1. Read the text. Choose the correct words.

The school (1) closes / doesn't close when there is snow. The journey is (2) easy / difficult. 

A cold walk to school for the children of Oymyakon 

Oymyakon is a village in northeast Siberia, Russia. It's very cold. In Oymyakon, the school only closes when the temperature is -52°C! The children often walk in snow, but it's dangerous to be so cold. 

In summer, the day is twenty-one hours Long, but in winter, it's only three hours long. It's dark when the children walk to and from school. 

The children get up early and it's important to wear lots of clothes to keep warm. They wear their school uniforms and they put on jumpers, boots, hats, scarves, gloves and coats. At school, the children all have classes and in the break, the boys and girls play, or chat with friends. When school finishes, it's time to start their long and difficult journey again. 

=> Answer:

1. doesn't close 

2. difficult

2. Read the text again. Write True or False.

Oymyakon is in Russia. True

1. The children go to school in the snow.

2. A day in Oymyakon is twenty-one hours long in winter.

3. The children walk to school in the dark. 

4. The children don't wear school uniforms. 

=> Answer:

1. T                 2. F                  3. T                  4. F

3. Read the text again. Complete the sentences with one word from the text.

The journey to school in Oymyakon is colder than in other places in the world. 

1. The school is ____ when it is -52°C. 

2 It's ______ to be very cold. 

3. The children wear lots of ______ to keep warm.

4. In the morning the children get up _____

5. When the children have a break, they ______ with their friends or play.

=> Answer: 

1. closes

2. dangerous

3. clothes

4. early

5. chat

4. Answer the questions. Write complete sentences.

Where is Oymyakon? Oyniyakon is in north-east Siberia, Russia.

1. Why is the journey to school dangerous? 

2. How long is the day in winter? 

3. What do the children do when school finishes?

4. How long is your journey to school?

5. Would you like the journey to school in Oymyakon? Why /Why not? 

=> Answer: 

1. Because walking in the snow is so cold.

2. It's only three hours long.

3. They start their long and difficult again.

4. It's about 30 minutes.

5. No, because it's too cold for me.

5. Complete the sentences with the given words. 

aunt             brother             daughter            father            granddaughter 

grandfather          grandmother          grandson              mother         sister     

son                   uncle 

1, Sally is Betty's mother and George's _____ 

2. Jane is Mark's _____ and Michael is _____

3. Mark is William's _____ and Betty is William's and Betty is _____

4. Michael is Sally's  _____  and Sally is Michael's ____

5. Betty is Sally's ____ and Mark is Sally's ____

6. Helen is Harry's ____  and William is Harry's ____

=> Answer:

1. father

2. aunt/ uncle

3. son/ daughter

4. brother/ sister

5. daughter/ son

6. grandmother/ grandfather