Brain Power

Look at the following numbers for about one minute and then write down as many as you can remember. meeting, student, school, homework, study, playground, match, teacher, basketball, exam, mark, sports, film, hand in,holiday, watch, game Test your memory

Match the key words with the definitions. atom, billion, cell, nerve cell, organ Before you start :

3. the smallest piece of something that can exist alone 4. a tiny part of the body that helps carry messages to and from the brain 5. a unit of living matter 1. one thousand million 2. a part of the body that has a particular purpose, e.g. the heart, the liver Keys: billion, organ, atom, nerve cell, cell

Complete the sentences with the following words. atom, billion, cell, nerve cell, organ, function, sight, hearing,fear Key words study

atom, billion, cell, nerve cell,organ, function, sight, hearing, fear 1.He watched the boat until it is out of. 2.How many are there in the universe ? 3.The medicine is made to kill cancer. 4.The eye is the of sight. 5.The population of China reaches up to 1.3. sight atoms cells organ billion

atom, billion, cell, nerve cell,organ, function, sight, hearing, fear 6.The of the heart is to pump blood through the body. 7.A is a tiny part of the body that helps carry messages to and from the brain. 8.He showed no in facing the big difficulty. function nerve cell fear

Completing a text 1 Before you listen, read the text and predict what kind of information you need. 2 Underline some important words in the text before each gap. 3 While you are listening, listen for these important words – the information you need should follow them. 4 You can complete the gaps using abbreviations –then write them in full. Listening strategies:

Important word(s) and our predictions For example : 1.consist of a color 2.weighs how heavy ?(number) 3.energy how much ?(number) 4. contain how many \ much ? (number)

Important word(s) before each gap : 1. consist of 6. are responsible for 2. weighs 7. controlling 3. energy 8. signals 4. contain 9. emotions 5. more … than … 10. own (language)

1 Listen for the first time : get a general idea. Don’t hurry to write down your answers. 2 Listen again : write down your answers and check with your partners. 3 Listen for the last time : check your answers again and make sure they are right. Listening

Listen to the science lesson. Use the strategies to complete the gaps in Ex 2. Remember, you may need more than one word in each gap. Listening

1. white 2. just over a kilo ℅ billion cells 5. atoms in the universe 6. different functions 7. sight and hearing 8. all the time 9. fear 10. foreign Check your answers

How can we keep our brains in perfect condition so we’re on top form for exams? How can we avoid pre-exam nerves and panic ? Give your opinion

Listen to a student phone-in program about revising for exams and match the callers with their opinions. calleropinion Charlieplan your revision motivate yourself get some exercise Dan Mohammed

plan your revision make a list relax work out a timetable give yourself rewards take a walk get some fresh air shouldn’t drink much coffee work out priorities give yourself a break go for a jog get the mind off exams get some exercise Motivate yourself

Giving and Asking for Advice Listen again and complete the Function File with these words must, mustn’t, ought to, should shouldn’t, advise, need to, if I were you, have got to, could, there’s no point in, it’s important to, what tips, can be counter- productive, what Function File:

1.What tips 2. it’s important to 3. should 4. need to 5. What 6. If I were you 7. ought to 8. can be counter- productive9. shouldn’t 10. Could 11. must 12. have got to 13. mustn’t 14. There’s no point in 15. advise Check your answers

Phrasal Verbs Match the words and expressions below with the verbs in the text. Last month, I had an important English exam. I decided not to (1) put off studying (as I normally do !) and got up early every morning to (2) get down to work straight away. postpone start Vocabulary :

I am a “morning person” and I got a lot out of my revision sessions. I always began by (3) going over a practice test I had done – checking my answers and (4) finding out what I’d got wrong. I also tried to (5) work out looking at in detail discovering understand

Why I’d made mistakes. If I didn’t understand Something, I’d (6) write it down and then (7) bring it up in class with my teacher. She was very helpful and she (8) went through all of the things that would probably (9) come up make a note of mention looked at in detail appear

in the exam. In the end, the exam wasn’t so bad after all and I think I (11) got through it. Mind you, I still haven’t had my results yet ! passed

Look at the following words for about two minutes and then write down as many as you can remember. Try to find out their relationship. ( It helps you to remember better. ) A Challenge

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chewdigestionnormalworld gumget throughcurepull through famoussugar-freeabnormaldigestive cancerput offsevereflying postponego throughmachinedigest

How can you manage to remember new words ? Tell your partner