Page 11 - English 9 | Activity Book 9

Reading Activity

A Read the text and answer the questions.

1. How did the first invitation begin?
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2. Who were the town criers?
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3. What did the town criers use to attract people’s attention?
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4. In the 18th century, who could get the education? Why?
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5. What is ‘Calligraphy’?
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6. Why did people like to send their invitations by telegram?
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7. In the 20th century, why did people use the font ‘Comic Sans’?
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8. What is ‘digital invitation’?
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9. What does the underlined word ‘this’ refer to?
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10. Do you think that people should create the invitation cards according to the events they celebrate?
Why? Why not?
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B Fill in the blanks with words in the box.

orally attention calligraphy application
town crier drum variety wax seal

1. My mother is an art teacher. She is proficient in the art of _______________________. She has a great skill of
writing style.
2. I use a(n) _______________________ to find my way easily while I am in traffic.

3. If students pay _______________________ to their teacher while teaching and take some notes, they will be
more successful.
4. The teacher assigned us to find some information about Mars and present it _______________________ or
written.

5. People used _______________________ on the envelopes to show their family names on it in the 17th century.
6. The writing styles of invitation cards began to change in the 20th century for a _______________________ of
reasons.

7. My grandpa used to be a _______________________ in his village when he was young. He played his

_______________________ to announce some news to the public.

MATEMATİK-11
ORTAÖĞRETİM 11 ENGLISH-9
GENEL MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