Unit 7

e v e n Wo n d e r s
7A S

Warm Up

A) Work with a partner. Read the definition and

discuss the questions below.
wonder (n.): something that is amazing and excellent,
a place or thing that makes people feel amazed when they see it.
1. Do you know the names of the places in the pictures above?
Do you know where they are?
2.In your opinion, why are these places / buildings called wonders?

Vocabulary

geographical features
A) Match the words with the pictures below.

a. mountain b. waterfall c. river d.desert e.lake f.peninsula g.jungle h.forest

B) Complete the sentences with the words from Exercise A.

1. Everest is a __________ in Nepal. Many people try to climb to the top of it every year.
2. Every summer we go to swim in a _______ in the mountains. The water is very clear.
3. Niagara Falls is a large ___________ in the United States. 110,000,000 liters of water go over
the edge every minute!
4. It is difficult to live in the ______ because there is not much water. However, many people still
live there.
5. You must be careful if you swim in a ________ because the water moves very quickly.

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Grammar

Simple past tense: verb to be (was/were)

• We use was, were as the past form of am, is, are. You can see the affirmative, negative and
question forms with was / were below:
I / he / she / it we / you / they
affirmative (+) was were
negative (-) was not (wasn’t) were not (weren’t)

e.g.
I was at work yesterday (past), I am at home today (present).
We were students fifteen years ago (past), we are teachers now (present).
yes/ no questions short answers
Was I wrong? Yes, you were. No, you weren’t.
Were you ill? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.
Was he/she tall? Yes, he/she was. No, he/she wasn’t.
Was the cat white? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.
Were we lost? Yes, you were. No, you weren’t.
Were they engineers? Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.

e.g.
A: Was Cameron with you last weekend? B: Yes, she was.
C: Were the children in the backyard? D: No, they weren’t.
wh- questions possible answers
Where were you last Sunday? I was in Antalya.
What was it? It was a puppy.
Who was that? It was Mr. Slanders.
Where was the wedding? It was by the lake.

e.g.
E: Where were your glasses? F: They were under the sofa.

A) Read the sentences below and choose the correct words in italics.

1. He was / were ill last week.

2. They was / were very happy at the party.
3. You was / were in the hospital yesterday.
4. She wasn’t / weren’t good at maths in college.
5. We was / were best friends in high school.
6. He was / were very sad yesterday.
7. They wasn’t / weren’t at home last night.
8. You was / were shy when you was / were younger.

B) Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were, weren’t.

1. The party ___________ (be) fun.
2. We ___________ (not / be) late for the class.
3. ___________ (be) they with you last Monday?
4. The vegetables ___________ (be) fresh and delicious.
5. You ___________ (not/ be) at home yesterday afternoon.
6. When ___________ (be) your sister born?

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 Reading

A) Look at the pictures and read the text below.

Choose the correct words in italics to complete
the sentences.

A True Wonder: Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza is one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. It was /
were a Mayan city in Mexico, on the Yucatan peninsula. The ruins of the
city are still there and people can visit them. The Mayans was / were an
ancient civilization, and they lived in Mexico, Guatemala, and other parts
of Central America. They was / were very powerful. They was / were a
large civilization, and they built many cities that you can still visit today.
Chichen Itza was / were the largest city the Mayans built. Chichen Itza is
in the middle of the jungle, and it is famous for a large pyramid that was
/ were at the centre of the ancient city. This pyramid was / were used for
religious ceremonies, and there is something amazing that happens there
every year. During the Spring and Autumn exquinoxes (days when the day
and night are the same length), the sun and shadows make it look like a
snake is climbing up or going down the side of the pyramid. A snake god named Kukulkan was / were
the most important god of the Mayans, and this amazing effect of sun and shadow shows the god
coming to earth and leaving again. It is beautiful and impressive, and it is clear why people consider
Chichen Itza to be one of the world’s wonders. No one can explain how the effect works, and when
you watch the snake climb the pyramid, you know that the Mayans was / were excellent architects.

B) Mark the following sentences true or false.

