R Stu to Fill in the gaps with the transformed words. g lo S. S S Yo ser What's in a name? Your family name may say 1) ... (MUCH) about your ancestors than you think. Common English names, like Baker and Butcher, tell 2) (WE) what our relatives in the far past did for a living. Names like Hills, Fields and Rivers say where people used to live. 3) (GIVE) first names often refer to a characteristic that parents would like their children to have; for example, Sophia, which means 'wisdom', or Anna, meaning 'grace'. Perhaps something royal is 4) (PREFERABLE)? How about Stephen and Sara, meaning 'crown' and 'princess'? Whichever name you go by, one thing is certain: it's yours for life! Discovering a Comet! On the night of 23 July 1995, astronomer Alan Hale was out observing the sky through his telescope. About 400 miles away, Thomas Bopp, a factory worker and astronomy enthusiast , 5) (DO) the same thing. They saw a bright object in the sky. They both contacted a government organisation that is responsible for 6) (COLLECT) information on discoveries about space. A few hours later, Hale and Bopp received a call from the organisation informing them that what they 7) (SEE) was a comet. The comet was named Comet Hale-Bopp, in honour of the people who discovered it. Read the texts given below. If necessary, transform the words written in capital letters in brackets marked by numbers 1-7 to make them match grammatically with the contents of the texts.
