Year 5 Unit 7 Growing Up - Vocabulary - Life Events

Year 5

Unit 7 Growing Up

Robert Wadlow : The Gentle Giant

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​Robert Wadlow : The Gentle Giant

Based on the audio and​ discussion that you've listened earlier from the video, choose the correct answers.

Multiple Choice

1. Robert Wadlow was born in February _________ in Alton, Illinois, in the USA.

• 1918

• 1928

• 1938

• 1948

Multiple Choice

2. He was the oldest of five children. He had ____________ and two sisters

• a brother

• two brothers

• three brothers

• four brothers

Multiple Choice

3. His siblings are all a ___________ height.

• abnormal

• same

• extraordinary

• normal

Multiple Choice

4. He left school when he was ______________.

• fourteen

• fifteen

• sixteen

• seventeen

Multiple Choice

5. People called him the Giant of Illinois or the Gentle Giant because he __________ very quietly.

• walked

• moved

• spoke

• smiled

Multiple Choice

6. He visited ___________ different towns in the USA when he travelled for the shoe company.

• 800

• 900

• 1000

• 1100

Multiple Choice

7. He died at the age of _________.

• twenty-one

• twenty-two

• twenty-three

• twenty-four

Multiple Choice

8. He died because of a problem with one of his _______.

• kidneys

• arms

• feet

• eyes

Past Simple (Verbs)​

Change the following verbs into Past Simple. Fill in (type in) your answers in the column provided.

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For example : go --> went see --> saw eat --> ate

​Thank you!

​That's all for today!

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