Hot Air Balloons - Reading Questions

Who wrote Around The World In 80 Days?

• Cogheart

• Jules Verne

• Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier

• Vijaypat Singhania

Look at the second paragraph.

Which word means "tied to"?

• Drifted

• Decade

• Observation

• Tethered

Modern balloons are very different to early balloons.

Give an impression of a modern balloon and an impression of an early balloon, using evidence from the text to support your answer (3 marks)

Using information from the text, decide which statement(s) below are true.

• The Festival of Colour is held in New York.

• The Festival of Colour is photographed by a lot of people.

• The highest altitude reached in a hot air balloon is 19,811 metres.

• The Montgolfier brothers designed the first hot air balloon.

Look at the section: Festival of Colour.

Which two words would best describe the festival?

• Bustling

• Quiet

• Colourful

• Declining

How many balloons took place in the first Festival of Colour?

There were only __ balloons.