TED Ankara College English Department
2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR
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6 GRADE TERM I WEEKEND HW 8
Name/surname: ________________________________________ Class: 6 / ____ 30 NOVEMBER,
2024
READING
DANGEROUS FOOD
Everyone knows that chopping onions can make you cry. It’s
because onions release a toxic gas when you cut them or fry
them. When the gas gets into your eyes, your body produces
tears to wash it out. So, next time you chop an onion, do it
5 under a running tap. If you cut the onion under a running water,
the gas won’t get into your eyes!
Did you know that peanuts are poisonous for dogs and can be very
dangerous for humans too if you are allergic to them? Even the
smallest piece of peanut can cause a very bad reaction. If one day
10 you have an allergic reaction to a peanut, you will need to get to a
hospital as quickly as you can.
The ‘fugu’ is the world’s most poisonous fish- and it is also one of
the most expensive! It’s a delicacy in Japan, but eating the tiniest
drop of the toxins in its intestines can kill you! Specially trained fugu
15 chefs learn how to slice the fish very carefully. If you are ever in Japan
and want to try fugu fish for yourself, you’ll have to be very careful! You’ll need to make sure you go
to a restaurant that has a ‘fugu certified’ chef if you don’t want it to be your last supper!
18 Garlic has a lot of positive qualities. Throughout history people have
believed that it has powerful medicinal uses. It can also protect you
from mosquito bites. I always get mosquito bites in summer, so when
I go on holiday this year, I’ll make sure I’ll eat lots of garlic! But don’t
put fresh garlic on the bites! Fresh garlic is very strong and a slice of
23 garlic can give you a severe burn if it is in contact with your skin.
A. Read the text and answer the questions below:
1. Why do our eyes produce tears when we cut onions?
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2. What should we do to prevent the tears?
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3. What should we do if we have an allergic reaction to a peanut?
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4. Why should we eat fugu made by specially trained chefs?
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5. What happens if you put fresh garlic on a mosquito bite?
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6. Which of the food mentioned in the text would you avoid eating? Why?
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B. Match the bold words in the text with the given definitions. There is one extra word in the text that
you do not need to use:
1. long tubes that take food from your stomach: ___________________
2. food which people think is very special: ___________________
3. having an extreme reaction to specific types of food: ___________________
4. poisonous: __________________
5. serious: __________________
C. Find what these words refer to in the text:
1. it (Line 4): ___________________
2. its (Line 14): ___________________
3. it (line 23): ___________________
(MYP VIDEO ACTIVITY) Pair work task!
1. You will work on videos preparing your dream cake. You will take a video at home where you introduce
the cake ingredients to the listeners then bake the cake according to the stages. Record your video on
a flash drive or send it to my school email. (on Portal)
2. You will work with your friends to describe the cake and the process of making it in your video. You will
talk about your experiences throughout the process. (Group of 5 or 6 friends) (Teams or Zoom OK!)
3. If you want, you can bring and serve pieces of your cake to your classmates, and classmates will comment
on the cake using the previous core vocabulary items. (Optional task)
WRITE THE PAST (V2) & PAST PARTICIPLE (V3) FORMS OF THE VERBS IN THE TABLE
Base form Past tense V2 Past participle V3
speak
be
become
begin
break
bring
know
take
buy
eat
fly
catch
choose
find
cost
cut
do
draw
drive
forget
drink
PRACTICE: Create a story
A. Use your imagination to answer these questions:
1. Who were the people?
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2. Where were they going?
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3. What did they see?
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4. What was the weather like?
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5. What happened when they arrived?
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6. What did they do the next day?
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7. How did the local people feel?
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8. What natural disaster took place?
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9. How did they escape?
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10. How did they finally get back safely?
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B. Use your answers to write a story. Your story should include:
• regular Past Simple verbs
• irregular Past Simple verbs
• an adverb and a strong adjective
• the use of the Past Simple and Past Continuous with while
• the use of the Past Simple and Past Continuous with when
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