Engaged Readers 2

Look at lines 19–20.

Why does the writer use an exclamation mark ( ! ) here?

Tick all the answers

• It is to emphasise what a fantastic find it was.

• It is because it was such an

  amazing discovery

• It is not surprising to find.

• It is to show excitement about the find

Look at the fifth paragraph (lines 18–24).

When miners in Canada were looking for

oil, what did they find instead?

• Borealopelta

• Fulgurotherium

• Muttaburrasaurus

Look at lines 20–22.

Give one present tense verb from these sentences.

• like

• wash

• take

Give an example of an opinion in the 5th paragraph.

• they are very pretty.

• worth a LOT of

• bones had fossilised into this precious stone,

Look at the sixth and seventh paragraphs (lines 25–32).

Give one word which means ‘windy’.

• breezy

• blustery

• blowy

• stormy

How do the information in paragraphs three to six relate to the

information in the seventh paragraph.

Choose the correct answers

• Paragraphs three to six are about difficult places to find dinosaur fossils.

• Paragraphs three to six are about dinosaurs

• Paragraph seven is about miners

• Paragraph seven is about easier places

Look at the whole text.

Fossils are found in Antarctica.

The writer also mentions a number of countries

where fossils have been found.

Which countries are they?

• Wales

• Canada

• Germany

• Scotland

• China