.
Example
| Serena Williams – Female Athlete of the Year in 2002 and 2009 – been in many tennis tournaments − won US Open, French Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open and the Olympic gold medal at Beijing – lives and trains in America – has given lots of money to charity |
The answer: Students’ own answers
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SB page 69 / exercise 4:
4 In pairs, ask and answer questions to guess your friend’s famous person.
Example
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A: Are you a tennis player? B: Yes. I have won the US Open several times. A: Have you ever won the French Open? B: Yes, I have. A: Are you Venus Williams? B: No, I'm Serena Williams. |
The answer: Students’ own answers
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SB page 69/ exercise 5:
5 Use these words to write defi nitions.
1. cutting / To / an / object / make / wood / by / a piece / stone / of / or
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2. people / attack / castle / It’s / a / to / against / an / defend
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3. group / similar / A / of / buildings / site / same / the / on
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4. relating / or / by / army / Used / the / to
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5. interesting / something / A place / happened / or / where / important
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The answer:
1. To make an object by cutting a piece of stone or wood
2. It’s a castle to defend people against an attack
3. A group of similar buildings on the same site
4. Used by or relating to the army
5. A place where something important or interesting happened
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SB page 69 / exercise 6:
6 Match the following nouns to the defi nitions above.
a. complex d. military
b. to carve e. citadel
c. sit
The answer: a. 3; b. 1; c. 5; d. 4; e. 2
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Unit 6
Lesson 8
Project
Renovating our school
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Before you start Find a large sheet of construction paper, coloured paper, scissors, marker pens, a glue stick and sticky tape. |
| Your task is ... To renovate your school building. |
Suggested ways:
*Imagine that your suggestions will be automatically implemented so they have a great responsibility to make the school as good as possible
*You should use their imaginations to fi nd ways of preserving and renovating old areas as well as creating new ones.
*You can take ideas from this module and from previous modules.
For example, the layout of a spaceship for science areas (derived from Module 4) or a school garden for growing plants (derived from Module 2). This is the Project in which you can use the skills and knowledge you have acquired throughout Action Pack 8.