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UNIT 12 LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Lesson 2: A CLOSER LOOK 1
New words:
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- Mercury (n):

sao Thủy

B - Venus (n):

sao Kim

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C - Mars (n):

sao Hỏa

3

D - Jupiter (n):

Sao Mộc

4

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- Saturn (n):

Sao Thổ

2

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- Neptune (n):

Sao Hải Vương

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2. Now scan the passage and check your answers


3. Write the names of the planets that match the
Roman Gods
1. Neptune - God of sea 
2. Saturn - God
of agriculture 
3. Mars - God of war
4. Jupiter - God of thunder
and lighting
5. Venus - God of love

and beauty 


4.a. Add suffixes –ful or less to the words in the box
Weight

Weight

beauty

wonder

resource

air


4.a. Add suffixes –ful or less to the words in the box
Weightless

Weightless

beautiful

wonderful

resourceless

airless

4.b. Make a sentence for each new word
EX:
-Earth looks beautiful from space
-Venus is a dry and waterless planet


Pronunciation
EX:
‘water – ‘waterless
‘hope - ‘hopeless/’hopeful
for’get – for’getful


5. Put the stress in the correct place in the words
thoughtless

meaningful

Helpless

meaningless

helpful

thoughtful

useless

plentiful

useful


5. Put the stress in the correct place in the words
‘thoughtless

‘meaningful ‘Helpless

‘meaningless ‘helpful

‘thoughtful

‘useless

‘useful

‘plentiful


6. Read and mark the stress syllable on the words

1. 'meaningful
2. 'helpful
3. 'helpless
4. ‘useful
5. 'plentiful

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