1. The Mayans lived in North America, in parts of the United States. _____
2. Chichen Itza is on the Yucatan peninsula. _____
3. The Mayans built many cities. _____
4. There is a large pyramid at the centre of Chichen Itza. _____
5. The most important Mayan god was Helios. _____
6. Every year during the Summer and Winter solstices a snake climbs the pyramid. _____
7. The pyramid in Chichen Itza was important for their religion. _____
8. The sun and shadows make it look like a snake climbs the pyramid. _____
9. The Mayans were not very good at building things. _____
10.People cannot visit the ancient city of Chichen Itza. ______

C) Read the words in bold and match them with their definitions.

1. peninsula a. something related to religion

2. ruin b. the standing parts of a broken building or construction
3. ancient c. a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water
4. jungle d. the planet we live on
5. religious e. forest
6. shadow f. the dark area that is made when something blocks light
7. earth g. very old

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Seven Wonders
Speaking

A) Work in pairs and read about two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. These places
do not exist now, so you cannot visit them.

Student A reads Part 1 and Student B reads Part 2.

The Hanging Gardens of Bablyon are one of the Seven

Wonders of the Ancient World. The Gardens were
in the ancient city Bablyon, an important city in the
Mesopotamian civilization. Historians do not know
exactly where the gardens were, but they think they
were in what is Iraq today. They were huge, beautiful
gardens full of plants and flowers, and they were built
for a king’s wife because she was sad and missed her
homeland. Some people, however, don’t believe that
the gardens were real. They say that the gardens were
only spoken of in stories, and there is no proof that they
really were in the city of Babylon.

The Colossos of Rhodes is one of the Seven Wonders

of the Ancient World. The Colossos of Rhodes was a
giant statue of the Greek sun god Helios, who was an
important god. It was on the Greek island of Rhodes,
and it was built to celebrate the Greeks winning a battle
against Cyprus. The statue was more than 30 meters
tall! It was one of the tallest statues in the ancient world.
It was very impressive but an earthquake made it fall
down in 226BC. We know it was real because there are
many historical documents about its construction and
the earthquake.

B) Now take turns and ask each other questions about the Ancient Wonder that was in your
reading passage. Use the questions below as a guide. First, Student A asks questions and Student
B answers them with the information from Part 2. Then, Student B asks questions and Student A
answers them with the information from Part 1.

1. What is the name of the wonder? 3. Who were the people that built it?
2. Where was it? 4. Was it a real place?

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Idiom / Proverb of the Week

A) Read the sentence below and try to guess the meaning of the idiom.

Jenny bought a luxurious summer house last week but her partner still lives in that small
apartment. I think she always gets the lion’s share.

the lion’s share probably means:

a. the smallest share

b. the biggest share

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Seven Wonders 7B

Warm Up

A) Work in pairs and answer the questions below.

1. Are there any historical buildings in your hometown? If yes, give examples.
2. Do you like visiting historical buildings or ruins? Why / why not?

Vocabulary

historical buildings
A) Match the historical buildings with the pictures.

1. church 2. bridge 3. fountain 4. castle

5. temple 6. mosque 7. theatre 8. tower

B) Work in pairs and match the historical buildings with the tourist attractions.

1. Boğaziçi a. church
2. Notre Dame de Paris b. fountain
3. III. Ahmed c. temple
4. Sultan Ahmet d. theatre
5. Artemis e. tower
6. Karahisar f. mosque
7. Ephesus Antique g. castle
8. Eiffel h. bridge

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Grammar

simple past tense

• We use past simple tense to talk about states or actions that happened and finished in the
past.
• We generally use the suffix -ed after the main verbs in past simple sentences. However,
when the main verb is an irregular one, then the past form of this verb must be used.

I. affirmative sentences

a. past simple with regular verbs

subject verb + ed
football last night.
played
on a project yesterday.
worked
(most verbs take –ed)
I
You the shop last year.
closed
He / She / It in the ball last weekend.
danced
We (verbs ending in -e take –d)
They
hard for the exam last night.
studied
all the bags to the airport two hours ago.
carried
(verbs ending in a consonant + y take –ied)

b. past simple with irregular verbs

subject past form of the verb (V2)

I
You went to a concert last night.
He / She / It
We
They sent an important e-mail.

