SPACE ODDITY

1) Listen to the song and fill in the blanks.

Ground Control to Major Tom which way to go
Ground Control to Major Tom Tell my wife I
Take your protein pills and put your 18………… her very
1…………………. on much
She knows
(Ten)
Ground 2……………… Ground Control to Major Tom
(Nine)
Your circuit's 19…………, there's
To Major Tom
(Eight, seven, six) something wrong
Commencing countdown Can you hear me, Major Tom?
(Five) Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Engines on Can you hear me, Major Tom?
(Four, three, two)
Can you he—
Check ignition
(One)
And may 3………..'s love Here am I floating 'round my tin can
(Lift-off) Far 20………………. the Moon
Be with you Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
David Bowie, 1969
You've 4…………….. made the grade
And the 5……………… want to know (Also watch the cover by Canadian astronaut Chris
whose shirts you 6……………. Hadfield https://youtu.be/KaOC9danxNo)
Now it's 7…………… to leave the capsule
if you dare

This is Major Tom to Ground Control

I'm stepping through the 8…………..
And I'm floating in a most peculiar 9……
And the stars look very
10…………………….. today

For here am I 11…………….. in a tin can
Far above the 12……………….
Planet Earth is 13…………….
And there's 14………………. I can do
Though I'm past one 15………………….
thousand miles
I'm feeling 16…………… still
And I think my spaceship 17……………
The song Space Oddity is inspired by the
movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by
Stanley Kubrick and released in 1968.
Apollo 11: in July 1969,
Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin are the first
human beings to walk on
the Moon.

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2) Word search

Hidden words:
 above  helmet
 capsule  ignition
 circuit  Moon
 countdown  oddity
 Earth  planet
 engine  space
 floating  spaceship
 ground  stars

3) Write the words from the grid that match the following definitions.

1. A vehicle used for travel in space. ………………………

2. The part of a spacecraft in which the astronauts live. ………………………
3. Large balls of burning gas in space that are usually seen from Earth as points of light in
the sky at night. ………………………
4. In a higher position than something else. / Over. ………………………
5. The world on which we live. ………………………
6. The electrical system that starts the engine. ………………………
7. Someone or something that is strange and unusual. ………………………
8. A machine that uses energy to produce movement. ………………………
9. A closed system of wires through which electricity can flow. .……………………...

4) Use words from the grid to fill in the blanks.

1. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the …………………

2. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first human being to travel into …………………..
3. The …………………… to the rocket launch will begin at 21:00.
4. The astronaut is ………………….. because there is no gravity in space.
5. You have to wear a …………….. to protect your head.
6. Mars is also called the Red ……………….
7. The space capsule is parachuted slowly to Earth and lands on the ……………….

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