c Galileo developed the telescope. He did not invent it.
d Astronauts can work in space. They can work on the ground.
B
Use adverbs and adverbial phrases to improve sentences.
Language focus Adverbials are single words or groups of words that add information about the verb, saying when, where or how the action takes place. Adverbial phrases of time describe when the action takes place. For example:
The astronaut blasted off into space. After many hours of preparation, the astronaut blasted off into space.
I think the second sentence is more interesting.
1 Read the history of astronomy text again and note down the adverbial phrases of time that tell us when the events occurred. Example: On
12th April 1961
2 Use your timeline to write five sentences using some of these adverbial phrases of time to show the order of events. Long before ... Finally ... For the first time ... Then ... After that ... Eventually ... In the early 1600s ... After Galileo’s invention ... Many years later ... In 1969 ...
How did I do? • • • •
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Did I order events on a timeline? Did I identify the subject in a simple sentence? Did I join two simple sentences? Did I use adverbs and adverbial phrases of time to improve a sentence?
Unit 2 Exploring space