1Look at the pictures of space and talk to your friends about them. What could you say?
2Before reading: What do you see in the picture beside the story, and do you think life exists on planets other than the Earth?
3Find the words from the story that are either opposite or similar to: dawn (opposite), shining (similar), took off (opposite), modern (similar), descended (opposite), great (similar).
4Match the words with their meanings: saucer, spaceship, vessel, flashing, couch, broadcast, appliance.
5Put the events of the story in the correct order.
6What did Suren think about the bright object at first?
7Where had Suren seen a spaceship before?
8How did Suren feel when he was drawn inside the vessel?
9How had the visitors known about Suren?
10How do the visitors manage resources on their planet?
11Why did Suren express his inability to deliver the message at first?
12What message did the visitors want to pass on?
13Why did the visitors give Suren a tiny computer?
14Do you think people will believe Suren's story? Give your reasons.
15If you met someone from another planet, what advice would you ask for about the Earth or Nepal?
16What sounds do the final -ed in these words make? Put landed, opened, walked, passed, frightened, asked, ascended, finished, jumped and recorded in the correct box.
17Study the town map and take turns to ask and answer where different places are, using next to, opposite, between, behind, in front of, above and below.
18Fill in the blanks with in, at or on: the ten sentences about the corner, the campus, the field, the temple, the hotel, England, the house, the T-shirt, the page and the carpet.
19Choose one of the words or phrases from the box (the air, a farm, school, prison, the airport, Shanti Chalchitra Hall, bed, hospital, the station) and complete the sentences using in, at or on.
20Imagine you have recently met someone from another planet and spent about an hour with him or her. Write an account describing your feelings and reactions.
21Before the poem: Who are the people in the picture, where are they travelling to, and what is the lady asking the man?
22Match the words from Up-Hill with their meanings: wind, morn, inn, wayfarer, seek.
23Complete the summary of the poem using the words and phrases given: the road ahead, up-hill, someone, a place, a journey, in the affirmative, on the way, everyone, fellow travellers, an inn.
24How far is the road up-hill, according to the guide?
25What does the speaker doubt about the place to rest?
26Who has travelled the road before?
27What is the speaker's seventh question?
28Who do you think opens the door?
29Write a short description of an interesting road that you have recently travelled along.
30How many planets are there in the solar system, and do you think that Pluto is a planet?
31Listen to the audio and complete the sentences: what Pluto was kicked out from in 2006, what it is made of along with ice, its 250 year orbit, what happened to Eris in 2005, and the new category the scientists created.
32Listen to the audio again and mark True or False: Pluto is smaller than the Moon; the NASA New Horizon spacecraft took almost 12 years to get very close to Pluto; Eris is about the same size as Pluto; the scientists disqualified Eris as a planet; Pluto is a member of the dwarf planet club.
33Why is Pluto not a planet? Give your reasons.
34Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions from the brackets: due, eligible, playing, entrusted, envious, estranged, excuse, familiar, brought, abide.
35Choose and circle the correct prepositions in the paragraphs about Mr Pandey's visit to his uncle.
36Write a set of rules and regulations for the visitors in a park, using expressions such as is/are (not) allowed to, strictly prohibited, can/cannot, is/are required/expected to, and must/must not.
37What is space tourism? Search and collect information about it and make a short presentation in a small group.
38What decides whether final -ed is pronounced /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/?
39What do the road, the day and the inn stand for in the poem Up-Hill?
40Explain the difference between in, at and on with one example of each.