Interactive exercises I Love English Junior, 2019-2020

1. Before you watch the video and do the next activity, read the sentences and choose the best answer.

1) A stone is a small .

2) Debris is .

3) The residue from a fire is called .

4) This is another word for a cascade – and also what you use to have a wash in!

5) This is a metal.

6) This is an informal word for excrement.

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Watch the video:

What is a meteorite?

2. Read the questions and choose the correct answer.

1) Where do meteorites come from?

Mars.

Outer space.

Spaceships.

2) What are asteroids?

Planets.

Rocks.

Stars.

3) How fast do meteorites travel?

Seven hundred kilometres per hour.

Seven thousand kilometres per hour.

Seventy thousand kilometres per hour.

4) Where do many meteorites fall?

In cities.

In oceans.

In rivers.

5) When did a meteorite shower hit a French village?

In 1803.

In 1813.

In 1830.

6) What colour are meteorites?

Black.

Brown.

White.

7) What did the Aztecs think meteorites were?

A sign from the gods.

A new type of plant.

The gods’ excrement.

8) According to scientists, when did a meteorite cause the extinction of the dinosaurs?

Five million years ago.

Sixty-five million years ago.

One hundred million years ago.

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3. Complete the sentences using words from the list below. Click on the word from the box and then click again on the right blank space. The video and the above activities will help you.

1) I usually have a before I go to bed because I don’t have time before school in the morning.

2) Rosie loves going out with her dog, although she doesn’t like picking up its so much!

3) In Canada a meteorite made a three metres wide.

4) When volcanoes erupt, rivers of lava and often come out of the top.

5) In the summer, we go and stay at my grandma’s house in a little in the country.

6) When we were in the mountains, we found an ideal flat to put our picnic on.

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SPEAKING

1) Work in pairs or small groups. Imagine you are astronauts on the International Space Station. Decide what you do on a typical day in space and write it down. Think about ordinary routines, such as eating, washing and sleeping, and the work you have to do.

2) Explain your day to the class.

3) Vote on the best day!