Download Solar System

„Rozvoj vzdělávání žáků karvinských základních škol
v oblasti cizích jazyků“
Registrační číslo projektu: CZ.1.07/1.1.07/02.0162
Určeno pro
8. – 9. ročník
Sekce
Zvýšený zájem
Předmět
Anglický jazyk
Téma / kapitola
Solar System
Zpracoval (tým 1)
Ing. Miroslav Mitašik
Solar System
The planet closest to the sun is Mercury. Mercury is a tiny planet. It has got neither air
nor water. Its days are much hotter and its nights much colder than any place on the Earth.
Venus is the planet between Mercury and Earth. It is the hottest planet. It is the brightest
body in the night sky.
The Earth is the third planet from the sun. It is the first planet with a moon and the only
planet with life.
The planet number four is Mars. Its nickname is “the Red Planet”. Mars can be seen at
night form Earth without a telescope. It is almost certain that Mars once had rivers. With
its mountains and deserts, Mars is the planet most similar to Earth. But it is very cold and
dry.
Jupiter is planet number five. It is the largest planet of the eight. You can see it from
Earth without a telescope and it looks like a star. Jupiter has got at least sixteen moons.
The sixth planet from the sun is Saturn. Its rings are made of ice, dust and rocks, but
scientists do not know where they come from. Saturn has got even more moons than
Jupiter, twenty-three.
Uranus is the third gas giant and seventh planet from the sun. When you watch it
through a telescope, it looks green. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the “gas
giants”.
The last of the gas giants is Neptune. It is usually the eighth planet from the sun.
Sometimes, for example from 1986 to 1999, Neptune was further away than Pluto.
Neptune can be seen only with a telescope. It is frozen and looks green.
(Resource: Marie Zahálková, Angličtina pro 7. ročník základní školy, Praha SPN 2004)
EXERCISE 1
Find the names of all the planets:
1. SUNURA
2. RUMECRY
3. SVUEN
4. ERJPIUT
5. HERAT
6. RSMA
7. TNURSA
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8. UNNPTEE
RESULTS:
1. Uranus
2. Mercury
3. Venus
4. Jupiter
5. Earth
6. Mars
7. Saturn
8. Neptune
EXERCISE 2
Match the English and Czech words:
1. tiny
a/ zmrzlý
2. moon
b/ přezdívka
3. nickname
c/ dalekohled
4. similar
d/ drobný
5. scientist
e/ prstenec
6. telescope
f/ jistý
7. giant
g/ měsíc
8. frozen
h/ podobný
9. ring
i/ vědec
10. certain
j/ obří
RESULTS
1.d 2.g 3.b
4.h
5.i
6.c
7.j
8.a
9.e
10.f
EXERCISE 3
Find answers to these questions:
1. What planet do we live on?
2. Which planet is the closest to the sun?
3. Can Mars be seen from Earth without a telescope?
4. How many moons has Jupiter got?
5. Which planet is the most similar to the Earth?
6. Which planet is the smallest?
7. Which planet is between Venus and Mars?
8. Which planets are called “gas giants”?
9. How many moons has the Earth got?
10. What is the name of our galaxy?
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RESULTS:
1. We live on the Earth.
2. Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.
3. Yes, it can.
4. Jupiter has got at least 16 moons.
5. Mars is the most similar planet to the Earth.
6. Mercury is the smallest planet.
7. Earth is between them.
8. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the “gas giants.”
9. Earth has got one moon.
10. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way.
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