WEEKLY PLAN 18TH MARCH

Here's some work related to the new project: The Guinness Book of Records.

The Guinness Book of Records is the world ‘s biggest list of records. It tells us the fastest and the strongest people in sports, the strongest and the shortest people or buildings, the fattest and the thinnest, the best and the worst in the world. All the records in the Book of Records are true. Some of them are interesting and some of them are funny.

Here are some interesting questions and answers:

Question: How old was the oldest person in the world?

Answer: He was Habib Miyan from India. He lived from 1878 to 2008 – That is 130 years! But he always said that he was 8 years older.

Question: How tall was the tallest person in the world?

Answer: He was 2 metres 72 centimetres tall. His name was Robert Wadlow. He lived in America.

Question: What is the world fastest ball game?

Answer: Baseball? No. Tennis? No. It’s the Spanish game of “pelota”. The fastest ball in “pelota” travelled at more than 300 kilometres an hour!

Question: How heavy was the biggest cabbage in the world? Answer: It was 55.7 kilograms.

There is a new Book of Records every year. Every year people try to break old records and make new ones.

For example: How much spaghetti can one person eat, and how quickly? The record now is 62 metres of spaghetti in 21 seconds! But this man is trying to break the old record. Look at all that spaghetti! Will he be in the new Book of Records next year?

Exercises

A. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

1.    How tall was Robert Wadlow?

2.    How big was the biggest cabbage in the world?

3.    How old was Habib Miyan?

4.    How much spaghetti did somebody eat to make a

world record?

5.    How often is there a new Book of Records?

B. WRITE SENTENCES.

1.    Robert Wadlow / tallest / in the world.

2.    Habib Miyan / oldest / in the world.

3.    biggest / cabbage world /55.7 kilograms.

4.    Fastest / ball game / world / “pelota”.

5.    Every year / people / new records.

C. LOOK AT THIS PICTURE. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
Who is the tallest? _______________________________________

Who is the shortest? _____________________________________ Who is the youngest? ____________________________________ Who is the oldest? _______________________________________ Who is the fattest? _______________________________________ Who is the thinnest? ______________________________________

Do exercises A, B and C on your English Notebook