Greetings from Iceland
Flyers coaching · Reading & Writing Part 6 · Geography and Places
Mr Hill’s letter from Iceland
Dear Class 5,
Greetings from Iceland! It’s freezing here: minus eight degrees today. The cold makes (1) ______ sleepy all the time! The sun comes up at ten o’clock and goes down at five, (2) ______ the days are very short.
On Monday we visited a geyser. Every ten minutes, hot water shoots up (3) ______ the ground, about twenty metres high. The noise made (4) ______ jump!
On Tuesday we walked on a glacier. We wore special boots and (5) ______ a compass, because there are no paths on the ice. There aren’t many trees here, so there aren’t (6) ______ forests.
Yesterday we went on a boat and saw (7) ______ whales. My friend Jack was very happy. Whales always make (8) ______ smile!
I’ll show you my photos (9) ______ I come back. Please do your homework, and don’t make Mrs Green (10) ______!
See you soon, Mr Hill
Vocabulary
- forest — A place with lots of trees.
- compass — It shows you where north is.
- ice — Water that is so cold it becomes hard.
- whale — The biggest animal in the sea.
- horse — A big animal with long legs that people can ride.
- map — A drawing that shows where places, roads and rivers are.
- geyser — A hole in the ground where very hot water shoots up into the air.
- freezing — Very, very cold.
- glacier — A very big, slow river of ice on a mountain.
- volcano — A mountain with a hole at the top where hot rock and fire can come out.
Sample questions (10 questions)
- (1)
- my
- me
- I
- (2)
- because
- but
- so
- (3)
- out of
- into
- under
Answers and hints from Migo appear when you do it online.