Unit 12, class 8: Life On Other Planets – Looking Back

1. Vocabulary

1.1. Task 1 Unit 12 grade 8

Rearrange the letter to label the pictures. (Rearrange the letters to name the picture.)

Guide to answer

1. aliens (alien)

2. space buggy (space car)

3. weightless (weightlessness)

4. solar system (solar system)

5. planet (planet)

6. spaceship (spaceship)

7. flying saucer (UFOs)

8. galaxy (Galaxy)

1.2. Task 2 Unit 12 grade 8

Fill each gap with a suitable word from the box. (Fill in the blank with a suitable word from the box.)

Guide to answer

1. accommodate

2. surface

3. traces

4. experienced

5. climate

6. NASA

Translated:

1. The Earth seems to be too small to accommodate the growing population.

2. Water covers 70% of the Earth’s surface.

3. Efforts have been made to find traces of aliens.

4. Astronauts experienced difficulties when they first set foot on the moon.

5. Climates on other planets are very different from Earth’s.

6. NASA is an acronym for National Space and Space Agency.

2. Grammar

2.1. Task 3 Unit 12 grade 8

Underline the correct answers. (Underline the correct answers.)

Guide to answer

first. He asked me if there were people living on Venus.

(He asked if there were people living on Venus.)

2. They wanted to know when the first spacecraft had been launched.

(They wanted to know when the spaceship was first launched.)

3. She asked them who had been the first to step onto the moon.

(She asked them who was the first to set foot on the moon.)

4. They asked me which spacecraft had been the first to explore Mars.

(They asked me which spacecraft first explored Mars.)

5. Students asked how the scientists explore other planets.

(Students ask how scientists discover other planets.)

6. He asked me what food people on other planets ate.

(He asked me what food people on other planets eat.)

7. She asked her teacher what UFO stood for.

(She asked her teacher what word UFO stands for.)

2.2. Task 4 Unit 12 grade 8

Put the words/ phrases in the correct order to make reported questions. (Put the words/phrases in the correct order to form a narrative question)

Guide to answer

first. He asked me how I would react if I saw an alien.

(He asked me how I would react if I saw an alien.)

2. The teacher asked me which planet was most suitable for human life.

(The teacher asked me which planet is most suitable for human life.)

3. My friend asked me when humans had first landed on the moon.

(My friend asked me when man first set foot on the moon.)

4. She asked me what the difference between a planet and a star was.

(She asked me what the difference was between a planet and a star.)

5. They asked if there was water on Mars.

(They asked if there was water on Mars.)

2.3. Task 5 Unit 12 grade 8

Change the following questions into reported questions. (Convert the following questions into narrative questions.)

Guide to answer

1. The teacher asked her students what the essential conditions for human life were.

2. Samuel asked the scientists if humans had been able to communicate with people on other planets.

3. Nick asked the journalist if the Roswell UFO incident had taken place in the US in June 1947.

4. Vanessa asked her uncle who was the witness in the Roswell UFO incident had been.

5. The son asked his father when humans would be able to travel from one planet to another more easily.

6. Diane asked her mother why people couldn’t move to Mars immediately.

Translated:

1. The teacher asks her students what conditions are necessary for human life.

2. Samuel asks the scientist if humans have been able to communicate with people on other planets.

3. Nick asked the reporter if the Roswell UFO incident took place in the US in June 1974.

4. Vanessa asks her uncle who is the witness in the Roswell UFO case.

5. The son asked his father when it would be easier for humans to get from one planet to another.

6. Diane asks her mother why humans don’t move to Mars immediately.

3. Communication

Choose the right sentences (AE) to put into the dialogue. (Choose the correct sentence (AE) to put in the conversation.)

Guide to answer

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. E

Translated:

Interviewer: Do UFOs really exist, Professor Kent?

Professor Kent: Well, there have been many reported UFO sightings.

Interviewer: Yes. When was the first post-war UFO seen in the US?

