Global English 2

Name: ……………………………………………..
HR Class: …………..… ESL Class: ………...……

WORKSHEET WEEK 12
Unit 4: The big sky – Score:………../14
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A. KEY POINTS

Vocabulary low high shadow long short

move torch sundial clay paper plate

B. PRACTICE
I. Read the text “Experiment with shadows” in Learner’s book- page 66.
Choose and write the correct answers. There is one example.

move shadow clay

torch sundial paper plate

mo
0. Make somebody/something change position in a way ……… …
ve
…….

1. A device that uses shadow from the Sun to tell time ………………..

2. A plate that is made of thick card or paper ………………..

3. A small electric lamp that you can hold in your hand and ………………..
carry with you

4. A sticky material in the middle of a paper plate to make ………………..

the sundial

5. The dark area that is created by blocking the light ………………..

II. Read the text and choose the best answer. There is one example.
0. Jim: What are you doing? 3. Jim: What time is it?
Paul: A. The sundial is big. Paul: A. Yes, please
B. We see the time. B. We go to school today.
C. We are doing an experiment. C. It's 9 o'clock.

1. Jim: In the morning, is the Sun high 4. Jim: Oh, really? How do you know?
or low? Paul: A. We look at the shadow to
Paul: A. I love the Sun. know the time.
B. The Sun is low. B. The sundial is very old.
C. The Sun is hot. C. The Sun and the time.

2. Jim: How is the shadow in the morning? 5. Jim: You are doing a great job!
Paul: A. The shadow is long. Paul: A. Thank you.
B. No, I can't. B. We can do it.
C. The Sun can't move. C. We are telling time with a
sundial.

III. Look at the picture.

 Write ONE WORD to complete the sentences.
1. A sundial uses ……………………..……………

to tell time.

2. When the sun moves in the sky, the shadow

moves and points at the ………..……..…………

 Write a sentence to answer the question.

3. What time is it?
……………………………………………………..……………

4. What are they?

……………………………………………………..……………
IV. Read the text. Choose a word below and write the correct word next to numbers 1-5.
A sundial is like a (0) …………c…lo…ck………………. . A clock uses (1) ………………...……. to point

at

the (2) ……………….…….. A sundial uses (3) ………….........……. to tell time. When the

(4) ………………...……. moves in the sky, the shadow created by a sundial’s ‘arm’ moves

and points at the numbers - just like the hands on a clock.

A (5) ………………...……. is a very old tool to tell time.

shadows clock Sun

numbers hands sundial

Now choose the best name for the story. Tick the box.
 The Moon
 The Earth
 The sundial