Winter Holiday Activities

 
[ltr]         Animal extinction is not a new phenomenon. It has been occurring for hundreds of millions of years. Sometimes thousands of species become extinct naturally and in a short time like what happened to dinosaurs 65 million years ago.[/ltr]
[ltr]      Some extinctions have been caused by natural disasters, such as volcanic eruptions. Others have been the result of Man’s activities. The main reason is the rapid habitat destruction. Man uses more space for building homes, farms, shops …etc. Man also affects animal’s habitats when he takes wood, oil and other products from the land. Other Man related problems that put animals at risk include pollution, over collecting, hunting…etc.[/ltr]
[ltr]-Extinction is an old phenomenon. ……………….[/ltr]
[ltr]-Dinosaurs didn’t exist in the past……………….[/ltr]
[ltr]-Earthquakes can cause animal extinction. …………….[/ltr]
[ltr]-climate changes also cause extinction ……………………[/ltr]
[ltr]Lexis:Find in the text words or that are closest in meaning to the following[/ltr]
[ltr]The most important= ……../ danger= ……./linked= …………../ cause= ………….[/ltr]
[ltr]       Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following[/ltr]
[ltr]Unnaturally=/=…………/destructing=/= …………………./long=/= …………………[/ltr]
[ltr]       Find in the text words whose definition is the following[/ltr]
[ltr]-The complete disappearance of a species. It is ……………………[/ltr]
[ltr]-The process of making the air, water and soil dirty. It is………………[/ltr]
[ltr]What or who do the underlined words in the text refer to?[/ltr]

[ltr]  It       paragraph 1[/ltr]	[ltr]…………………………[/ltr]
[ltr] That     paragraph2[/ltr]	[ltr]………………………..[/ltr]
[ltr]  He      paragraph2[/ltr]	[ltr]…………………………..[/ltr]

[ltr]Spot the mistakes and correct them                    [/ltr]
[ltr]   Many species of animals were in danger of extinction now. So we must to find solutions to procted them.[/ltr]
 
[ltr]Correct the words’ order to get correct sentences:[/ltr]
 
[ltr]    million  /  ago  /  Dinosaurs  /  on  /  lived  /135  / Earth  /  years.[/ltr]
[ltr]    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [/ltr]
 
[ltr]   dinosaurs  /  ?  / kill  /  insects  /  Did  /  the [/ltr]
[ltr]   ………………………………………………………………………………..[/ltr]
 
[ltr]Complete this table correctly[/ltr]
 

[ltr]Noun [/ltr]	[ltr]Verb [/ltr]	[ltr]Adjective [/ltr]	[ltr]Adverb [/ltr]
[ltr]danger[/ltr]	[ltr]……………………[/ltr]	[ltr]……………………….[/ltr]	[ltr]……………………….[/ltr]

[ltr]Complete the following questions with the correct question words:[/ltr]

[ltr]Questions [/ltr]	[ltr]Answers [/ltr]
[ltr]-……….inhabited Earth first?[/ltr] [ltr]-……….caused their extinction?[/ltr] [ltr]-………..is Jurassic Park?[/ltr] [ltr]-…………..directed it?[/ltr] [ltr]-…………..can I see it?[/ltr]	[ltr]-Dinosaurs did.[/ltr] [ltr]-Natural disasters and catastrophes.[/ltr] [ltr]-It’ s a film about dinosaurs.[/ltr] [ltr]-Steven Spielsberg did.[/ltr] [ltr]-In the cinema or on the net.[/ltr]

 
[ltr]Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets[/ltr]
[ltr]   Life (to begin) on Earth 3500 million years ago. The first living things (to be) found in the sea. Across time, millions of species (to extinct) naturally. Natural extinction (to happen) when a species (to decline) in number gradually.[/ltr]
[ltr]Rewrite the following in the future simple[/ltr]
[ltr]    Can animals survive with Man’s thirst and greed to destruction?[/ltr]
 
 
[ltr]Read the text and find one word that rhymes with each of the following[/ltr]
 
[ltr]Make: ………../   for: ………………../    few: ………………../   bike: ………………..[/ltr]
[ltr]Match the words tha rhyme. One word in column B has no rhyming word in column A[/ltr]
 

[ltr]A [/ltr]	[ltr]B [/ltr]
[ltr]Find[/ltr] [ltr]Land[/ltr] [ltr]Same[/ltr] [ltr]Been [/ltr]	[ltr]With[/ltr] [ltr]Seen[/ltr] [ltr]Kind[/ltr] [ltr]Aim[/ltr] [ltr]Hand [/ltr]

 
[ltr]Pick out from the text words whose final sound is:[/ltr]
 

[ltr]/s/[/ltr]	[ltr]/z/[/ltr]	[ltr]/iz/[/ltr]	[ltr]/d/[/ltr]	[ltr]/id/[/ltr]
[ltr]………….[/ltr]	[ltr]…………….[/ltr]	[ltr]…………….[/ltr]	[ltr]………………[/ltr]	[ltr]………………..[/ltr]

 
 
[ltr]Every one hour an animal is killed risking the extinction of many species. Among these animals: The Polar Bear.[/ltr]
 
[ltr]Gather information from the net about this animal and write a report about it.[/ltr]
 
[ltr]Organize your report as follows:[/ltr]
 
[ltr]   Paragraph 1: describe this animal (attitude/ character / age /…etc)[/ltr]
[ltr]   Paragraph 2: introduce the problem (danger)[/ltr]
[ltr]   Paragraph 3: provide the solutions ( how to help save this animal)[/ltr]
 
 
 
 
 

 

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