COLEGIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO DE FÁTIMA Activities

COLEGIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO DE FÁTIMA

Activities from March 16th to April 1st

English 6th grade

 Activity Book: work activity book unit 2. From page 13 to page 20.

 Student´s practice kit: Unit 2. (Macmillaneverywhere)

 Worsheet: print and work. Realizar los ejercicios y presentarlos en el forlder anaranjado.

TestUnit Test Standard Level Name: Reading Class:

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1 Read and complete the sentences with Brad, Tina or Joe. 5

Hello! I’m Brad. I live in Wellington, New Zealand and I’m ten years old. I have two younger brothers, Nick and Jack. They’re very sporty. They play soccer, basketball and ride their bicycles all day. I like biking 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 favorite Brad subject at school is history. I’m not very good at math 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 have an older sister, Claire. She’s away at college 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 have 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 create Joe websites when I’m older.

1 ______is the youngest child in 2 ______is the most musical person. his/her family.

3 ______is the sportiest person. 4 ______is the most artistic person. 5 ______is the most techy person.

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2 Read and circle the correct answers. 5

Jordan Romero was 13 years, ten He’s also the youngest climber to months and ten days old when he complete the ‘Seven Summits’: he reached the top of Mount Everest. He climbed the tallest mountain in each was born in July 1996 and he was on continent. In December 2011, he ‘the top of the world’ in May 2010. reached the top of Vinson Massif Today, he’s still the youngest person in Antarctica, breaking George to climb the highest mountain on Atkinson’s record. Atkinson completed Earth. the ‘Seven Summits’ when he was 16. With him were his father, his father’s But why did Jordan want to do wife and three Sherpas*. Jordan’s this? He decided it was a good idea mother was at home. She watched when he was ten. A picture of the the whole climb on a special map seven highest mountains on a wall * Sherpas = people and talked to Jordan on a satellite in his school inspired him. Today, from Nepal who are phone when he was at the top. She Jordan wants to climb the 50 highest very good climbers asked him to do one thing ‘Come back mountains in the US. He says, ‘this and carry people’s things to the top home!’ – to California, US. tour around the US is about being healthy. I want other children in the Before he started his adventure in country to climb mountains with me.’ the Himalayas, Jordan explained, ‘I In his free time, he likes riding his just want to do something big.’ But bicycle, listening to music and going climbing Everest isn’t his only record. out with his friends.

1 Who didn’t climb Everest with Jordan? 2 How many records does Jordan hold? a a sherpa b his dad c his mom 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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3 Read and write T (true) or F (false). 5

There are wonderful It isn’t the biggest bird in the world, but largest birds around the it has the longest wings. The Wandering eyes and it lays the world that are Albatross has wings that are usually over biggest eggs. They three meters long. They always live on usually weigh more unique in their own the ocean and only come to small islands than a kilo. A Peregrine Falcon is the way. Some birds are in the south Atlantic and Indian Ocean fastest bird when it drops from high up. It very small, very big, to eat and to lay their eggs. The size of dives at a speed of 300 km per hour! It can fly very fast or very its wings helps the Wandering Albatross also see other birds from 8 km away! slowly, run very to fly for hours without moving them And what about small birds? The fast or lay big eggs. and some scientists say that it sleeps in Bee Hummingbird weighs about two the air. Pollution, especially plastic, is grams (0.002 kilos) and it’s about 5 cm Let’s look at putting these magnificent birds in danger long. It looks like an insect some of these of extinction. and flaps its wings 80 that still exist The Common Ostrich comes from the times per second! But on our same family as the kiwi and is the biggest a different type of planet. bird in the world. It has a very long neck hummingbird has and legs that make it the fastest bird, the fastest wings in too. Careful! It doesn’t fly faster than the the world; it moves Peregrine Falcon, but it runs faster than them 90 times per any other bird on land. An ostrich can run second. about 70 km per hour. It also has the Any questions or comments? Send us an email at info@birds

1 The Common Ostrich has 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 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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4 Write questions using superlative adjectives. Then answer the 8 questions and explain why.

1 Who / sporty person / your class?

______2 What / exceptional animal / the world?

______3 you / young person / your family?

______4 What / dangerous sport / the world?

______

5 ______because ______.

6 ______because ______.

7 ______because ______.

8 ______because ______.

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5 Look and write sentences with the superlative form of the words 6 in brackets.

MIKE

$600 $250 $470

1 ______(bike / expensive)

2 ______(dog / big)

3 ______(bike / dirty)

4 ______(man / tall)

5 ______(dog / small)

6 ______(dog / noisy)

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6 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 ocean. 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. i______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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7 Talk about the boys using superlative adjectives. 5

Phillip Brian Gerry

Age: 10 Age: 12 Age: 11

Weight: 31 kilos Weight: 40 kilos Weight: 35 kilos

Character/Features: Character/Features: Character/Features: funny ✓ ✓ ✓ funny ✓ funny ✗ short hair ✓ short hair ✓ ✓ ✓ short hair ✓ ✓ fast ✓ ✓ fast ✗ fast ✓ ✓ ✓ creative ✗ creative ✓ creative ✓ ✓

Score: 8 Make questions about your family and answer them. 5 1 old / person? 2 artistic / person? 3 tall / person? 4 funny / person? 5 sporty / person?

Total test score: 45

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