8a Culture

8a Culture
Reading
2 Look at the picture.? How do you think he is doing it? Use the
Word List to look up any new vocabulary from the Check these
words box.
1 What is the person doing?

I think that he is doing a picture under of water, because I can see, a canvas, oil paints and
paintbrushes.
2 What is unusual about it?

the unusual thing is that he is painting under the sea
3 How do you think he is doing it?

In my opinion, I think that he is using a special tool.
Text 1
Underwater art
The text talks about of artists that they paint under the water. And the artists should
have a good training because, it needs experience, and you need to know about od
this topic, because there are schools in Ukraine in where people study how to paint
under the water, and this is very important for to earn experience and the skills
necessaries, and the tools that you need to use. This is a hard work, but also can be
interesting.
4 How similar is regular painting to underwater painting?

It is quite similar apart from the location and the special canvas.
5 What makes underwater painting difficult?

The short time limit and the way colours are different underwater.
6 What makes this type of art unique?
It shows us the world below the sea through the eyes of an artist as
a diver. / It’s created underwater.
7.- Tell the class five things that impressed you from the text.
1.- it is a painting under the water
2.- The limit time for to paint
3- The technology it helps so much
4. The Artists use a waterproof canvas
5.- The Artists use a special equipment.
8- Creativity and originality are important. Why? Write a short

paragraph expressing your opinion
Its very important the creativity because this is the only way that the
people can show his skills, and I consider that all the people have a lot
of ideas that can be result very originals, and sometimes these ideas are
very important for the human development. The most important thing
is that you can invent new objects that It can helps humans.
9.- Collect information about Alexander Belozor. Write a short

biography about him
Alexander Belozor is the first professional artist who started painting
underwater,
Alexander Belozor works in different styles and techniques.
The latest project "Underwater painting" is meant to show the wonderful beauty of
the invisible world that is a crucial part of the life on the planet, but which a human
may eventually destroy. Today I have painted more than 100 underwater artworks
(on depths from 5 to 30 metres). And with the help of underwater painting, I would
like to draw attention to the purity and beauty of water and nature that surrounds us,
but which is humiliated and partly destroyed by a human being.
8b
8 b Vocabulary
1. Which is/are your favorite art form(s)?
My favorite art form is music, I consider is the best way that you can show your
emotions
2. Which sentences are headlines?

Helicopter crashes killing all on board.
Banks cut interest rates to boost economic growth.
Green tea helps arthritis sufferers.
Home team scores victory!
They are headlines because they omit articles and they only use
present tenses.
3.Complete the sentences about you.
1 I never read the sports section. I find it boring.

2 I sometimes read the economy section because I like it
3 I read book in my phone regularly.
4. Write a short review of a book you enjoyed reading
I enjoyed reading book of science fiction, because I am a fan of this type of stories,
and I feel very good when I read some any fantastic or futurist things, and my
imagination is too much, this is the only reason that I like to read this sort of books,
and I would like to see some day, some things that I have read in the books, like
time machines and teletransportation. The book that I’ve read is about of the robots
and how the robots are living with the humans.
8c Grammar in use
Direct/Reported speech - Reported statements
1 Read the quotations and the theory. How do tenses and pronouns
in English change from direct to reported speech?
Reported speech is the exact meaning of what someone said but not the
actual words and It require of another structure.
2 Which verbs are used to introduce reported statements in
English?
Past participle
3 Is it the same in your language?
Yes, its very similar because we can talk with these structures.
4. Report the quotations.

Van Gogh said (that) the only time he felt alive was when he was
painting.
Pablo Picasso said (that) it had taken him four years to paint like
Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
Henri Matisse said (that) it had bothered him all his life that he didn’t
paint like everybody else.
Study the examples below and answer the questions
5 Which verb is used to introduce reported questions?

ask
6 When do we use if in reported questions?

when the direct question starts with an auxiliary verb
7 How do the tenses change from direct to reported questions?

in the same way as with reported statements
8-Read the theory box. How do verb forms change from direct to
reported commands/requests?
Reported Commands
There is no backshift of tenses with commands/requests in Reported

Speech.
You only have to change the person and shift expressions of time/place
descibed on our page Reported Speech – Summary.
Form
affirmative commands → to + infinitive
negative commands → not + to + infinitive
1.1. Affirmative commands
Direct Speech → Dad: “Do your homework.”
Reported Speech → Dad told me to do my homework.
1.2. Negative commands
Direct Speech → Teacher: “Don't talk to your friend.”
Reported Speech → The teacher told me not to talk to my friend.
1.3. The introductory sentence in commands
The word tell in introductory sentences in Reported Commands can be

substituted with other words, e.g.
• advise
• ask
There is no backshift of tenses, no matter which tense is used in the

introductory sentence.
Direct Speech
• Dad: “Do your homework.”

Read the theory box.
9- How are clauses of purpose/reason/result introduced?
Although, though + clause
To + infinitive
Such an + adjective
10- Which tenses are used after in case?
Past tense, present tense
11- What goes after so/such?
We add an adjective
12. Write six sentences containing grammar forms presented in

this lesson.
She said that she would see me the next day.
Mary asked me to go to the cinema with her that evening.
He told me not to laugh at his poem.
We stayed up late to watch the end of the film.
Since he loved music so much, he learnt to play all sorts of instruments.
This was such a great book that I couldn’t put it down.
13.- Which five musical instruments can you hear?
triangle
accordion
saxophone
violin
harp
8d
Across Cultures - Skills Work
Reading
Look at the musical instruments in the pictures. What type of

instrument is each? Which country is each from?

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1 What is the person doing?

2 What is unusual about it?

3 How do you think he is doing it?

4 How similar is regular painting to underwater painting?

5 What makes underwater painting difficult?

6 What makes this type of art unique?

1.- it is a painting under the water

2.- The limit time for to paint

3- The technology it helps so much

4. The Artists use a waterproof canvas

5.- The Artists use a special equipment.

8- Creativity and originality are important. Why? Write a short

9.- Collect information about Alexander Belozor. Write a short

2. Which sentences are headlines?

3.Complete the sentences about you.

1 I never read the sports section. I find it boring.

3 Is it the same in your language?

4. Report the quotations.

Study the examples below and answer the questions

5 Which verb is used to introduce reported questions?

6 When do we use if in reported questions?

7 How do the tenses change from direct to reported questions?

There is no backshift of tenses with commands/requests in Reported

affirmative commands → to + infinitive

negative commands → not + to + infinitive

1.1. Affirmative commands

Direct Speech → Dad: “Do your homework.”

Reported Speech → Dad told me to do my homework.

1.2. Negative commands

Direct Speech → Teacher: “Don't talk to your friend.”

Reported Speech → The teacher told me not to talk to my friend.

1.3. The introductory sentence in commands

The word tell in introductory sentences in Reported Commands can be

There is no backshift of tenses, no matter which tense is used in the

• Dad: “Do your homework.”

9- How are clauses of purpose/reason/result introduced?

Although, though + clause

10- Which tenses are used after in case?

Past tense, present tense

11- What goes after so/such?

12. Write six sentences containing grammar forms presented in

13.- Which five musical instruments can you hear?

Look at the musical instruments in the pictures. What type of

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