UNIT 4: BEING A TEEN

READING 4A (PG 51)

1. Look at the layout of the text and the pictures accompanying it and guess where
can you find this kind of text. Yes, in a Science Magazine!

2. Now, look at the title of the text and guess what type of column this is. Before that,
what is a column? Column has many different meanings but here it refers to a
regular section of a newspaper or magazine devoted to a particular subject or written
by a particular person. So, what type of column do you think it is? This is a question
and answer (Q&A) column where people have sent in questions about education-
related issues and have been provided with answers.

3. Next, read through questions 1-4 on the left of the text on page 51. As you can
see, each question is followed by the name of the person who posed the question as
well as his / her place of residence.

READING TASK 1
1. Read the text and underline unknown/unfamiliar words.
2. Please check the meanings of these words in the dictionary.
3. Next, match questions 1-4 with answers a-d.

READING TASK 2
Paragraph a
1. What can teachers offer their students?
2. What will we see in the future?

Paragraph b
1. What do some people believe we will be capable of when we start using 100% of
our brain?
2. What did scientific discoveries in the late 19th century show?
3. What is the way we use our brain similar to?
4. Do we use every single muscle all at once?
Paragraph c
1. Was Einstein a good student?
2. What is true about Einstein?
3. When did he pass the university entrance exam?
4. Was he as old as his fellow students?
5. What did his school do in his last year there?
6. Why did people believe that Einstein failed at school?
7. What is Einstein considered to be?

Paragraph d
1.What happens in the UK and in the USA?
2. According to supporters of homeschooling, do homeschooled children receive less
attention than children in the classroom?
3. Is homeschooling easy on the parents?
4. Can both parents work full-time if their children are homeschooled?
5. What does homeschooling require?

READING TASK 3
1. Look at Exercise D on page 53.
2. Read through Statements 1-9.
3. Next, read the text again and answer whether the statements are true or false.

READING TASK 4
1. Look at Exercise E on page 53.
2. Read through the 8 sentences given.
3. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of words in brackets. Please be
noted that you can find these words in the text.

GRAMMAR (PG 53)

GRAMMAR TASK 1
1. Read the notes on Future Tenses given on page Grammar Reference page 162.
2. Next read the text below and identify future tenses used in it. How many can you
find?

Ms. Anu is a teacher. In April 2020, she will have completed 22 years working as
a teacher. She teaches Economics for the higher secondary students. By the time
she reaches school, students are already waiting for her. She will have spoken to
most of them before she takes her regular classes. Sadly, Ms. Anu will resign next
summer to move to Prague. She is also going to take up a new job as a guidance
counsellor there. Ms. Anu’s will miss her and her school is going to lose a good
teacher soon.

GRAMMAR TASK 2
1. Complete the grammar exercise on page 53.

VOCABULARY (PG 54)

VOCABULARY TASK 1
1. Read through the adjectives in the box.
2. Read the notes given and complete Exercise A.
3. CLUE: un-(4 words); in-(4 words); il- (3 words); ir- (3 words); im-(4 words);
4. Complete the 5 sentences with the opposites that you have found in your previous
task.

VOCABULARY TASK 2
1. There are four different prepositions given in the box.
2. Try to guess which adjectives are used before the prepositions? You can
sometimes find the answers in a good English dictionary.
3. CLUE: about (3 adj.); with (3 adj.); for (3 adj.); of (3 adj.)
4. Complete the 6 gaps in the sentences with the most suitable prepositions.

VOCABULARY TASK 3

1. Read the following examples on make vs do.

2. Complete the sentences given with the correct form of make or do.