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What is it?

CONVERSATIONGRAMMAR LISTENING WRITING

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Read up on it Many of us have heard about the famous people with the loudest voices. However, not many of us have heard about Richard Williams. That’s because he didn’t talk about himself a lot. He did many great things, but he didn’t try to tell everyone about it. Instead, he thought it was more important to do than to talk about what he had done.

Richard Williams was a passenger and survivor on the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic’s maiden voyage. He and his father were on the ship as it tilted and started to sink, but Richard was washed into the ocean. Surprisingly, he was able to swim to a lifeboat, even though the water was freezing. He witnessed the luxury ship sinking and sat helplessly as many people in his lifeboat died. By the time the ship called Carpathia came to rescue those in the lifeboats, Richard’s legs were close to being frozen, and he had lost his father. The doctor told him he should get his legs cut off to save his life, but Richard refused. He was a 21-year-old tennis star at that time, and he told the doctor he needed his legs. Fortunately, Richard was able to keep his legs and his life. His legs were discoloured because of the freezing water, but he continued to play tennis, and he won many awards. He also became a World War I hero because of his courage, and he was a successful businessman. He was wealthy, but he gave a lot of his money away to people who needed it. He could have afforded many amenities, but he chose to live more simply. He did many important things in his life, but he stayed humble and didn’t talk about himself very much. His grandson remembers him fondly as a firm but loving, talented and quiet person. Certainly we can learn some lessons from the courage and strength of Richard Williams.

1 - Name three important things that Richard Williams did in

his life.

2 - In what ways was Richard humble?

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3 - Why didn’t Richard want the doctor to operate on his legs?

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4 - What did Mr. Williams’ grandson say about him? _________

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5 - In what ways would you like to be like Mr. Williams? ______

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a - luxury

b - operating

c - amenities

d - hull

e - wealthy

f - maiden voyage

g - glorious

h - split

i - lookouts

j - compartments

k - passengers

l - course

m - infamous

n - witnessed

o - humbled

p - survivors

___ the part of the ship in the water

___ first trip a ship makes

___ nice ‘extras’

___ one part of a several part meal

___ people who live through a disaster

___ saw an event

___ working; doing surgery

___ people who watch for danger

___ the opposite of proud

___ very rich

___ full of glory, splendour

___ famous in a bad way

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plane or bus

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Look at the words ‘unsinkable’ and ‘unthinkable’. What does the prefix ‘un-’ mean? How does it change the words below? Use the new words in a sentence.

Match the definition with the word.

Unscramble the vocabulary words:

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unpleasant. The rubbish hadan unpleasant odour.

The prefix ‘un-‘ is often paired with the ending (suffix) ‘–able’:

Example: unthinkable unsinkable

Make words from the word parts, then use each word in a sentence:

Build up The prefix ‘un-’

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a - _____ ship

b - _____ arm

c - _____ ant

d - _____ man

e - _____ anchor

f - _____ captain

g - _____ iceberg

h - _____ hull

i - _____ lookout

j - _____ passenger

k - _____ apple

l - _____ uncle

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‘A’ and ‘An’ with nouns

The articles ‘a’ and ‘an’ are used with countable nouns. Nouns that begin with a vowel sound use ‘an’. All other nouns use ‘a’. For each of the words below, put the correct article.

Put the nouns below in the correct column on the chart. One column will have more words than the other.

A challenge: Read again the rule for when a noun takes ‘a’ and when it takes ‘an’ ( ). Why do the following nouns take ‘a’ even though they start with a vowel?

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I saw an arm waving from the porthole; maybe it was my cousin waving goodbye.

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Now choose six of the words in a-l above and use each one in a different sentence. One has been done as an example. Nouns using ‘a’ Nouns using ‘an’

survivor wave orca whale ocean sea boat sheep event liner island person maiden voyage octopus harbour world

a European a unicorn a U-boat

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Tim: What is _______?

Tom: ______? Oh, it’s my collection of things from famous ships.

Tim: Is ______ long one a fishing lure?

Tom: No, ______ is the handle from a fishing pole. It was used on

the deep sea fishing boat called the Swan.

Tim: What is ________ round one near the top?

Tom: Oh, ________ is a float. It was attached to a small rope on

the Victory, a submarine from World War I.

