Reading. Task 1. Read the text and mark the sentences True and False. 1. There are eight planets in the Solar System.

2. The sun is not a planet.

3. Mercury is a very big planet.

4. The colour of Mars is orange.

5. There are two planets in the Solar System, which have rings.

Our Solar System has eight planets. The sun is at the center of the Solar System. The sun is a star. A star is a hot ball of gas.

Mercury is the first planet from the sun. This is a small, hot and rocky planet.

Venus is the second closest planet from the sun. Venus is rocky, cloudy, windy and very hot.

We live on the Earth, the third planet from the sun. Earth is rocky and has a lot of water.

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Mars is a rocky, red planet.

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun. This planet is a gas giant. It has four rings.

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. This gas giant has seven beautiful rings made of ice, dust and rocks.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. It is a light-blue gas giant. Uranus is very cold and windy.

Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. This is a light-blue gas giant. This planet is very cold.

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Task 2. Read the information in the table.

spacecraft spacesuit astronaut space station spacewalk

1. A person who can travel or live in space.

2. A place where people can live in space for a long time.

3. Space transport (a rocket is a type).

4. Special clothes an astronaut wears to go on spacewalks.

5. When an astronaut goes out into space alone to explore.

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