II. negative sentences

• We use did not (didn’t) before the main verb to make negative sentences.
e.g.
I didn’t see Carl at the office yesterday.

auxiliary +
subject V1
negation

I play PC games last night.

You work on a project yesterday.
He / She / It
did not (didn’t) close the shop last year.
We
They dance in the ball last weekend.
go to the concert last night.

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III. questions
• We use did before the subject to make a question in simple past tense.
e.g.
Did you leave home after breakfast?

auxiliary subject verb

I play PC games last night?
you work on the project yesterday?
Did he / she / it
we close the shop last year?
they go to the concert last night?

short answers

Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.

wh questions

question word auxiliary subject verb

Where I play PC games last night?
What You do on the project yesterday?
did He / She / It
When We close the shop last year?
How They climb that mountain?

• We don’t use the suffix -ed or past form of irregular verbs in negative sentences and questions.
e.g.
Did they buy presents for Jeremy?
No, they didn’t buy presents for Jeremy.

A) Read the sentences below and circle the correct words in italics.

1. To change a regular verb into its past tense form, we usually add –ed to the beginning / end
of the verb.
2. Negatives in the simple past are formed by adding didn’t (informal) or did not (formal) before
/ after the simple form of the verb.
3. Questions are formed by placing the auxiliary did before / after the subject.

B) Put the words in the correct order to make negative sentences or questions.

1. send / me / Mr. Simpson /an important e-mail / not / did.

______________________________.
2. two days ago /where / they / were?
______________________________.
3. visit / not /Lisa / with her friends / an art gallery / last Friday / did.
______________________________.
4. Dan / when / meet / you / did?
______________________________.

C) Read the prompts below. Fill in the gaps with the true words about you.

1. I didn’t do _______________yesterday.
2. I didn’t eat _______________ at breakfast.
3. I didn’t buy _______________ last week.
4. I didn’t have _______________ when I was six.

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 Listening

A) 7.1 Listen to the conversation about a tourist attraction.

Anna: Do you have any plans for vacation this summer?

Blair: Yes, I do. I want to see the ancient city of Aspendos.
A: Hmm, where is it?
B: It is 40 km east of the modern city of Antalya, Turkey.
A: I see. How ancient is it?
B: Very ancient. They ______ the city around 1000 BC.
A: What? Crazy! Who ________ it?
B: The Greeks, but many empires _______ control of the city during history.
A: For example?
B: Lycian, Persian, Roman, Seljuq and finally the Ottoman Empire ruled the city.
A: Impressive.
B: Also, it was one of the earliest cities to mint coins. They ____ minting coins around 500 BC.
A: Interesting. This shows they _______ with other empires.
B: Probably.
A: So, what is the most famous structure in the city?
B: Oh, it is the theatre. It is famous because it is the best-preserved example of Roman theatre
construction in the world.
A: Wow! I can’t believe it. Is it big?
B: I think it is 96 metres tall and it _________ seating for over 20,000 people.
A: It is huge! Do they still use it today?
B: Yes, they do. The Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival offers yearly productions in the
spring and early summer.
A: That sounds amazing. Maybe I can come with you and see the ancient city. I can also watch an
opera or ballet production.
B: Why not? Think about it. We can enjoy it together.

B) Listen again and decide if the sentences are ‘true’ or ‘false’.

1. Aspendos is in the centre of Antalya. _____

2. The city is almost 3,000 years old. _____
3. Only the Greeks were in control of the city. _____
4. In Aspendos, people had their own currency. _____
5. The theatre hosted operas in the past. _____

C) Listen once more and answer the following questions.

1. Who built the ancient city of Aspendos?

2. Did the people of Aspendos trade?
3. Why is the theatre so famous?
4. How big is the theatre?
5. What do The Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival offer every year?

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Speaking

A) Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your past activities using the prompts given.
e.g.
Where did you go on Saturday?
I went to ……
What did you do/eat/see?
I did rollerblading.
I ate a sandwich.
I saw a play in the theatre.

