Volcanoes / The legend of Batok Volcano

1 Match the volcanoes and descriptions.

1 Kilauea a It’s an extinct volcano in Italy.

2 Arenal b It’s a mud vocano in Colombia.

3 Mount Fuji c It’s an active volcano in Costa Rica.

4 Vesuvius d It’s an active volcano in Antarctica.

5 Mount Erebus e It’s an active volcano in Hawaii.

6 El Totumo f It’s a dormant volcano in Japan.

2 Find and write the years.

1 Arenal started erupting in .

2 Mount Fuji last erupted in .

3 The volcano on Anatahan island erupted in .

4 Vesuvius last erupted in .

3 Read and complete the text.

letters volcano city eruption ash Italy

Vesuvius is an extinct volcano in (1) . It is a very famous (2)

because there was a terrible (3) in 79 AD. We know about the

eruption from very old (4) .

When Vesuvious erupted there was a lot of (5) . The ash covered

the (6) of Pompeii.

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4 Look and write the words.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

5 Read and write the verbs in the past tense.

The ogre (1) (love) the princess. He (2) (ask) the king

for permission to marry his daughter. But the king (3) (laugh) .

The ogre (4) (be) very angry. He (5) (stay) in the palace

doorway all day. The king (6) (ask) the ogre to dig a big hole

with a coconut shell. The ogre (7) (work) very hard because he

(8) (want) to marry the princess. But the king (9) (trick)

the ogre. The ogre (10) (stop) digging and never finished the hole.

6 Write your opinion.

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I think the most amazing volcano is .

(Kilauea / Vesuvius / …)

I think it’s interesting that .

( there are dormant volcanoes / there are volcanoes under the sea / …)

The legend of Batok Volcano

My favourite character in the story is the .

(princess / ogre / …)

I think the story is .

(enjoyable / funny / …)

I like the part when .

(the ogre was angry / the king tricked the ogre / …)

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Answer Key

Castles / King Arthur’streasure12 Windsor Castle, 3 The Tower ofLondon, 4 Dover Castle, 5 TintagelCastle, 6 Glamis Castle

22 False, 3 False, 4 True, 5 True, 6 False,7 False, 8 True

32 The Royal Family 3 Macbeth, Greylady, lady with notongue, madman on the roof4 The stone of eloquence 5 The Crown Jewels

42 C, 3 A, 4 B

52 Yes, he did.3 No, he didn’t.4 Yes, he did.5 Yes, he did.6 No, he didn’t.

6Children’s own answers.

Volcanoes / The legend ofBatok Volcano12 c, 3 f, 4 a, 5 d, 6 b

22 1707, 3 2003, 4 1944

32 volcano, 3 eruption, 4 letters, 5 ash,6 city

42 princess, 3 ogre, 4 palace, 5 king,6 coconut shell, 7 hole, 8 cockerel

52 asked, 3 laughed, 4 was, 5 stayed,6 asked, 7 worked, 8 wanted, 9 tricked,10 stopped

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Penguins / The race to theSouth Pole12 eye, 3 beak, 4 wings, 5 feathers, 6 legs,7 feet

22 False, 3 False, 4 False, 5 True, 6 True

32 they live in the southern part of theworld3 they can stay under water for 20minutes4 they eat fish, squid and krill

42 A, 3 S, 4 A, 5 S, 6 A, 7 A

52 f, 3 e, 4 a, 5 c, 6 b

6Children’s own answers.

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