Two very important questions

1. Two very important questions

What does <abracadabra> mean?
How is <это слово> in English?

2. Science Speaking Club

3. General questions (yes/no questions)

- Do (does) + Subject + Verb?
- Yes, Subject do (does)
- No, Subject don’t (doesn’t)

4. What do you do every day?

• Have breakfast
Present simple
What are you doing right now?
• Learn English
Present continuous

5.

Present simple
Present continuous
Subject + Verb(s)
I have breakfast every morning
Subject + be + Verb+ing
I’m learning English right now
Signal words:
always
every day / week / year
often
normally
usually
sometimes
seldom
never
first
then
at the moment
at this moment
today
now
right now
Listen!
Look!

6. Verbs used in Present Simple only

• state: be, cost, fit, mean, suit
Example: We are on holiday.
• possession: belong, have
Example: Sam has a cat.
• senses: feel, hear, see, smell, taste, touch
Example: He feels the cold.
• feelings: hate, hope, like, love, prefer, regret, want, wish
Example: Jane loves pizza.
• brain work: believe, know, think, understand
Example: I believe you.

7. Please, write answers to the questions:

1. What is permafrost?
2. Where permafrost is found?
3. What can permafrost consist of?
4. When was permafrost formed?
5. What is active layer?
6. How deep is permafrost?
7. How do ice wedges form?
8. Where can be permafrost found?

8. What does <this abbreviation> stand for?

What does <this abbreviation> stand for?
Permafrost young research network
PYRN
Association of early polar career scientists
APECS
International Arctic Science Committee
IASC
International Permafrost Association
IPA
National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSIDC (FGDC)
(Frozen Ground Data Center)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCAR
Climate and Cryosphere project
CLIC
Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks
SAON
Arctic Council
Arctic Council
Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring
CALM
Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost
GTN-P
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
AMAP

9. At home, please:

• Do exercises
• Learn new words
• Read paper pages 137-151. Write down new
words and expressions
Thank you for your work!