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Have
youryour
say
Have
say
Do you like to travel?
Do you think it is important to buy a
guide book or is it better to look for a
tour guide?
In what situations do you think a tour
guide would be important or helpful?
Have you ever needed a tour guide
before?

Reading
beyond
Reading
beyond
the wordsthe words
1 Go to www.guideinturkey.com/Biography.html and read Necatis biography.

Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabk

Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.
Its location can be roughly described as about
two hundred kilometers north of Ankara
and about a hundred kilometers south of the
Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about
9 kilometers north of the city of Karabk.
Source: Wikipedia

2 Go online to find more on Safranbolu and Turkey.

When you finish reading, answer these questions about Necati.
a Where was Necati born? ...........................................................................................................................................................................
b Did he use to travel in his childhood? ......................................................................................................................................
c Did he use to move a lot when he was a kid? ................................................................................................................
d When did he first travel abroad? ....................................................................................................................................................
e When did he become a licensed guide? ................................................................................................................................
f What does Necati do now? ....................................................................................................................................................................
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3 The first paragraph is mainly about the town Necati was born.
a In this paragraph, what possessive adjective is used to refer to the town? .........................
b How many times does it appear in this part of the text? ..............................................................................
4 The second paragraph refers to Necatis childhood.
a What are the verbs used in this paragraph? ..................................................................................................................
b Are they regular or irregular? ...........................................................................................................................................................
c In this paragraph, what personal pronoun and possessive adjective is used to refer
to Necati? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5 The fourth paragraph is about Necatis professional life.

Fill in the blanks with the missing words and then answer the questions that follow.
a Then Necati was a .............................................................................................................................. guide willing to
meet ............................................................................................. tourists to take them around, showing them
.............................................................................. sites in Turkey.
b This was his .............................................................................. job in addition to his ................................................................
job while he worked in Nato.
c He actually began guiding groups professionally in early 80s after he gained his
retirement from Dutilh where he worked as a .............................................................................. agent.

Modifiers
come before the
head of a group of
words.
are usually adjectives.
can also be nouns
and verbs in the ing
form.
can be the past
participle forms of
regular and irregular
verbs.

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6 Complete the chart below.
Modifier

Noun

young enthusiastic amateur tour

tourist
magnificent archeological

job

regular
agent

A Note on Prepositions
A preposition is a word that usually comes before a noun
or a pronoun and shows its relation to another part of the
sentence.
Prepositions are usually frequent in every text so it is good
to be familiar with them. It may make your reading easier.
When approaching a text, notice how prepositions are
used and how many times they are used.

7 How many times were these prepositions used in Necatis biography?

a in: ................................................................................................................
b of: ................................................................................................................
c from: .......................................................................................................
d for: .............................................................................................................
e to: ................................................................................................................
f with: .........................................................................................................

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TEACHERS NOTES
Esta atividade pode ser feita em duplas ou em grupos. A interao e colaborao entre
os alunos s ir favorecer o aprendizado.
No Have your say, incentive a participao dos alunos. Converse com eles sobre a
profisso tour guide, pergunte a eles o que sabem sobre ela etc.
O Reading beyond the word convida os alunos a fazer uma leitura mais intensiva,
voltando ao texto para observar como so usados certos itens lexicais, como pronomes,
modificadores, verbos e preposies.
bom que os alunos saibam que as preposies formam um conjunto de palavras muito
frequente em todos os textos, por isso mesmo eles devem conhec-las bem para que
identifiquem o uso das mesmas em leituras futuras de forma segura e confortvel.

ANSWER KEY

2 a In Safranbolu; b Yes, he did; c Yes, he did; d His first travel abroad was to Korea

during his military service for the U.N.; e In 1962; f Necati is now an active free-lance
driver-guide for individual travelers and guide for groups.

3 a its; b two times.

4 a Traveled, learned and gained; b Regular; c He and his.
5 a young enthusiastic amateur tour, foreign, magnificent archeological; b part time,
regular foreign; c travel.

6
MODIFIER NOUN
young enthusiastic amateur tour guide
foreign tourist
magnificent archeological sites
part time job
regular job
travel agent

7 in: 15 times (se no considerar o uso na expresso in addition to); of: 7 times; from:
2 times; for: 5 times; to: 8 times; with: 2 times.

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