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English 10th Grade

Unit 3 – Outstanding People

Objective: To check common expressions and synonyms used in English.

Activity I

Write one sentence using the expressions below.

Enough time – sorry about – belong to – look for

I think we have enough time to finish this

She told that she was sorry about what happened to you
This house belongs to my dog

Elisa told me you were looking for me

Activity II

Match the expressions with their definitions.

1. All along ___4__ To be in serious trouble.

2. To back out ___6__ I suppose
3. To cheer up ___2__ To get out of an agreement.
4. To be in deep water ____7_ Behave badly
5. To bear in mind __1___ All the time
6. I dare say ___8__ Exhausted
7. To act up ___5__ To remember something
8. Dead tired __3___ To become happy
Activity III

Write one sentence using the expressions below. Remember you can follow
the examples on the presentation.

A bite at the cherry ___i have a bit at the cherry I never

supposed______________________________________________
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Apples and Oranges ____you cant compare apples and

oranges____________________________________________
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Bad apple _____he is so a bad

apple____________________________________________________
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A plum job _____dont worry, she has a plum

job___________________________________________________
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Cool as cucumber _____my grandpa has been always as cool as a

cucumber_____________________________________________
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Activity IV

Match the expressions with their synonyms.

1. Drop me a line ____5__ To decide

2. Bite your tongue ___4___ I’ll pay this bill
3. Once in a blue moon ___7___ I don’t know
4. It’s on me ____2__ Keep quiet!
5. Make up your mind ___6___ Leave me alone
6. Butt out! ___1___ Wrote me / text me
7. Beats me ____8__ I don’t care at all
8. See if I care ___3___ Very rarely
Activity V

Highlight or underline the expressions reviewed during classes that appear

on the text.

Today we have mobile phones. computers, Internet, to look for everything we need
and want, but before all that, even before the advent of television, there was radio,
which was as cool as a cucumber. Back in 1930s and 1940s, families gathered
together around the radio, with enough time to listen to their favorite programmes,
just like they did some years with TV. Radio broadcasts included not only news
and music, but also variety shows, comedies, dramas. and many other forms of
entertainment.

I still consider it a privilege to have lived during this time, especially as a kid, when I
used to cheer up every time we were together. The radio developed our
imagination and creativity: we just listened to words and sounds, to people talking,
and we had to imagine their physical appearance and the scenes they were
describing. I remember sitting on the floor listening to The Aldrich Family, with the
familiar catchphrases "Henry! Henry Aldrich!". followed by Henry's answer,
'Coming, Mother!". Something that also bears in mind is listening to superman
stories and feeling so excited and sometimes even nervous, anxious to know what
was going to happen next. In the evening, the whole family sat around the radio to
listen to The Goldbergs, a soap opera and comedy about the home life of a Jewish
family in New York City. We never missed an episode. The fact that we knew
people were speaking at the precise moment we were listening made us feel closer
to them.

Activity IV

Choose the best option according to the text.

1. Radio was________

a) the first medium of wireless communication

b) the first medium of wireless communication together with TV

c) the second medium of wire- less communication after TV

2. The author ________during the golden years of the radio.

a) liked to listen to all programmes

b) really enjoyed growing up

c) didn't like the experience of living

3. Families listened the radio ________.

a) before TV

b) before dinner

c) before 1930

4. The radio developed _____________.

a) imagination as well as artistic skills.

b) not only imagination but also unity

c) imagination but not creativity

5. The radio highly contributed to ____________.

a) put an end to family quarrels

b) bring people of all races together

c) unite the family

6. The author and his family _________ listened to their favorite soap opera.

a) never

b) often

c) always.