1st July

Intelligence

A. WARMER

1. How would you define intelligence?
2. How do we currently measure intelligence?
3. How do you think we should measure
intelligence?
4. Where do we get our intelligence from?

B. TEST YOUR INTELLIGENCE

At the following website you will find intelligence tests: http://mensa-test.com/. Go to
the first intelligence test (http://intelligence-test.net/part1/) and try and answer as
many questions as you can.
Do you think these questions give a true reflection of intelligence?

C. VOCABULARY
Match the words on the left with the words on the right to form commonly used
collocations or phrasal verbs. These collocations will be in the video that you are going to
watch:

1. valiant                                            a. a blank
2. broader                                           b. pleasing
3. hit                                                   c. effort
4. aesthetically                                   d. insane
5. pick                                                e. spectrum
6. drive                                               f. out
7. bomb                                              g. apart

Match the word on the left with the definition on the right:

1. level playing field                         a. to become more exciting
2. prop                                               b. to be at a loss, unable to find the solution
3. implement                                     c. a fair competition where all parties have equal
                                                              advantage
4. to be stumped                               d. to experience ongoing success
5. hotting up                                     e. an item used to assist during a theatre production
6. on a roll                                        f. a tool or instrument


D. INTRODUCTION TO LISTENING

You are going to watch a video where experts in the following fields are given
intelligence tests:
musical prodigy, quantum physicist, artist, dramatist, RAF fighter pilot, chess
grandmaster and Wall Street trader (IQ expert)
Which of them do you think will be in the top 3?


E. LISTENING
While watching the segment, answer the following according to the opinion of the
documentary:

1. How is intelligence currently measured?
2. How do the experts in the programme think intelligence should be measured?
3. Where do we get our intelligence from?
4. Vocabulary – get the students to look through the previous vocabulary collocations,
and note down in what context they are used in the listening.

F. IDIOMS

Choose the correct word to complete the idiom:

to be on the ball/court
think again/better of something
it’s beyond/above me
can’t make head or foot/tail of something
put on your thinking head/cap
not have a clue/brain
collect one’s brains/thoughts
come to your senses/head
get someone’s idea/drift
know the score/mind

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B82Fl6MNfXZLOXU2YVVaVVN3WDg/view?usp=sharing

Test your intelligence

http://mensa-test.com