Marie Curie Answers

True or false

Read the sentences. Choose the correct answer.

1. F (France)
2. T
3. F (she was at the top of her class)
4. F (she was the first femail professor in Europe)
5. F (physics and chemistry)

Synonym match

MATCH THE WORD OR PHRASE ON THE LEFT WITH THE CORRECT SYNONYM.

1. focus – c. concentration
2. spare – a. extra 
3. ill – b. sickly
4. bright – e. intelligent
5. talented – d. skilled

ESL listening activity: anagrams

MOVE THE LETTERS. MAKE A WORD FROM THE ESL LISTENING STORY.

1. VIDRE – drive
2. ANLIYLIIT – initially
3. RNOOH – honor
4. SSIDEAE – disease
5. UTOHG – tough
6. DMADREE – dreamed

Writing practice

Write the sentences. Put the words in the correct order.

1. When she was 24, she went to university in Paris.
2. Marie worked as a home teacher.
3. Her life is a story of focus, difficulty and achievement.
4. While working in a lab doing experiments, she met a bright scientist and researcher.
5. That is how Marie became the first female professor in Europe.