The ruined house

Curriculum topic

Grade

Grade 10

Subject

Английский язык

Term

3

Lesson

№ 50

Section

Unit / Changing lessons

Learning objectives

• 10.3.4evaluate the opinions of others in a number of speech contexts on topics specified in the general and curriculum and express one's own opinion
• 10.4.4read a variety of additional texts in the artistic and scientific genres on topics familiar to the learner, both familiar and unfamiliar, general and academic topics

Sample questions

1. 1
   In a text about a ruined house, which detail best shows that the house has stood empty for many years?

   A family cooking dinner in the kitchen every evening A new fence around the garden and fresh paint on the door Broken windows and young trees growing through the roof Clean curtains hanging in every window of the house
2. 2
   A writer calls an old ruined house 'a silent witness of the past'. What does this most likely mean?

   The house can speak to people who come near it The house keeps the memory of events that happened long ago The house makes no sound because nobody lives there now The house was built by a famous architect last year
3. 3
   Which sentence expresses an opinion rather than a fact?

   The ruined house has no roof and only three walls The ruined house is the most beautiful place in our town The ruined house stands at the end of Green Street The ruined house was built in 1890 near the river