Nama : Muhammad Kasyiful Kurabi

Kelas: 1A
Nim : E1R022071

Tugas Bahasa Inggris Unit 7 : Paleontology

1. WARM UP
Discuss these questions with a partner.
1. What do you know about dinosaurs?
Answer: Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrates in the Mesozoic Era, especially in
the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
2. you ever seen a movie about dinosaurs? Describe it?
Answer: no, because I’m not interested in dinosaur movies
3. Why do you think people are interested in dinosaurs?
Answer: maybe because dinosaurs look strong and agile
2. PRE-READING
Discussion. Read the timeline, paying attention to the timeline words. Then answer the
questions below.
1. kind of animals were dinosaurs?
Answer: with its long sharp teeth,masiakasaurus was a powerful predator
2. did dinosaurs die out completely?
Answer : on 65 million years ago
3. What is a paleontologist?
Answer: Paleontology is the study of life forms that existed in the past, including their
evolution and interactions with one another and their environment during the age of the
earth or on a geological time scale, especially those represented by fossils.
4. What does a predator eat?
Answer : dead animals
3. COMPREHENSION
1. Choice. Choose the best answer for each question. Another title for this reading
could be
a. What really killed the dinosaurs?
b. The truth about dinosaurs
c. Whatcovered in Mexico
d. Our favorite
 2. Which statement about the Troodon is probably true?
a. It was smarter than a monkey
b. It was warm-blooded
c. It was a huge animal
d. It was quite intelligent
3. Some paleontologists think that T.rex was a scavenger (line 25). What does this
mean?
a. It had small arms.
b. It was a powerful killer.
c. It was similar to an elephant.
d. It ate animals that were already dead.
4. is “Chicxulub” (line 29)?
a. A huge hole caused by an asteroid
b. A type of dinosaurs found in Mexico
c. A time in dinosaurs history
d. An animal T.rex ate
5. At the end of the Cretaceous period
a. Some dinosaurs started to fly
b. Humans appeared on Earth
c. The Earth’s temperature was changing
d. numbers were increasing in Mexico
4. True or False.
Read the sentences below and circle T (true), F (false), or NG (not given in the passage).
1. Some dinosaurs were small.
2. All dinosaurs had small brains
3. Paleontologists agree that dinosaurs were cold-blooded
4. T.rex was a fast runner
5. A young T.rex probably had feathers like a bird
6. Some scientists believe that modern-day birds are related to dinosaurs
5. VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Matching. Read the information and match each word in bold with its definition.
1. Actually, in fact inreality
2. Huge, very large giant
3. Totally complately
4. to the body years
5. building where historical items are kept for people to see _ museu
6. An extinct reptile that lived in the Mesozoic Era plesiosaur
7. Living organism with independent movement Nessie
8. No longer in existence extinct

6. Completion.
Complete the information using words from the box. One word is extra.
1.Relative of modern-day crocodiles. This South American Sea reptile was a 2.speedy
swimmer and a powerful 3.Hunter. Sea 4.Reptiles like Dakosaurus were top predator. And
some, like Tylosaurus, even 5.attacked sharks. But in the end, sharks were the real
survivors. Today, they are stil alive, but changes in the Earth’s 6.Climate caused the larger
sea reptiles to become 7.extinct.
7. SENTENCE BUILDING
1. Dinosaurs / extinct
Extinct dinosaur fossils have been found in Mexico
2. Asteroid / hit
NASA spacecraft will hit into an asteroid
3. Disappear / reptile
King cobra is a reptile animal that will be dissapear due to lack of
conservation efforts
4. Discover / paleontologist
. Georges discovers paleontology
5. Cold-blooded / predator
Cold-blooded predators are not necessarily the same as warm-blooded animals
6. Scavenger / speedy
Garbage scattered on the road is speedy picked up by scavengers