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LIFE ON
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1 Warm-up

Part A: Find the things from the list in the photos.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Part B: Divide the things in the photos into two groups – living and non-living. Check your answers
with a partner or with the whole group.

Living things Non-living things

Now, try to give a few more examples of living and non-living things. What is the main difference
between them?

2 Use your brain

Answer the two questions.

1. What do all the planets in the solar system have in common?

2. What makes Earth different from all the other planets?

3 A planet like no other

Part A: Match the questions and answers.

1. What is Earth? a. → atmosphere

2. Where is it? b. → in the solar system

3. How does it move? c. → about –50 degrees Celsius

4. What is above Earth’s surface? d. → a planet

5. What is the coldest temperature on Earth? e. → it spins and orbits the sun

6. What is the hottest temperature on Earth? f. → about 50 degrees Celsius

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Part B: Work in two groups (A and B). Watch the first part of the video (00:00-04:27). Number the
pieces of information in the order you hear them in the video. Then compare your answers with a
partner.

the seasons

Earth’s movement

the amount of water on Earth

Earth’s moon

its atmosphere

Earth’s size

Part C: Read the summary. What kind of information is missing? Try to predict the answers by
choosing the options listed below, then listen to the recording and check your answers.

closer distance four life oxygen/air

rotate seasons smaller sun water

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Earth is the third of the rocky planets. The rocky planets are to the
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sun and much than the four gas planets. Because of its from the
sun, the temperature on Earth is not too hot and not too cold. Earth is the only planet that has liquid
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and an atmosphere with . The temperature, water and the air in the
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atmosphere make on Earth possible. There are millions of species of plants and animals
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on the blue planet. A day on Earth has 24 hours - it is how long it takes Earth to or
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spin once. A year has 365 days – it is how long it takes Earth to go around the . Earth
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has because different parts of the planet are close to the sun at different times during
the year.

Part D: Replace the underlined words with the words given.

evaporates freezes species tilted

1. The Earth’s axis is not straight. →

2. There are a lot of kinds of animals and plants on Earth. →

3. In hot temperatures, water becomes a gas. →

4. In cold temperatures water becomes ice. →

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4 Inside Earth
Part A: Look at the photos and try to answer the questions.

1. Where does the lava come from?

2. Where does the warm water come from?
3. What is the temperature inside Earth?

Part B: Study the illustration and read the statements below. Then watch the second part of the video
(04:27-06:31) and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Trees and oceans are on the Earth’s crust.

2. Under the crust, there is the mantle.
3. The mantle consists of magma.
4. Magma is liquid, molten metal.
5. The centre of Earth is called the core.

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5 Language focus: countable and uncountable nouns

Part A: Answer the questions.

1. What is the difference between the nouns in the two groups?

2. Which of the nouns can have plural forms?

Group A Group B

air, ice, iron, lava, moon, oxygen, rain, banana, cloud, moon, mouse, ocean,
sand, water river, tree, satellite

Part B: Read the statements and decide if they are true about countable or uncountable nouns.

1. They are usually names of substances that have no fixed shape and are difficult to count.

2. They can be easily counted.

3. They can have both singular and plural forms.

4. They have no plural forms.

5. They are usually used with no article.

6. They can be used with the word ‘much’.

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Part C: Now, read the rules in the table and complete the examples with the nouns below.

Uncountable nouns have only singular forms. They cannot be counted. They are usually
used with no article.
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In cold temperatures freezes and becomes .

The atmosphere protects Earth from radiation from the sun.

Countable nouns can be counted. They have both singular and plural forms.

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A is a plant.

4
Carrots are .

Only countable singular nouns can be used with the indefinite article (a/an)!

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an , a bird, a moon, a

Countable and uncountable nouns use different words related to quantity (called
quantifiers).

one, each many, some, lots of, a lot of, much, some, a little, lots of,
a few a lot of

plant plants water

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6 Practise

Part A: Complete each sentence with a noun from the list. Add the indefinite article (a/an) where
necessary.

a moon a mouse iron lava oxygen rock water

1. Plants need and .

2. orbits a planet.

3. The crust of Earth is made of .

4. There is in the centre of Earth.

5. is a small animal.

6. is the molten rock that flows out of a volcano.

Part B: Now, choose the correct option.

1. Earth is the first planet when travelling from the sun to have a moon / moon.

2. Earth is the only place where a life / life exists.

3. There are millions of the plants / plants and animals on Earth.

4. The atmosphere consists mostly of nitrogen and an oxygen / oxygen.

5. A year / year is usually 365 days and a day is 24 hours long.

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7 Let’s play: snap!

Read the instructions and then play the game in pairs.

How to play Snap!

There are two piles of cards (A and B). Each student takes one pile and
places it face-down on the desk in front of them. At the same time,
students take a card from the top of their pile and place it face-up on the
desk. If the cards match, then the first to shout snap! keeps the pile of
cards on the table. If the cards don’t match, they are left on the table.

The students turn over the next two cards from their piles and place
them on top of the previous cards. When there are no more cards left or
no more possible combinations, the student with the most pairs of cards
is the winner.

Examples:

A pair that matches: three + rivers

A pair that doesn’t match: an + rivers

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8 Homework
Part A: Look at the photographs. Use the words provided to make true sentences.

birds elephant giraffe grass

hippo monkeys sand sand/water
trees water water zebras

1. There are many . 7. There are a few .

2. There is some . 8. There aren’t many .

3. There are some . 9. There is lots of .

4. There isn’t much . 10. There is a lot of .

5. There is a . 11. There is a .

6. There is one . 12. There is a little .

Part B: Make a list of ten countable and ten uncountable nouns that you can find in your house.

Countable Uncountable

Examples: a table, books Examples: shampoo, tea

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