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3º Eso Material Readings PDF
3º Eso Material Readings PDF
3º Eso Material Readings PDF
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1. The words below appear in the text in Exercise 2. Find the words and guess their meanings.
Use a dictionary to check your guesses.
1. ordinary ........................ 3. screen ........................ 5. complaints .......................
2. spaceship ........................ 4. rocket ........................
3. Complete the questions with much or many. Then answer the questions according to the text
in Exercise 2.
1. How time does it take till you land on Mars? ..............................................
2. How people can eat at Mars 2112 at the same time?...................................
3. How money does it cost to go into the restaurant? .......................................
4. Complete the chart below about an unusual restaurant that you visited or heard about.
Then write an e-mail to a friend describing it.
2. David is interviewing Tom, a volunteer in an environmental project. Tom has just got back
from Thilafushi. Write Davids questions using the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
Then write Toms answers based on the information in the text.
1. when / the Maldivians / build / Thilafushi
...................................................... ......................................................
2. what / you / see / when / you / arrive / there
...................................................... ......................................................
3. what / the workers / do / while / you / be / there
...................................................... ......................................................
4. what / the ships / carry / when / they / return / to India
...................................................... ......................................................
5. what / the tourists / say / about Thilafushi
...................................................... ......................................................
3. Write a letter to a friend describing a holiday. Make sure you answer the following questions.
1. Where did you go?
2. Who did you go with?
3 Extension
2. Tick the sentences true (T) or false (F) according to the text in Exercise 1.
Copy the sentences that helped you decide.
T F
3. Imagine that you are a clown at a childrens birthday party. Write an e-mail to a friend describing
a successful or unsuccessful birthday party.
1. The words below appear in the text in Exercise 2. Find the words and guess their meanings.
Use a dictionary to check your guesses.
1. peace .............................. 3. fur ................................ 5. cotton .................................
2. brides .............................. 4. silk ................................
A FASHIONABLE WEDDING
In Medieval times, weddings were not just about love. People often got married for political
reasons. For example, if two countries wanted to make peace, their kings used to marry their
children to each other. These kings used their childrens wedding to show how rich and
important they were. That is why Medieval brides used expensive materials like fur and silk for
their wedding dresses. They did not use cheaper materials like cotton.
Wedding dresses usually reflected the fashion of the time. In the 1920s, for example, short
skirts were fashionable, so brides wore wedding dresses that were short. But in the 1940s,
things changed. At that time, brides began wearing long, formal dresses at their weddings and
this style of wedding dress is still very popular.
In the West, wedding dresses are often white. This tradition began in 1840 when Queen
Victoria got married in a white dress. Many brides saw her wedding photograph and decided
that they wanted to wear a dress like hers.
Today, more and more women are not wearing a traditional white wedding dress when they get
married. They feel that these dresses are too old-fashioned for them and they prefer to wear
something more trendy. They believe that its not important how long a wedding dress is or
what colour it is. The most important thing is that the bride should feel comfortable. It is her
wedding day after all.
4. How do many women feel about the traditional white dress? ............................................................
3. Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. Then tick the
sentences true (T) or false (F) according to Exercise 2. Copy the sentences that helped you
decide.
T F
1. In Medieval times, marriages were (political) they are today.
...............................................................................................................................
2. Fur is (cheap) cotton.
...............................................................................................................................
3. In the 1940s, wedding dresses were (short) wedding dresses
in the 1920s.
...............................................................................................................................
4. You just returned from your cousins wedding. Write a short letter to your friend describing the
wedding. Your letter should include a description of what the bride and groom were wearing.
1. Read the text. Then tick the sentences true (T) or false (F). Copy the sentences that helped
you decide.
CITY LIFE
In the 1940s, it became fashionable for families in the United States to go and live outside the
cities and buy houses in the quiet suburbs. Living in the suburbs was especially popular for
people who had young children. They often chose to leave the city so that the children could
have more green areas to play in.
But recently, things have begun to change. More and more people are now choosing to remain
in the cities and not move to the suburbs. They feel that city life has got many advantages.
People are often able to get to work on foot. They can also walk to restaurants and cinemas.
Not only is this very convenient, but it is also better for the environment, because people use
much less petrol.
Some of the people in the suburbs are also moving back to the city. Many parents living in the
suburbs have found that when their children become teenagers, they have nowhere to go in
their free time. They often have to drive their children into the city so that they can meet their
friends at trendy places.
Because more and more people want to live in the city, house prices are rising. If prices
continue to rise, many people will leave the city because they will no longer be able to afford to
live there. If this happens and poorer people begin to move to the suburbs, the big family
houses of today will become the apartment buildings of the future. Several families will live
together in each of the houses. Life in the suburbs, as we know it, will soon be a thing of the
past
T F
1. In the 1940s, Americans preferred to live in cities.
................................................................................................
2. People in cities often dont have to drive to work.
................................................................................................
3 Extension
2. John and Susan are trying to decide if they should live in a suburb or in a city. Complete their
conversation according to the information in Exercise 1. Use the first conditional.
John: I think we should live in the suburbs. Life in the suburbs is better for young children. If we live in
1
the suburbs, our children .........................................................................................................
2
Susan: Life in the city is also very convenient. If we ............................................................................
3
Life in the city is also better for the environment. If we ............................................................
John: OK. I think youre right. Lets go and live in the city.
3. Complete the chart about your town or another town that you know.
Name of town
Advantages to living there
Disadvantages to living there
4. Write an e-mail to a friend. He / She is about to move to your town or another town that you
know. Point out what he / she will experience. Use the text in Exercise 1 and the chart in
Exercise 3 to help you.