Pronunciation
B) Now listen again and put a tick near the words
A) P.5 Listen and repeat the words. which are pronounced first.

1. talk / talked talk talked

2. walk / walked walk walked
3. knock / knocked knock knocked
4. move / moved move moved

Discussion Time

A) Work in small groups. Look at the photos of these ancient buildings and answer the
questions.
1. Where are these places?
2. Do you know who built them?
3. When were they built?
4. Do people still use them?

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7C

Warm Up

A) Work in pairs. Read the definition below and discuss the

following questions.
polite (adj.): being nice to others
1. Do you think you are a polite person?
2. Are people in your city / town polite? Give reasons.

Vocabulary

common phrasal verbs

A) Work in pairs. Read the definition below and match the following phrasal verbs with their
definitions.
Phrasal verbs are verbs made of two or three words that are always used together. A phrasal
verb has a different meaning than a one-word verb. For example, ‘take’ generally means to grab
and hold something with your hands. ‘Take up’ means to start a new hobby or activity. Match
the phrasal verbs with their definitions below:

1. look for a. to take care of something or someone

2. look up b. to try to find something or someone, to search
3. look forward to c. to be excited about something in the future
4. look after d. to be careful, usually in dangerous situations
5. look into e. to search for information in a book or online
6. look out f. to investigate a person or situation

B) Look at the pictures and complete the phrasal verbs.

a. b. c. d.

look ____________ look ____________

e. f.

look ____________ look ____________ look ____________ look ____________

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C) Read the sentences and complete the phrasal verbs.

1. There was a murder last night. The police are looking ____ it, trying to find more information
about who killed the victim.
2. Will you look _____ my dog while I am on holiday? Someone needs to take care of him, he
cannot stay alone.
3. He is looking __________ the party on Friday, he will see all of his friends there.
4. Could you help me look ____ my mobile phone? I can’t find it.
5. Construction workers need to look ____ while they are working because their job is very
dangerous.
6. If you don’t know what a word means, you should look it ____ in a dictionary.
7. Every weekend I look ____ my younger sister because my parents are not home.
8. Most people look ____________ holidays because they enjoy time off work.
9. Look _______! There is a tiger behind you!
10. What are you looking ___? If you tell me, I can help you find it.

Everyday English

making conversation

• We can use wh- or yes / no questions to ask about something in a conversation and we
can answer in different ways. See the examples below.

simple questions answers showing interest

How was your exam? It was difficult
How was your holiday? It was great / terrible!
How was the movie? Not bad.
Yes, I did. It’s very Really?
Did you like this book? That’s interesting.
interesting.
What did you do last night? Oh, I see.
I watched television at
When did you buy this shirt? That’s amazing / terrible!
home.
What time did you arrive home? That’s a shame.
Last month. Did you like it?
Where did you go with your
At 7 pm.
friends?
I went on a trip.
Who did you meet at the club?
I met my old friends.

A) Match the questions with the answers below.

1. Where did you stay last weekend?

2. What was the weather like yesterday?
3. What did your brothers order for dinner?
4. When did you start learning English?
5. Were you with Jenny last night?
6. Was Nina a sales manager in the shop?

a. Pizza and potato chips

b. Yes, I was
c. In a hostel in Dover
d. It was cold but sunny
e. No, she wasn’t. She was a cashier.
f. Six months ago

