Word Formation: https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf044-sentences.htm
Do you believe in aliens? I mean those extraterrestrial beings that have supposedly visited earth in spaceships, that appear to disc- or ball-shaped, and have a blazing exhaust or no exhaust at all.
These spaceships have been described as rapidly moving or hovering. Some people claimed that they had seen aliens, and others stated that they had been abducted by them. Those privileged to see them, alleged that they have large foreheads and bulging eyes. Some say they even have superhuman powers. It is not clear, whether these accounts are fact or fable, as there are no concrete or scientific data to verify that aliens visit us. Is it that scientists are afraid to accept that the stories are true, because mankind may be unable to cope with this reality or a possible invasion by aliens?
1. What are aliens?
2. What part of speech is the word claimed?
3. What is the shape of the spaceships?
4. How does a spaceship move according to the passage?
5. State two characteristics of an alien.
6. Which phrase in the passage means true or false?
7. What part of speech is the word 'extraterrestrial'?
8. Which word in the passage indicates that people were taken against their will by aliens?
9. Give a word to replace 'privileged'.
10. Give one reason why the writer suggests that scientists are afraid to accept that alien stories are true.
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Finding the Perimeter of Irregular Shapes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1aWFW8bOpo
Bobsledding Jamaican Style
At first, everyone thought it was a joke. The Caribbean nation of Jamaica was sending a bobsled team to the Olympics. The tropical island had never before sent an athlete to compete in the Winter Olympic Games.
The Jamaican bobsled team first went to the Olympics at the 1988 games in Canada. The team was definitely the underdog- no one expected them to win. But, they soon became a fan favorite. They arrived with almost no practice going down a real bobsled run. They even had to borrow sleds from other countries to compete.
Although they finished in last place, they won the notice of the world. They were later the subjects of a Disney movie called Cool Runnings.
They showed that they were definitely not a joke by making return appearances at future Winter Olympics. In 1994, Jamaica's four-man sled surprised everyone by finishing in 14th place, ahead of both sleds from the United States. Since then, Jamaica has had both men's and women's bobsled teams compete in international events.
The idea of a Jamaican bobsled team is not completely crazy. Jamaica has a tradition of great sprinters and bobsled racing requires a similar skill to get off quickly in the important push start.
1. What does the word 'tropical' tell us about the weather in Jamaica?
2. Why would it seem like a joke that Jamaica would enter the Winter Olympics?
3. In what year did the Jamaican team first go to the Olympics?
4. What was the name of the movie which was made about this team?
5. Do you think it was surprising that they finished in last place? Give a reason for your answer.
6. How was the 1994 performance different to their first performance?
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