Progress Achievement Test Unit 6

Read the following text and complete the following tasks: All About DinosaursLong ago, before there were any humans, there were dinosaurs. Dinosaurs lived on the earth for over 165 million years but then they strangely became extinct, this means they all stopped living.There were lots of different kinds of dinosaurs that lived at different times. Some were huge and some were much smaller. Some dinosaurs could move quite quickly on two legs. Others walked on four legs in a slow and clumsy way. Some dinosaurs could fly. The biggest complete dinosaur found by historians is the Brachiosaurus. It was about the length of two large school buses. The smallest dinosaur, the Compsognathus, was about one metre long and slightly bigger than a chicken.Different dinosaurs liked to eat different things. Dinosaurs like the Diplodocus liked to eat leaves and plants: these types of dinosaurs are called herbivores. Some dinosaurs like the T-Rex liked to eat meat: these types of dinosaurs are called carnivores. How long did the dinosaurs live on earth for? Answer the question: Did humans live on earth at the same time as dinosaurs? Answer the question: List the ways that the text says dinosaurs could move. Answer the question: How long was a Brachiosaurus? Answer the question: Name the animal that was slightly bigger than a chicken. Answer the question: Choose the correct answer to fill in the gap:Some were huge and some were ..... much smaller much bigger different Choose the correct answer to fill in the gap:Some dinosaurs walked on ........ legs in a slow and clumsy way. two three four Choose the correct answer to fill in the gap:The smallest dinosaur was ...... T-Rex Brachiosaurus Compsognathus Choose the correct answer to fill in the gap:Diplodocus liked to eat... meat other dinosaurs leaves and plants Choose the correct answer to fill in the gap:Dinosaurs that ate meat are called ... herbivores carnivores plant-eating All about dinosaurs Match the two halves of the following sentences: Before there were humans there were dinosaurs. There were lots of different kinds of dinosaurs that lived at different times. Some were huge and some were much smaller. The biggest complete dinosaur found by historians is the Brachiosaurus. Dinosaurs like the Diplodocus liked to eat leaves and plants. Vocabulary work Match the words to their definitions: meal the foods eaten or prepared for eating at one time plant-eating herbivore meat-eating carnivore nest a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young footprints a mark made by a foot on the ground fossil the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long period feather covering of the birds