The Reading / Listening - The Dinosaurs - Level 0

A new series scored 100 per cent on a review site. It is a four-part show called The Dinosaurs. Director Steven Spielberg is the executive producer. Fifty experts on prehistory helped to create what Earth looked like 235 million years ago. We can see how the dinosaurs developed, survived, and became extinct.

The designers used CGI to create the ancient continent of Pangea. They also made volcanoes, floods, and the dinosaurs. The series starts with the birth of the dinosaurs. It ends with the T. rex. An actor said this is the most iconic dinosaur of all time. We also see the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    The Dinosaurs - Level 1 The Dinosaurs - Level 2   or  The Dinosaurs - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/03/09/netflixs-new-no-1-show-has-a-perfect-100-rotten-tomatoes-score/
  • https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/06/the-dinosaurs-review-morgan-freemans-narration-is-so-soothing-you-could-use-this-as-a-relaxation-aid
  • https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/netflix-show-based-extinct-creatures-044000479.html


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. A new series scored
  2. on a review
  3. It is a four-
  4. Steven Spielberg is the executive
  5. Fifty experts
  6. what Earth looked like
  7. how the dinosaurs
  8. became
  1. on prehistory
  2. extinct
  3. producer
  4. part show
  5. developed
  6. 100 per cent
  7. 235 million years ago
  8. site

Paragraph 2

  1. The designers used
  2. create the ancient continent
  3. They also
  4. the birth of
  5. It ends with the
  6. the most iconic dinosaur of
  7. We also
  8. killed off the
  1. all time
  2. made volcanoes
  3. the dinosaurs
  4. dinosaurs
  5. of Pangea
  6. see the asteroid
  7. CGI
  8. T. rex

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

(1) _________________________________________________ scored 100 per cent (2) _________________________________________________ site. It is a four-(3) _________________________________________________ The Dinosaurs. Director Steven Spielberg (4) _________________________________________________ producer. Fifty experts on prehistory (5) _________________________________________________ what Earth looked like 235 million years ago. We can see how the dinosaurs developed, survived, (6) _________________________________________________.

The designers used CGI (7) _________________________________________________ ancient continent of Pangea. They also made volcanoes,                         (8) _________________________________________________ dinosaurs. The series starts with the (9) _________________________________________________ dinosaurs. It ends with the T. rex. An actor said this is (10) _________________________________________________  dinosaur (11) _________________________________________________. We also see the asteroid that   (12) _________________________________________________ dinosaurs.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Anewseriesscored100percentonareviewsite.Itisafour-partshowcall
edTheDinosaurs.DirectorStevenSpielbergistheexecutiveproducer.F
iftyexpertsonprehistoryhelpedtocreatewhatEarthlookedlike235milli
onyearsago.Wecanseehowthedinosaursdeveloped,survived,andbe
cameextinct.ThedesignersusedCGItocreatetheancientcontinentofP
angea.Theyalsomadevolcanoes,floods,andthedinosaurs.Theseriess
tartswiththebirthofthedinosaurs.ItendswiththeT.rex.Anactorsaidthi
sisthemosticonicdinosaurofalltime.Wealsoseetheasteroidthatkilled
offthedinosaurs.

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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Free writing

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Answers

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