The night-walkers of Uganda

Vocabulary 2: Chunks
5
Rearrange the words to make phrases from the text.
1. far we as know as
2. the about same at time
3. mountain a area quiet
4. the over world all
5. mountains the somewhere in
6. the this same is
Vocabulary 3: Find the nouns
6
Look in the text and find the noun forms of these verbs. Note that some of the noun forms will be the same 
as the verbs.
1. noisy
2. positive
3. welcome
4. junior
5. weak
6. easy
7. simple
8. stupid
verb
noun
1. smile
2. hunt
3. report
4. attack
5. prove
6. vote
7. act
8. lead
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Match these keywords from the text with the definitions below.
a blast a tug an asteroid a catastrophe total extinction
to release dust crops gravity a tractor
 
1. ____________ – A terrible disaster.
2. ____________ – An explosion.
3. ____________ – A mass of rock in space, like a very small planet.
4. ____________ – A small, powerful boat used for pulling larger boats.
5. ____________ – Very small pieces of dirt, like powder.
6. ____________ – The force that makes things fall down to the earth.
7. ____________ – When everything dies.
8. ____________ – Usually, a vehicle used on a farm to pull other machines; here, a space vehicle with the
power to pull another object towards it.
9. ____________ – To allow something to escape.
10. ____________ – Plants grown for food, like rice, potatoes, tomatoes, etc.
Big blasts or tiny tugs
Level 1
Elementary
Pre-reading 1: Key words
1
Pre-reading 2: Prediction
1
Look at the main headline, the sub-heading and the key words.
1. Do you think the Earth is in danger now?
2. Do you think the scientists already have a solution?