Professor Kent: On June 24, 1947. Kenneth Arnold, a pilot spotted nine flying saucers flying over Mount Rainier.

Interviewer: Wow! A long time ago! What about the remarkable things in the 21st century?

Professor Kent: In 2001, at least 15 people including 2 police officers saw UFOs in the night sky over New Jersey.

Interviewer: So… is all of this in America?

Professor Kent: Not all. On April 23, 2007, Captain Ray Bowyer and his passengers witnessed two UFOs as they flew over the English Channel.

Interviewer: Unbelievable!

Professor Kent: Yes, and in 2008, according to media reports, a police helicopter collided with a UFO…

4. Practice Task 1

Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning

1. “Where is my umbrella?” she asked.

She asked ……………………………………………………………………… ………….

2. “How are you?” Martin asked us.

Martin asked us……………………………………………………………………… ……..

3. He asked, “Do I have to do it?”

He asked……………………………………………………………………… ……….

4. “Where have you been?” the mother asked her daughter.

The mother asked her daughter……………………….

5. “Which dress do you like best?” she asked her boyfriend.

She asked her boyfriend……………………………………………………….

5. Practice Task 2

Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences

Question 6: The/ with/ Moon/ a/ plains/ was/ mountains/ like/ and/ valleys/ desert/.

A. The Moon was like a desert with plains, mountains, and valleys.

B. The Moon was a desert like with plains, mountains, and valleys.

C. The Moon like was a desert with plains, mountains, and valleys.

D. The Moon was like with a desert plains, mountains, and valleys.

Question 7: Do/ 88 Earth days/ you/ it/ for/ Mercury/ that/ takes/ the Sun/ orbit/ once/ to?

A. Do you know that it takes 88 Earth days for Mercury to orbit the Sun once?

B. Do you know that 88 Earth days takes it for Mercury to orbit the Sun once?

C. Do you know that Mercury takes 88 Earth days for it to orbit the Sun once?

D. Do you know that it takes to orbit 88 Earth days for Mercury the Sun once?

Question 8: Jupiter/ in/ largest/ is/ solar/ the/ system/ the/ planet.

A. Jupiter is the planet largest in the solar system.

B. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

C. Jupiter is the largest solar planet in the system.

D. Jupiter is the largest planet the solar in system.

Question 9: NASA/ launch/ decided/ Cape Canaveral/ end/ at/ from/ of/ the/ a rocket/ this year.

A. NASA decided to launch to a rocket from Cape Canaveral at the end of this year.

B. NASA decided to launch from a rocket to Cape Canaveral at the end of this year.

C. NASA decided to launch a rocket at from Cape Canaveral the end of this year.

D. NASA decided to launch a rocket from Cape Canaveral at the end of this year.

Question 10: They/ to/ are/ a/ that/ accommodate/ could/ the/ planet/ attempting/ find/ Earth’s population.

A. They are attempting to find a planet that could accommodate the Earth’s population.

B. They are to find attempting a planet that could accommodate the Earth’s population.

C. They are attempting to accommodate a planet that could find the Earth’s population.

D. They are attempting to find a population that could accommodate the Earth’s planet.

6. Conclusion

At the end of the lesson, students need to review and memorize:

– Vocabulary in Unit 12

– Grammar: Reported speech: questions (Question form)

+ Yes/No questions (Yes/No question)

Structure: S+ asked/ wanted to know/ wondered + if/ whether + S + V

Ex: “Did you see the movie?” Tam asked. (“Have you seen that movie?” Tam asked.)

=> Tam asked if/whether I had seen the movie. (Tam asked if I had seen the movie.)

+ Wh-questions (Question with question words)

S + asked (+O)/ wanted to know/ wondered + Wh-words + S + DRAW

Ex: They asked us: “Where are you going on holiday?” (They asked us: “Where are you going to spend the holidays?)

=> They asked us where we were going on holiday. (They asked us where we were going to spend the holidays.)

– Communication: Complete the UFO dialogue and practice speaking