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Inglés Tema 2
Inglés Tema 2
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Hello! I’m Brad. I live in Wellington, New Zealand and I’m ten years old.
I’ve got two younger brothers, Nick and Jack. They’re very sporty. They
play football, basketball and ride their bicycles all day. I like cycling to
school, but in my free time I prefer drawing or painting. I love music!
I can play the drums and I sometimes go to pop concerts. My favourite
Brad subject at school is history. I’m not very good at maths or science.
Hi! My name’s Tina and I’m from Honolulu, Hawaii. I’m 11 and I go to
school with my sister, Shelly, and my brother, Ian. Shelly is eight and she
plays the piano really well. Ian and I aren’t very musical. Ian is 13 and we
always go surfing together. He’s also the best science student at school in
Science. My mother is a music teacher at school. I played the piano when I
Tina was younger, but now I don’t. I’m always on my surfboard in my free time.
Hi! I live in Auckland in New Zealand and my name’s Joe. I’m eight years
old and I’ve got an older sister, Claire. She’s studying at university so I
live alone with my parents most of the time. I like going to school and in
my free time I go to a youth club. I’ve got friends there who can make
amazing things, like toys with plastic bottles. I’d like to be creative like
that, but I’m more interested in computers and the internet. I want to
Joe
create websites when I’m older.
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1 Who didn’t climb Everest with Jordan? 2 How many records does Jordan hold?
a a sherpa b his dad c his mum a one b two c seven
3 How old was Jordan when he 4 Jordan was … George Atkison when he
completed the ‘Seven Summits’? climbed the Seven Summits.
a 10 b 15 c 13 a older than b younger than
c as old as
5 Jordan thinks that climbing is …
a dangerous. b healthy. c easy.
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There are wonderful It isn’t the biggest bird in the world, but about 70
birds around the it’s got the longest wings. The km per hour. It’s
Wandering Albatross has got wings that also got the largest
world that are
are usually over three metres long. They eyes and it lays the
unique in their own always live at sea and only come to small biggest eggs. They usually weigh more
way. Some birds islands in the south Atlantic and Indian than a kilo. A Peregrine Falcon is the
are very small, very Ocean to eat and to lay their eggs. The fastest bird when it drops from high up. It
big, fly very fast or size of its wings helps the Wandering dives at a speed of 300 km per hour! It can
very slow, run very Albatross to fly for hours without moving also see other birds from 8 km away!
them and some scientists say that it sleeps And what about small birds? The
fast or lay big eggs.
in the air. Pollution, especially plastic, is Bee Hummingbird weighs about two
Let’s look at putting these magnificent birds in danger grams (0.002 kilos) and it’s about 5 cm
some of these of extinction. long. It looks like an insect and flaps
that still exist The Common Ostrich comes from the its wings 80 times per
on our same family as the kiwi and is the biggest second! But a different
planet. bird in the world. It’s got a very long type of hummingbird
neck and legs that make it the fastest bird, has got the fastest
too. Careful! It doesn’t fly faster than the wings in the world;
Peregrine Falcon, but it runs faster than it moves them 90
any other bird on land. An ostrich can run times per second.
Any questions or comments? Send us an email at info@birds
1 The Common Ostrich has got longer wings than the Wandering Albatross.
2 The biggest egg is from an ostrich.
3 The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird on land.
4 The Bee Hummingbird has got the fastest wings in the world.
5 The Peregrine Falcon can stay in the air the longest without moving its wings.
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5 because
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6 because
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7 because
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because
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8 Look and write sentences with the superlative form of the words 6
in brackets.
MIKE
1 (bike / expensive)
2 (dog / big)
3 (bike / dirty)
4 (man / tall)
5 (dog / small)
6 (dog / noisy)
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9 Read the definitions and write the words. The first letter is given. 6
1 A tropical place with a lot of trees and rain. Many exotic animals live here.
r
2 It’s a high rock face and some people jump from it with a parachute.
c
3 You can find these in mountains, rocks and in the sea. They are usually very dark
inside.
c
4 It’s like a very cold river and it moves very slowly. It’s formed from ice and snow.
g
5 It’s a type of mountain, but it’s very hot inside. It can be active, dormant or extinct.
v
6 It’s a piece of land in the middle of water.
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Now match the words to the pictures below. There are two pictures
you don’t need to use.
a b c d
e f g h
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11 Make questions about your family and answer them.
5
1 old / person?
2 artistic / person?
3 tall / person?
4 funny / person?
5 sporty / person?