Tim: _________’s a nice collection you have, Tom.

Tom: Thanks, Tim. It was only possible to get _______ collection

because I live right by the sea!

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Shape upTim is asking his friend Tom about Tom’s ship collection. Look at where the people are, then put the correct words ‘this’ or ‘that’ in the blanks.

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Now make a conversation yourself! For each of the pictures below, write a response for each student as if talking in pairs. One student asks what the items are, and the other student answers. Use ‘these’ and ‘those’.

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yachts

sailboats

galleons

canoes

tugboats

longships

S1: What are _________?

S2: ________ are galleons.

S1: What are ___________?

S2: __________ are longships.

S1: What are _____________?

S2: __________ are sailboats.

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S2: _____________________tugboats.

S1: ____________________________?

S2: _____________________________.

S1: _____________________________ ?

S2: _____________________________. Tom

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Talk it up! Listen up!Listen to and practise the conversation. Listen to the narrative about the discovery of the wreckage.

Then tick the events that happened and the events that aren’t spoken about in the narrative.

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S1: Hey, my family are all going on a cruise ship this summer!

S2: Really? You know, after reading about the Titanic, the idea

of going on a ship is unthinkable to me!

S1: Well if you look at numbers, people are much safer on ships

than in cars.

S2: I’m sure you’re right, but the memory of that ‘unsinkable’

ship is still too strong in my mind. Fewer than a third survived.

S1: Actually, after the infamous sinking of the Titanic, rules for

ships changed a lot. For example, ships have to carry

enough lifeboats for the passengers and crew now.

S2: That does help make it safer.

S1: Yes, I think many people were humbled by the Titanic

tragedy. They realised they shouldn’t take things for granted.

S2: Well, I hope you have a great time on your holiday! Where

are you going?

S1: To Hawaii, so I don’t think we’ll find many icebergs!

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S1 is excited about his trip.

S2 enjoys travelling by ship.

S2 was affected by what he read.

Not much has changed since the Titanic.

S1 is going to Alaska.

S2 thinks that S1 shouldn’t go.

In 1977 Robert Ballard tried to find the wreck of the Titanic,

but he couldn’t.

Hollywood said they would give Ballard money for his search.

Mr. Ballard found two U.S. Navy submarines after he found

the Titanic.

Robert found the wreck at over 3,660 metres deep in the

ocean.

The wreck was quite easy to find because it was all in one

place.

Robert Ballard and his team used submersibles to find and

explore the Titanic.

Ballard was only able to make one trip to find the Titanic.

All the explorations of the wreck haven’t changed it at all.

Part of the ship’s hull was pulled up and is now part of a

travelling museum.

Everyone agrees on the importance of the Titanic explorations.

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Order it up! Jodi is talking about an exciting scuba dive that she did with her friend Janie, but it is in the wrong order. Number the sentences in the right order to make a paragraph, and write the paragraph on a separate sheet of paper. Remember to use beginning and ending punctuation.

____ I got to see many beautiful fish of many different colours

____ last week I had the best dive of my life

____ first, we got our tanks filled with air at the dive shop

____ there we put on our wet suits and other equipment

____ we entered the water by walking into the waves, then going

under

____ we took the bus to the beach

____ we found the kelp beds, where the most animals usually live

____ we had rented an underwater camera, so we took many

pictures

____ I hope I can go diving again soon

what is it like to explore the ocean bottom? well, it can be difficult and dangerous, but for some people it is a dream come true many scientists have worked very hard to make special submarines called submersibles some of these submarines can carry people down close to the bottom of the ocean, and others can be driven by remote control to explore areas where people cannot go what an adventure it would be to go somewhere that even most sea animals cannot go the pressure at the ocean bottom is so great that most animals would be crushed also, there is no light from the sun at such deep levels even though there are many dangers, many people want to explore the deep ocean to find out more about it would you like to be one of those people

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Write it upThe paragraph below does not have punctuation at the beginning and ending of its sentences. Read the paragraph carefully, and put in the correct punctuation. Look for extra spaces to tell where one sentence ends and the next one begins. Circle the letters that should be upper case, and put in the correct end punctuation.

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On the lines below, write your answer to the last question in the number reading. Be sure to use correct beginning and ending punctuation for your sentences.

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