Astronomers have announced that they have _1_ a planet that likely exists in a temperature range where life could exist.
The new planet seen by a very powerful NASA _2_ is the most Earth-like yet found. Named ‘Kepler-438b’, it orbits a distant star in the constellation of Lyra and thought to have a landscape _3_ to Earth.
In your culture, is spicy food associated with masculinity? Does ordering the hottest thing on the menu make you more of a man?
A new study has revealed that men who like spicier foods have higher levels of testosterone. So basically, men who love spicy Indian curry are more manly - they have qualities traditionally ascribed to men, such as strength or bravery!
November 27, 2014, is Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
_1_ 1863 Thanksgiving has been an annual holiday in America.
The holiday _2_ a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621, and is held in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. A _3_ holiday is held in Canada, usually on the second Monday in October.
Here are ten sentences. Each one has a mistake. What are the ten mistakes? As you read the sentences, think about grammar, spelling, parts of speech and word forms.
Write your answers in the comments area below.
1 - This trousers are too tight for me.
2 - Have you ever seeing a monkey in the wild?
3 - She's been living in London since six months.
4 - Its much colder today than yesterday.
5 - Driving in bad weather can be danger.
6 - We are begining to see more and more birds in our garden.
7 - Are their more of those biscuits?
Read this news article and pay particular attention to the orange words.
Ten years ago the European Space Agency launched a robot probe called Philae. Its mission was to travel six billion kilometres and land on a four kilometre wide comet that travels 130,000 kilometres an hour.
Amazingly, the Philae probe successfully landed on the surface of the comet seven hours after descending from its mother ship Rosetta.
Read this short review of the movie Interstellar. Pay particular attention to the words in bold:
Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Interstellar is a new science fiction movie about a team of space travellers who journey through a wormhole in search of a new habitable planet.
A new study has found that it is better for you to work 'normal' fixed hours, like a 9-to-5 job, than shift work, where your hours change from day to day or week to week.
The study published in the journal, 'Occupational and Environmental Medicine' found that long-term shift work can age your brain, cause memory loss, reduce processing speed and result in a decline in overall brain function.
Read through this short story. Which words do you think are missing?
Jennifer loved Halloween when she was young. One year she and her friends put on their Halloween costumes and went _1_ for sweets around the neighbourhood. That year Jennifer dressed up as a _2_ with a big black pointy hat, broomstick and long black dress.
What are the six missing words in this text?
_1_ English journalist Ann Morgan realised that most of the books she read were by British and American authors, she decided to set herself a challenge: she would _2_ to read a book from every country in the world in English.
After creating a blog and promoting her mission on social media, she asked _3_ from around the world to recommend the books she should read.
Today's article is based on a topical issue in the news.
Hollywood actor George Clooney's new wife, lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney, has made a plea for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Athens, in what Greeks hope may inject new energy into their national campaign.
The Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens.