A news article: opinion and grammar

Curriculum topic

Grade

Grade 8

Subject

Английский язык

Term

2

Lesson

№ 32

Learning objectives

• 8.4.6.1identify the author's opinion or point of view in short texts on a variety of unfamiliar general and academic topics, including long texts
• 8.5.3.1write various familiar general and academic topics with uniform grammatical competence

Sample questions

1. 1
   Read: "The new park is nice, but the city spent too much money on it." What is the author's opinion?

   The city should build more parks The park cost too much money The park is ugly and useless The park was built very quickly
2. 2
   Read: "Scientists say the new bridge is safe. However, I doubt it will last." What does the author think?

   Scientists built a very old bridge The bridge is completely safe The bridge may not last long The bridge will last for centuries
3. 3
   Read: "The government's plan sounds good on paper, but in reality it will not help poor families." What is the author's view?

   Poor families wrote the plan themselves The government has no plan at all The plan is perfect for poor families The plan will not work in practice