1What technological advancement do you think these pictures represent?
2How will these inventions and innovations shape our future? Give specific examples.
3What do you think Artificial Intelligence (AI) is?
4Can a robot have real intelligence like a human being does?
5Match the following words with their meanings: humanoid, awe, revolution, celebrity, enthusiast, applaud, takeover, prototype.
6Fill in the blanks with suitable words or phrases from the news story about Sophia.
7Who is Sophia?
8What was the main highlight of the conference?
9How can artificial intelligence be useful in Nepal, according to Sophia?
10Who was the audience comprised of?
11How long did Sophia speak for?
12Why are innovative project models being developed in Nepal, according to UNDP?
13How do you think AI technology can help to end poverty and fight starvation in Nepal?
14Pronounce the pairs principal and principle, affect and effect, accept and except, loose and lose, further and farther, ascent and assent, advice and advise, council and counsel, and find the difference in their meanings.
15Read Punam's thank you letter and underline the relative clauses.
16Complete the following sentences with relative clauses: Manju works for a company ..., The story is about a girl ..., and the rest.
17Write your own news story about Nepal's robot Yantrika using the given outlines.
18Do you agree with the statements that renewable energy could reduce emissions, create jobs and improve public health, and that its potential is immense?
19Match the words fleet, inflatable, harness, vane, skyscraper, fission and bountiful with their meanings.
20Find the antonyms of endless, modern, covered, fragrant, bound and inadequate from the text.
21Match Ideas I to VI with the correct energy: wave energy, hydrogen energy, fusion, solar energy, body movement, altaeros energy.
22How did JAXA prove the viability of the idea of space-based solar energy?
23What do we need to generate energy through our body movement?
24In what way are Idea III and Idea V similar?
25How can hydrogen be used as the source of energy?
26Why do floating turbines seem more effective than tower-mounted turbines?
27Why is the fusion process environmentally friendly?
28What does ITER stand for?
29Can you think of any other alternative energy sources?
30What type of dwelling do you live in?
31Why is an apartment different from a house?
32Listen to the audio and identify whether the statements about the father and son visiting the apartment are true or false.
33Listen to the audio again and answer: what does the son like, what has the father not decided, which two things do they dislike about a room, which four rooms have they seen, and which room have they not seen yet?
34If you had a choice, would you prefer a house to an apartment? Why?
35Fill in the gaps with suitable relative pronouns: Is that the spot ... you had the accident? and the rest.
36Rewrite the pairs of sentences using who, whom, whose, which, that or where: Are these the keys? You were looking for the keys. And the rest.
37Write a news article about Green Energy using the prompts: natural source of energy, achieved from the Sun, wind and water, perpetual in nature, present status, benefits, challenges.
38Organise a debate competition in class entitled 'Artificial intelligence is a threat to humans.'
39When must a relative clause be separated with commas?
40What are the four components of a news story, in order?
41How is fusion different from fission, and why does that difference matter?
42Describe a pressure cooker the way Manju describes the fridge.