Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Objectives
Vocabulary: synonyms for ‘big’; words
related to animals; adjectives
Reading: an extract from The Lost World
(missing sentences)
Skills ― reading for general & detailed
comprehension
Writing: a letter about an expedition with a description of an animal
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859-1930)

Read the writer's biography and answer the questions:
1. When and where was Conan Doyle born?
2. What jobs had he got?
3. What do his work include?
4. What is The Lost World about?
5. When did the author die?

track – след
swamp – болото
clearing – очистка
slate-coloured – сине-серый
scale – чешуя
broad – широкий
sight – поле зрения
clumsy – неуклюжий
hop – прыгать
thud – глухой стук
bunch – связка, охапка
shimmer – мерцать, переливаться
trunk – ствол
comrade – товарищ, компаньон
fake – мошенник, обманщик
specimen – образец
praise – хвалить, прославлять

Match the sentences (A-G) to the gaps (1-6)
Answer Key
1 E
2 C
3 F
4 A
5 G
6 B
Marks: “5” ---- 6+
“4” ----- 5+
“3” ----- 4+
“2” ----- 3-0+

Find words that mean big in the extract
big
huge
great
large
enormous
monstrous

trunk
scales
paws
wings
fins
feathers
claws
tail
hump
beak
It is a … (dinosaur\ reptile\ human-like creature)
It’s name is ….
It has got ..., huge\large\monstrous ….

Marks: “5” ---- 6+
“4” ----- 5+
“3” ----- 4+
“2” ----- 3-0+
Swamps
Track
Clearing
Thuds
Marvelous
trunks

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859-1930)