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Free printable PDF lesson plans, word banks, quizzes and games for EFL/ESL teachers & learners
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL

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Reading Lessons
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL
60-minute Reading Lesson (A1 Beginning Level): 'Daily Routine ... in Space!'
60-minute Reading Lesson (A2 Level): 'New Super-Earth Discovered'
​60-minute Reading Lesson (B1 Level): 'Space X Wants to Send You to Mars!'
Space Travel Video Quiz
​SPACE AND SPACE TRAVEL
10 Questions about space travel
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
​Time: 5:02
ACTIVITY SUGGESTION
Consider introducing the topic of space and space travel to your learners by showing them this video to test their general knowledge. Pause the video after each question and give your learners a minute or two discuss before continuing the video so they can check their answers.

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Rank &
Discuss Opinions

SPACE AND SPACE TRAVEL



12 statements about space and space travel

Students read, rank their opinions, and then discuss in pairs or small groups

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 20 minutes
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'Find Someone Who'
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SPACE
​Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity

​Whole class activity

Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity
​Version 1 and Version 2)

Level: Elementary to Intermediate

Approximate Time:  15 - 20 minutes
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​Discussion Practice
SPACE
​16 Question strips adapted from the below Pair Work activity.

These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing.

Activity Notes on Page 2

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

​Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes
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Pair Work Discussion
SPACE
20 questions about space - evenly divided into 'A" and 'B' handouts

Pair work

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 15 minutes

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Reading and Grammar
SPACE ('Apophis')
267-word article: 'SPACE: Apophis - Killer Asteroid?'

Level: Intermediate

  • 10 Reading comprehension questions
  • 12 'Grammar-in-Context' questions
  • Writing practice

Notes and Answer Key attached

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Listening
SPACE ('Apophis')
2 minutes 17 seconds (see above reading text)

Level: Intermediate

Eight listening comprehension questions

Notes, Grade Conversion chart and Answer Key attached

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ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Consider reading aloud the text (see above reading activity) yourself, and possibly even recording your own voice!

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Worksheet
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL
Brainstorming and dictionary practice

Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below.  All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given.  Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer.

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 20 minutes

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ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Consider breaking your class into two teams and see which team can come up with the most (correctly spelled) words within a given time limit.

Also, consider giving this worksheet to your students for homework.

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Board Game
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL
30 questions about space and space travel

For groups of two to three players

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 20 to 25 minutes

Dice required


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Discussion &
Writing Activity

SPACE: 'SECOND EARTH'
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Discussion: The date is April 22nd 2038, and you and your classmate have just arrived at a planet that is similar to our Earth.  You will live there for 20 years.  Work together and make notes to describe the planet.

Includes a discussion on what 10 things to bring.

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Writing Practice: The date is now April 29th, one week after you and your classmate landed on the new planet.  Write a short story (use the past tense) and write about what happened during the first week.

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

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Consider showing two or three minutes of the video below to your students as a fun lead-in to the above activity.
Consider showing the video below to your students to wrap-up the above activity.

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Reading Exercise
THE EIGHTS PLANETS OF
​OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Page 1
Reading: Short descriptions of our solar system's planets.

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Vocabulary Practice, Comprehension Questions and Discussion

Level: Advanced


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Word Bank
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL
63 vocabulary items about space and space travel

Question: Which 8 words below are names of planets?  Answer Key attached

Level: Intermediate to Advanced


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alien life
asteroid
astronomer
astronomy
atmosphere
Big Bang
black hole
comet
countdown
crater
​discover
distance
​distant
Earth
eclipse
experiment
explode
explore
exploration
friction
fuel
galaxy
gravity
Jupiter
launch
​light year
lunar
manned
Mars
Martian
Mercury
meteor
moon
Neptune
orbit
oxygen
physics
planet
​Pluto

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radiation
revolve
rocket
rotate
satellite
Saturn
​science fiction
scientist
sky 
solar
solar system
space flight
​spaceship
space suit
star
sun
sunlight
surface
telescope
universe
Uranus
​Venus
vacuum
​world

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Word Bank (Gap-Fill)
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL
15 vocabulary items about space and space travel

Gap-fill exercise; Answer Key attached

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes


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   alien life
   astronaut
   astronomer
   discover
​   distance
   Earth
   explore
   gravity
   Mars
​   planet
   rocket
   solar system
   spaceship
   telescope
​   world

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Word Bank -
Writing Activity

SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL
Write an opinion essay to answer this question: "The government should spend more money to explore space.  Do you agree or disagree?"  Use at least 6 of the 15 words on the left; 2 pages of lined writing paper.

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 25 - 30 minutes

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Word Search
SPACE and SPACE TRAVEL
14 vocabulary items about space and space travel

Answer Key attached

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Approximate Time: 15 minutes


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