Assignment 1
a Write the following words as numbers.
- sixty-six
- sixty-eight
- one million
- fifteen
- twenty
- one thousand five hundred
- twenty-eight
| T-Rex
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Assignment 2
Read the text. Connect the words and expressions in the two columns that have the same meaning.
| 1. tyrant | a. an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals |
| 2. Cretaceous Period | b. the bones that form the head and face of a person or animal |
| 3. Montana | c. to change or develop slowly into a better form |
| 4. Wyoming | d. a flat area of land next to a river that is flooded when the river overflows |
| 5. resembled | e. looked like |
| 6. floodplain | f. members of the same family |
| 7. mammal | g. one of the five natural powers (touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing) |
| 8. skull | h. one of the states of the United States of America |
| 9. relatives | i. one of the states of the United States of America |
| 10. sense | j. a ruler with all the power |
| 11. sense of smell | k. a short period when someone or something grows quickly |
| 12. predator | l. something which shows that something else is true or present |
| 13. evidence | m. the thing your nose helps you with |
| 14. to evolve | n. time on earth 135 million to 63 million (het krijt) |
| 15. growth spurt | o. a warm-blooded animal that feeds milk to its young and usually has hair or fur |
Assignment 3
a True or false?
1 “Rex” is the Latin word for “king”.
2 66-68 million years ago, the climate on earth was warmer than it is now.
3 No insects lived on earth 66-68 million years ago.
4 Scientists think Tyrannosaurus rex was a meat eater.
5 The sense of smell of Tyrannosaurus rex was probably very good.
6 Tyrannosaurus rex had long arms to help him eat.
b What was the weather on earth like when Tyrannosaurus rex lived?
1 It was a lot wetter and stormier than now.
2 It was more or less the same as now.
3 It was mostly warmer on earth than it is now.
4 It was still very cold because of the last ice age.
c Which animals are related to Tyrannosaurus rex? Choose all the correct answers.
1 birds
2 carcharodontosaurus
3 crocodiles
4 giganotosaurus
5 insects
6 scientists
7 spinosaurus
8 teenagers
Assignment 4
Take a break. Listen to this T-rex singing its funk.
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