Reader 1
What are the Wright brothers’ names? Spell them.
Wilbur and Orville
What is a good point about being a flight attendant?
A flight attendant can travel around the world and serve people.
What is the noun form of anxious.
anxiety
How many types of infinitives did we learn?
Two. They are the full infinitive and bare infinitive.
What is the adverb of these adjectives?
1. noisy
2. good
3. fast
1. noisily
2. well
3. fast
What did people used to say when they had anything very difficult to do?
I might as well try to fly.
What do judges need to be like in court?
Judges need to be calm in making judgements / fair / just.
Fill in the blank:
Driven by ____, he peeped through the hole to see what was happening in the classroom.
Driven by curiosity, ...
This is a phrase that means the subject is curious (adj.).
Note that there is a comma after the phrase.
After modal verbs like can, could, will, would, what infinitive do we use?
The bare infinitive.
She can dance.
OFill in the blanks with the suitable form of the word in brackets:
Mary types ___(fast) than John, but not as ___(quick) as Kathy.
Mary types faster than John, but not as quickly as Kathy.
Why did the boys look at the coin anxiously as it fell?
It was because each brother hoped that he would be the lucky one to fly first.
Andy, a Chinese boy, can speak German like a native.
How can you describe him:
Andy can speak ...
Andy can speak German fluently.
When we go on holiday, sometimes we need to travel by plane. In other words we can say, “we need to take a ____.”
Take a flight
Complete the sentence:
I saw him ...
After the verbs see or hear, we can use the bare infinitive and -ing form.
I saw him building/build a glider.
1. The play was terrible. The actors acted _____.
2. A designer needs to be creative. They come up with new ideas ____.
3. Everyone should be polite in a harmonious society. We need to greet each other ___.
1. The play was terrible. The actors acted terribly.
2. A designer needs to be creative. They come up with new ideas creatively.
3. Everyone should be polite in a harmonious society. We need to greet each other politely.
Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition:
How nice it must be to glide ___ the air from the side ___ a hill. Orville thought ___ a while, and then his eyes gleamed ___ excitement and said, “Let’s try!”
How nice it must be to glide through the air from the side of a hill. Orville thought for a while, and then his eyes gleamed with excitement and said, “Let’s try!”
In Bella’s interview, Patrick tells her about a famous passenger who was terrified of flying. What happened in Patrick’s experience?
When there was turbulence, the big film star was so scared that he grabbed Patrick’s arm and wouldn’t let go. He had to talk calmly and patiently to him. The passenger was embarrassed and pretended nothing had happened.
Fill in the blanks:
1. Mom put some ointment on my mosquito bite to ____ my itchiness.
2. After a scrumptious buffet, they held their bellies and smiled with ____.
3. The little boy was stunned at the ___ of an enormous buffalo.
1. Mom put some ointment on my mosquito bite to relieve my itchiness.
2. After a scrumptious buffet, they held their bellies and smiled with satisfaction.
3. The little boy was stunned at the sight of an enormous buffalo.
Steve: I’m ready, Mum. I’m leaving.
Complete the sentence using the full infinitive: Steve is...
Steve is ready to leave.
Ying ying is ______ (naughty) of all. she behaves ____ (aggressive) than Le Le. Le Le sits ___ (passive) when Ying Ying climbs up and down, eats food ___ (quick), and takes from others’s meal too.
Ying ying is the naughtiest of all. she behaves more aggressively than Le Le. Le Le sits passively when Ying Ying climbs up and down, eats food quickly, and takes from others’s meal too.
What does ‘it’ refer to?
The fact that humans can fly. /
The fact that the Wright brothers had made the first real aeroplane.
What does Bella say to end her interview? Why?
She says thank you to the interviewees. This is because it is important to be polite when someone gives you their time.
Tell me the noun form of these adjectives and verbs.
1. Famous
2. Honest
3. Absent
4. Proud
5. Wise
6. Select
7. Protect
8. Destroy
1. Famous
2. Honesty
3. Absence
4. Pride
5. Wisdom
6. Selection
7. Protection
8. Destruction
Complete the sentence:
My mother does not let me...
After let, we should use the bare infinitive.
Organise these words into a complete sentence:
1. his lunch / Ben / at his desk / hungrily / in school / ate
2. played / the children / yesterday / happily / on the see-saw
3. ready / Wilbur / always / his brother / was / to help
1. Ben are his lunch hungrily at his desk in school.
2. The children played happily on the see-saw yesterday.
3. Wilbur was always ready to help his brother.