Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus Rex
The Tyrannosaurus Rex, or T-Rex, was a big dinosaur. It lived 68 million years ago. The T-
Rex was a predator. It ate other dinosaurs. It had sharp teeth and was very strong. The T-Rex
was 12 meters long and 4 meters tall. It could run fast, but it couldn’t fly or swim.
Triceratops
The Triceratops was another big dinosaur. It lived at the same time as the T-Rex. The
Triceratops was a herbivore. It ate plants. It had three horns on its head. It also had a frill to
protect it from predators. The Triceratops was 9 meters long and 3 meters tall. It was not fast,
but it was very strong.
Plesiosaur
The Plesiosaur was not a dinosaur. It lived in the sea 150 million years ago. The Plesiosaur ate
fish. It had a long neck and a small head. It swam with its flippers. The Plesiosaur was fast in
water and hunted sea animals.
Mammoths were large animals that looked like elephants. They had long tusks and thick fur
to keep them warm during the Ice Age. Prehistoric people hunted mammoths for their meat,
fur, and bones. They used the fur to make clothes and the bones to build shelters.
Another prehistoric animal was the saber-toothed tiger. It had long teeth and was a dangerous
predator. Saber-toothed tigers hunted smaller animals, and they were very fast.
Today, these animals are extinct, but we know about them from fossils found by scientists.
Questions: Multiple Choice
They _____________________ (wear) _ clothes made from animal skins to stay warm. They
_____________________ (hunt) large animals like mammoths and deer. Sometimes, they
_____________________ (paint) pictures of animals and hunting scenes on cave walls to tell
Life was hard, but prehistoric people were very creative and worked together to survive.
Complete the Sentences with "There were," "Were there," or "There
weren't"
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of "there were," "were there," or "there weren't."