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A) 7.2 Listen to three conversations. Fill in the Witness: Yes. I was looking _____ my niece
blanks with the words you hear. because my sister was on holiday. My niece
was sad because she missed her mother, and
Part 1 she was looking ______ to going home again.
Jason: Hello, Tuğba! I am writing a report on We were playing games and we heard a loud
China for a school assignment. _____ you help crash from the apartment next door.
me? Police Officer: _____ you tell me what happened
Tuğba: Of course, Jason! What kind of next?
information are you looking ____? Witness: I went to the corridor and the
Jason: I ______ like information about its neighbour’s apartment door was open. I went
population, climate, and geography. inside, but no one was there. The robber
Tuğba: The best place to start is an encyclopedia, escaped.
it has a lot of information. Look ___ the word Police Officer: Thank you for your information.
‘China’ in the encyclopedia and you will find all Did you _____ to see what time it was when you
of the information you are looking ____. heard the noise?
Jason: Thank you so much for your help! Witness: As far as I can remember, it was 9:15
Tuğba: Is there ________ else I can help you pm.
with?
Jason: No, that is all. I will start with the B) Read the sentences and decide if they are
encyclopedia and ask you for help if I need to ‘true’ or ‘false’.
find anything else.
1. Tuğba doesn’t know where to find information
Part 2 on different countries.
Fatma: Excuse me. _____ I ask you a question? 2. Jason is writing a report to give to the police.
Derrick: Absolutely, what is it? 3. Fatma is trying to find the Museum of Modern
Fatma: I am looking ____ a museum. It should Art.
be near here but I cannot find it. _____ you help 4. Derrick doesn’t know where the museum is.
me? 5. The police officer is investigating a murder.
Derrick: I can help you. Which museum are you 6. The witness heard a loud noise from the
looking ___? There are a few of them near here. neighbour’s apartment.
Fatma: I want to find the Museum of Modern
Art. C) Complete the sentences with information
Derrick: It is not far. Walk about 100 meters and from the conversations.
turn left. Walk 200 meters more and you will
see the museum. climate few robbery traffic
Fatma: Thank you! encyclopedia niece
Derrick: Also, look ___ while you walk. People
drive very fast here and there are many cars on
the road at this time of the day, it can be very 1. Jason’s report on China will include information
dangerous! about the population, geography, and _______.
2. Tuğba suggests that Jason should look up
Part 3 information in an _____________.
Police Officer: Hello, ____ I ask you a few 3. Derrick says that there are a _____museums
questions? We are looking ____ a robbery that in the area.
happened at your neighbor’s house. 4. Derrick tells Fatma that it can be dangerous
Witness: Of course, I hope I can help. to walk because of the _____.
Police Officer: ____ you tell me what you were 5. The police officer is investigating a _______
doing on the night of the robbery? that happened in an apartment.
6. The witness was playing games with his/her
_______ when the robbery happened.

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Speaking

A) Work in pairs and read the questions and instructions below.

What does your family like to do on holidays?

What kind of activities do you prefer to do on holidays?

Make some notes about your holiday activities. You can use verbs such as ‘do,’ ‘go,’ ‘work,’ ‘eat,’
‘play,’ and so on.

B) After you think about the questions in Exercise A, find a partner and tell each other about your
holiday activities.

e.g.
Student A: What is your favourite holiday activity?
Student B: I enjoy swimming and surfing.

Video Blog Entry

A) Read the instruction below and role play the situation with a partner.

Student A is a police officer, and Student B is the witness to a crime (robbery, murder, etc.). Use
Conversation 3 from the listening section as a model. Be sure to use the simple past tense and
polite requests/inquiries from this unit’s grammar and function sections. Before you role play,
each student should prepare questions and answers for these topics:

1. What was the crime? 4. What happened?

2. Where did it occur? 5. Did the police find the criminal?
3. When did it occur?

B) After you practise your role play,

record it for your video blog.
Do not forget to upload your video
on www.blackswaneclass.com

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7D

Warm Up

A) Work in small groups. Look at the photos and discuss the

following questions.
1. Do you know the places in the pictures?
2. Where are they?
3. Would you like to visit the places? Why? Why not?

Vocabulary

A) Read the explanations below and choose the correct

adjectives in italics.

• We use -ing adjectives to describe things. “It is amazing.”

• We use -ed adjectives for how we or others feel. “I am
amazed.”
1. I bought a book yesterday. It looked very interested /
interesting. I am interested / interesting in it.
2. I was so bored / boring in the cinema yesterday because
the movie was boring / bored.
3. Don’t you feel tiring / tired? Your job is very tiring / tired.
4. Jamie didn’t sound exciting / excited when he got the
exciting / excited news.
5. It was an embarrassed / embarrassing event but they
weren’t embarrassed / embarrassing at all.
6. The earthquake was frightening / frightened but I wasn’t
frightening / frightened.

