Evolution New Edition

the past listened to it the same way. Early humans used music to bring
their communities together. In that way, they were a lot like us.
https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-did-people-do-in-the-past-for-fun
a) What did people do in the past for fun?
b) How do you spend your spare time nowadays?
c) In your opinion, what is the biggest difference between the present and
the past when it comes to having fun?
d) Do you agree with the sentence: “People in the past listened to music
in the same way”?
5.A. Complete the chart with the verbs from the text.
Present | Past | Present | Past
spend
have
do
tell
hear
play
like
change
listen
use
5.B. Listen to someone talking about Margaret Atwood and write (T) for true and (F) for
false:
a) ( ) Margaret Atwood was born on November 18th, 1938.
b) ( ) She is best known for her prose fiction and for her feminist perspective.
c) ( ) She began writing at age nine.
d) ( ) Atwood earned a master’s degree in English literature from Radcliffe College.
e) ( ) The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) is constructed around the written record of a woman living in sexual
slavery in a repressive Christian theocracy
f) ( ) The TV series based on The Handmaid’s Tale was cowritten by Atwood.
5.C. Unscramble the words and use them to write questions using the past of to be
(was / were) and the words below. Then, answer the questions with your own words:
a) late / you / this afternoon / why?
b) easy / your exam?
c) last night / where / you and Sarah?
d) angry / the teacher / yesterday / why?
e) you / away / how long?
f) you / at 6 p.m. / where / yesterday?
Model:
A: Why were you late this afternoon?
B: Because I missed the bus.
5.D. Writing. Write about a very famous and significant figure in history.
William Shakespeare - Abraham Lincoln - George Washington.
Adolf Hitler - Aristotle - Albert Einstein - Isaac Newton
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