2. Listen: Planets and gods.
Click, listen and read.
Neptune is the name of the Roman god of the sea. The planet Neptune is a blue colour, and it has 14 moons. It is impossible to walk on this planet because it is made of gas. Sometimes the wind speed is 2,000 kilometres per hour!
Uranus is the name of the Greek god of the heavens. The planet Uranus is a blue-green colour and has a ring around it. It has 27 moons. It is impossible to visit this planet because it is made of gas.
Saturn is the name of the Roman god of agriculture. The planet Saturn is yellow in colour. It is made of gas. It is difficult to visit this planet because it has a complex system of rings.
Jupiter is the name of the ruler of the gods in Roman mythology. The planet Jupiter is yellow, red, orange and white in colour. It has coloured clouds. It is impossible to visit this planet because it is made of gas. It is the largest planet.
Mars is the name of the Roman god of war. The planet Mars is a red colour and it has two moons. This planet is possibly a nice place to visit because it has similar temperatures to Earth, but it doesn't have enough oxygen to breathe.
Earth is not the name of a Greek or Roman god. It is the only planet that has life – that we know of! You need swimwear to visit this planet because more than half of the Earth's surface is water.
Venus is the name of the Roman god of beauty. The planet Venus is the brightest object in the night sky, and it doesn't have any moons. This planet has a poisonous atmosphere, so it is a difficult place to visit.
Mercury is the name of the messenger of the Roman gods. The planet Mercury has this name because it crosses the sky very quickly. It is the nearest planet to the Sun, and it is the dullest planet. The surface of this planet is similar to the surface of Earth's moon.
Can you remember? Match the names to the descriptions.
3. Matching: Adjectives.
Match the words to the pictures. The words are opposites. For example, big is the opposite of small.