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Everyday English

telling stories: sequencing words

To talk about events and situations in the past, we need to link the ideas in our mind
together. This also helps the reader or listener understand what happened better. One of
the most important ways to link ideas is to sequence them. Sequencing refers to the order
in which the events happened. See the most common sequencing words both in written
and spoken English.

First of all, … / Firstly, … / Initially,… /To start

beginning Firstly, I unlocked the door.
off with, …
... but then, … /After that, … / Next, …
continuing Then, I opened it and entered the room.
/ Then, … / As soon as / When + sentence
Eventually, … /Finally, … / In the end, … /
ending Finally, I found the secret chest there.
Lastly, …

A) Put the sentences in order using sequencing words to form a cake recipe.

1. add the beaten eggs and sugar to the dry

ingredients.
2. bake it for approximately 45 min. at 170 °C.
3. place all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix
them.
4. pour the mixture into a greased cake tin.
5. preheat the oven to 180 °C.

B) Complete the passage with the correct sequencing words.

I woke up happily on that day; I was eight or nine. My father and I were going to the
city centre to buy me a bicycle. _________, I had a big breakfast with my parents. My
mom had made my favourite pancakes for me. _________ I finished my breakfast, I went
upstairs to get dressed. _________, we left home and luckily caught the bus. I was sure
everything was okay, _________ I noticed that something was wrong. I had promised to
give my pocket money in my piggy bank to buy the bicycle I wanted. However, I had left
it at home. I _________ told that to my father. I was so unhappy that my tears were falling
from my eyes. _________, my father smiled and gave me a hug. He wiped my tears and
told me “Don’t worry, honey. I have enough money with me. You can spend your pocket
money on the ornaments for your bicycle.’’ I _________ felt relaxed and enjoyed the bus
ride dreaming of the ornaments I would buy for my bicycle.

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A) 7.3 Listen to the article quickly and choose the best title from below.

a. The Ancient People of Anatolia: The Hittites

b. Modern Turkey
c. The Lakes of Anatolia

Anatolia is the majority of the Republic of Turkey. People think that it is the heart-land of the country.
The region has the Black Sea on its north, the Mediterranean Sea on its south, and the Aegean Sea
on its west. The Sea of Marmara separates Anatolia from Europe. Anatolia is also the land of sun
and history. It was home to many different civilizations. The Hittites were one of these civilizations.
They built an empire in Anatolia around 1600 BC. Their capital was Hattusas. This empire was very
strong during the mid-14th century BC. The Hittites were constantly at war. The empire was very big
until it was divided into several independent cities during the Bronze Age.

The Hittite language was Indo-European. The name of their native land was Hatti. The Hittite
soldiers were brave and strong soldiers. Although they belonged to the Bronze Age, they were the
developers of the Iron Age.There are very old texts about the history of the Hittite civilization and
the texts tell us great stories about the ancient people of Anatolia.

B) Look at the words below and match them with their definitions.

heart-land civilization Bronze Age native land empire

1. ____________ The country where one is born.

2. ____________ A developed human society.
3. ____________ A society which has a king or queen as its leader.
4. ____________ A region which is important to the country.
5. ____________ A period in history.

C) Read the sentences about Hittites and decide if the

statements are true, false or not mentioned.

1. The capital was Hattusas. _____

2. They belonged to the Iron Age. ______
3. Their language was Indo-European. _____
4. They were experts in making bows. ______
5. They were an old European civilization. _____
6. Their native land was Hatti. ______
7. The empire was very strong during the 16th century. _____
8. They believed in life after death. ______
9. The empire was divided into several independent cities. _____
10. They were great hunters. ______

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Writing

A) Work in pairs. Think of a recent event and write an email to describe it. Try to use the sequence
words in the box.

first, second, then, and then, after that, finally

e.g. Today, I wanted to do some exercise. First, I went to the park near my house……

E-Portfolio

A) Read a short story and summarize it with 300 words. When you summarize, keep in mind that
you need to:
• focus on main ideas
• focus on key details
• use key words and phrases
• break down the larger ideas
• write only enough to explain the main point
Do not forget to upload your summary on www.blackswaneclass.com

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