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Letter of the alphabet for 'the' invented (11th July, 2013)

 
 
 

VOCABULARY MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	letter of	a.	$35,000
2.	capital	b.	will like it
3.	He thinks people	c.	useful
4.	He spent	d.	from iTunes
5.	his app	e.	the alphabet
6.	You can get it	f.	"T"
7.	it won't change	g.	for it
8.	be	h.	the world

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	The new letter	a.	space is small
2.	we type "the"	b.	of three
3.	People will save	c.	will not change
4.	one key instead	d.	is useful
5.	the fifth most	e.	will help
6.	The man thinks his letter	f.	very often
7.	the typing	g.	time
8.	Some companies	h.	common word

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

A man (1) ___________________ of the alphabet. It is called "the". (2) ___________________ and a small "h" joined together. It (3) ___________________ from Serbian. He thinks people will like it. He hopes companies (4) ___________________ keyboards. He spent $35,000 (5) ___________________. You can get it from iTunes. He said it won't (6) ___________________, but will be useful.

The new letter (7) ___________________ we type "the" very often. People will save time typing (8) ___________________ of three for "the". Other (9) ___________________. The word "and" (the fifth (10) ___________________) has one. The man thinks his letter will (11) ___________________ typing space is small. Some companies will not (12) ___________________.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Amanmadeanewletterofthealphabet.Itiscalled"the".Itisacapital"T"a
ndasmall"h"joinedtogether.ItlookslikealetterfromSerbian.Hethinks
peoplewilllikeit.Hehopescompanieswillputitonkeyboards.Hespent$
35,000onhisappforit.YoucangetitfromiTunes.Hesaiditwon'tchanget
heworld,butwillbeuseful.Thenewletterisusefulbecausewetype"the"
veryoften.Peoplewillsavetimetypingonekeyinsteadofthreefor"the".
Otherwordshaveletters.Theword"and"(thefifthmostcommonword)h
asone.Themanthinkshisletterwillhelpwhenthetypingspaceissmall.S
omecompanieswillnotchangetheirkeyboards.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about the alphabet for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.

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