Tasks for students

 

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

1. The article says early risers set an alarm clock to wake up.     T / F
2. The researchers found DNA at the University of California.     T / F
3. Neanderthals were on Earth 40,000 years ago.     T / F
4. Researchers said a slower body clock means we wake up earlier.     T / F
5. Owls share a similar kind of DNA to Neanderthals.     T / F
6. Scientists compared Neanderthal DNA with DNA in a medical database.   T / F
7. The Neanderthal DNA could be becoming weaker.     T / F
8. The article says the early worm catches the bird.     T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. ancestors
2. gather
3. beneficial
4. anticipate
5. rise
6. information
7. existed
8. likely
9. pass
10. comfort

1. probable
2. details
3. get up
4. luxury
5. predict
6. collect
7. go by
8. forebears
9. was found
10. advantageous

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. people who naturally wake
2. most of us are still in
3. our ancestors who
4. hunt for or gather
5. body
6. some people are early
7. a medical database with genetic
8. DNA may be weakening
9. leaving the comfort
10. the early bird

1. information
2. lived over 40,000 years ago
3. of our bed
4. birds
5. catches the worm
6. up early in the morning
7. as the centuries pass
8. food
9. deep sleep
10. clock