English : Common Core Classes
Unit 8 (Science & Technology) - Reading
Teacher : Mme ZAARA Asmae
Summary
I- Great Scientists
1-1/ Reading 1
1-2/ Reading 2
II- Inventions
2-1/ Reading 1
2-2/ Reading 2
III- New Technologies
3-1/ Reading 1
3-2/ Reading 2
I- Great Scientists
1-1/ Reading 1
Text
Comprehension
- Write "True" or "False" :
Marie Curie was French : ___________
Her husband was French : ___________
She won the Nobel Prize in 1911 : ___________
I- Great Scientists
1-2/ Reading 2
Text
Comprehension
- Fill out Pasteur's bio sketch :
| Personal information | Education and Career | |||
| Name | Schools attended | |||
| Date of birth | 1842 | |||
| Place of birth | 1849 | |||
| Wife's name | 1881 | |||
| Children | 1885 | |||
| Date of death | 1888 | |||
II- Inventions
2-1/ Reading 1
Text
Comprehension
- Write "True" or "False" :
There are four inventions in the dialogue : ___________
Percy Spencer wanted to invent the microwave oven : ___________
The doctor had a headache when he discovered Coca Cola : ___________
Constantin Fahlberg discovered saccharin by chance : ___________
II- Inventions
2-2/ Reading 2
Text
Comprehension
- Who helped Thomas Edison with his studies?
_________________________________________________________________
- Why did he hire others to sell goods on the trains?
_________________________________________________________________
- In which year did he invent the electric light bulb?
_________________________________________________________________
- How old was he when he died?
_________________________________________________________________
III- New Technologies
3-1/ Reading 1
Text
Comprehension
- What did Melissa do yesterday?
_________________________________________________________________
- How did she find Jane's website?
_________________________________________________________________
- Who helped Jane create her website?
_________________________________________________________________
- Does Melissa know how to make a website?
_________________________________________________________________
- What can she do to make one?
_________________________________________________________________
III- New Technologies
3-2/ Reading 2
Text
Comprehension
- How old was Bill Gates when he created his own company?
_________________________________________________________________
- Match the dates with the appropriate events.
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a. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft. b. Bill Gates' year of birth. c. Bill Gates created Windows. d. Microsoft started working for IBM. e. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created their first company. |
- What do these acronyms stand for?
MS-DOS : _________________________________________________________
IBM : _________________________________________________________
PC : _________________________________________________________
- The words below are underlined in the text. What do they refer to?
Paragraph 1: they : __________________________
Paragraph 2: its : __________________________
Paragraph 3: its : __________________________
- Write "True" or "False" :
Microsoft is a company that designs computers : _________
IBM created MS-DOS : _________
Before the invention of windows, computer users had to type instructions : _________
