The Reading / Listening - The Sun - Level 0

Scientists say our Sun will die in 10 billion years. In about 5 billion years, it will turn into a "red giant". This is when a star is at the end of its life. Its centre will get smaller and its outer layers will reach Mars. This means Earth will burn and disappear. Humans will disappear in one billion years from now.

A professor said when a star dies, it throws gas and dust into space. After this, it runs out of fuel. Then, the star dies. The professor was happy that he could find out many things about space. He said he worked out what stars are in distant galaxies. He said: "We have even found out what the Sun will do when it dies".

Try the same news story at these levels:

    The Sun - Level 1 The Sun - Level 2   or  The Sun - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-figured-out-when-and-how-our-sun-will-die-and-it-will-be-epic
  • https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/how-and-when-will-the-sun-die-researchers-have-an-answer-3513891
  • https://www.inverse.com/science/when-will-the-sun-die


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. our Sun will die
  2. it will turn into a
  3. when a star is at the end
  4. Its centre will get
  5. its outer
  6. Earth will burn
  7. Humans will
  8. one billion years
  1. layers will reach Mars
  2. of its life
  3. from now
  4. in 10 billion years
  5. disappear
  6. "red giant"
  7. and disappear
  8. smaller

Paragraph 2

  1. when a
  2. it throws gas and
  3. it runs out
  4. The professor was
  5. find out many things
  6. what stars are in distant
  7. found out what the
  8. when it
  1. galaxies
  2. happy
  3. dies
  4. star dies
  5. Sun will do
  6. dust into space
  7. about space
  8. of fuel

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Scientists say our Sun (1) ___________________ 10 billion years. In about 5 billion years, it (2) ___________________ a "red giant". This (3) ___________________ star is at the end of its life. (4) ___________________ get smaller and its outer layers will reach Mars. This means Earth (5) ___________________ disappear. Humans (6) ___________________ one billion years from now.

A professor said when a star dies, (7) ___________________ and dust into space. After this, (8) ___________________ of fuel. Then, (9) ___________________. The professor was happy that he could (10) ___________________ things about space. He said he worked out what stars (11) ___________________ galaxies. He said: "We have (12) ___________________ what the Sun will do when it dies".

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ScientistssayourSunwilldiein10billionyears.Inabout5billionyears,it
willturnintoa"redgiant".Thisiswhenastarisattheendofitslife.Itscentr
ewillgetsmalleranditsouterlayerswillreachMars.ThismeansEarthwill
burnanddisappear.Humanswilldisappearinonebillionyearsfromnow.
Aprofessorsaidwhenastardies,itthrowsgasanddustintospace.Aftert
his,itrunsoutoffuel.Then,thestardies.Theprofessorwashappythathe
couldfindoutmanythingsaboutspace.Hesaidheworkedoutwhatstars
areindistantgalaxies.Hesaid:"WehaveevenfoundoutwhattheSunwill
dowhenitdies".

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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(j) ________________

(k) ________________

(l) ________________

(m) ________________

(n) ________________

(o) ________________

(p) ________________

Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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