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Book 4A
Chapter 2
Courseware for Teachers
We’re going to look at two newspaper articles about some interesting people.
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Some words are missing and you need to fill in the blanks with the correct words.
Let’s take a closer look at the articles.
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What’s the name of the newspaper?
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What are the titles of the articles?
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We call the titles of newspaper articles headlines.
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The first article talks about some sports players.
The second article talks about three talented children.
(triplets = three children born at the same time to the same mother)
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Now let’s look at the first article.
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What sport do these men play?
Basketball.
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Look at the photo caption.
What are their names?
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Simon, Kevin, Eddy and Brian.
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Do you think the Big Four are short or tall?
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Tall.
Why?
Because basketball players are usually tall.
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Let’s read the first paragraph.
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The Florida Tigers.
What’s the name of the team that the players play for?
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Who will they play against tomorrow?
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The South China Dragons.
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What’s the venue for the match?
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The Hong Kong Coliseum.
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Let’s move to the next paragraph.
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This paragraph talks about the men’s height
and weight.
m = metres
kg = kilograms
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Let’s try to complete the blanks.
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You can choose from the words given.
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To get the correct adjective for a blank, let’s look for clues in the sentence before it.
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Simon
Kevin
Eddy
Brian
Are their legs long or short?
Long.
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Simon
Kevin
Eddy
Brian
Who do you think has the longest legs?
Simon.
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the longest
So the answer for blank is …
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Next, what adjective should we use for blank ?
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Simon
Kevin
Eddy
Brian
Is Brian taller than Eddy?
No.
2.23 m
1.99 m
1.98 m
1.93 m
Is Brian taller than Kevin?
No.
So Brian is …
… the shortest.
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the longest
The answer for blank is …
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the
shortest
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Good job! Now get into pairs and fill in the other blanks to complete the articles.
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the longest
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the longest
the shortest
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the longest
the shortest
the heaviest
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the longest
the shortest
the heaviest
the lightest
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the oldest
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the oldest
the youngest
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Excellent!
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