UNIT 12: English 8
LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Period 61: A CLOSER LOOK 1
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Listen to a song and answer the questions
How many planets in the solar
systems ?
What are they?
I. Vocabulary
- Mercury/’mɜ:kjəri/ (n)
: Sao Thủy
- Venus/’vi:nəs/ (n)
: Sao Kim
- Saturn/’sætɜ:n/ (n)
: Sao Thổ
- Mars/ma:r/ (n)
: Sao Hỏa
- Neptune /’neptju:n/ (n)
: Sao Hải Vương
- Jupiter/’ʤu:pitər/ (n)
: Sao Mộc
- Uranus /’jurænəs(n)
: Sao Thiên Vương
: sao diêm Vương
-The Pluto/’plʊtəu/ (n)
1: Use the name of the planets to label the diagram of the solar system
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
A
B
C
D
E
F
Ex 2: Now scan the passage and check your answers
Ex 3: Write the names of the planets that match the Roman God
The planets in the solar system are named after the Roman Gods. Mercury is the smallest and closest planet to the Sun. It is named after the Roman God Mercury, who was the fast-flying messenger of the Gods, because it moves very fast. Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty. Mars if the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet. It is named after the Roman God of war. The fifth planet from the Sun is Jupiter. It is also the largest planet. The Romans named the planet after the Roman God of thunder and lightning. Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sung and the second largest planet. It is named after the Roman God of agriculture. Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is named after the Roman God of the sea.
Neptune
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Ex 4a: Add suffixes –ful or –less to the words in the box
- ful means `full of’ or `having the quality of the noun’
Example: care  careful/ help  helpful
- less often means ‘without’
Example: care  careless home  homeless
1. Weight 
2. Water 
3. Beauty 
4. Wonder 
5. Resource 
6. Air 
Weightless
Waterless
Beautiful
Wonderful
Resourceless/ Resourceful
Airless
4b: Now use the topic of space to make a sentence for each new word.
Weightless
Waterless
Beautiful
Wonderful
Resourceless/ Resourceful
Airless
Example:
- Earth looks beautiful from space.
- Venus is a dry and waterless planet.
- Everything is weightless in space.
- It`s wonderful to see the earth from space.
- Mar is resourceful.
- The sun is the most weightful in solar system.
- A lot of planets are airless.
Pronunciation
When we add –ful or –less to nouns or verbs to form adjectives, the stress of the words remain unchanged.
Example: ‘water  ‘waterless
‘hope  ‘hopeless/ ‘hopeful
for’get  for’getful
5. Put the stress in the correct
1. Her speech on the environment was `meaningful.
2. My teacher is so `helpful when we don’t understand.
3. I was `helpless to stop the dog bitting me.
4. This dictionary is so `useful.
5. There is `plentiful water for life on Earth.
6. Read the following sentences and
HOMEWORK
Learn by heart vocabulary.
Practise reading Ex 2
Prepare: Unit 12 - A closer look 2