extraterrestrial -from another planet
alien - life from another planet
life forms - beings which are living
electro-magnetic field - this surrounds the Earth and protects us from harmful rays from space
orbit - going around the sun etc.
meteorite - an object that may crash into the Earth
evolve / evolution - life that grows and changes over long periods of time
cosmic - from the universe
comet - a huge ball of us that flies through space
1) Nevertheless
2) no expense spared
3) you've got another thing coming!
4) evidently
5) up to one's eyes
6) in the middle of nowhere
The vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have been taken out (unless the word begins with a vowel). Read the definition and guess the word in bold.
1) knwldg - what is known
2) ancnt - very old
3) dstntn - the end of your journey
4) plnt - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars etc.
5) elmntry - easy
6) wsdm
7) uncnvncd
8) figr ot - find a solution
9) ovrxctd - too nervous
10) hbtbl - a place where life can exist
1) Nevertheless
Visiting aliens* from another planet! Nevertheless, this Frenchman seemed to know what he was talking about.
2) no expense spared
They had flown him here all the way from Paris and put him up in the most expensive hotel in Honolulu – no expense spared.
3) you've got another thing coming!
If they think they’re gonna fly us off to some alien lump of rock out in space, they’ve got another thing coming!
4) evidently
Dave sat back in his chair, making an attempt to sound like a university lecturer – which evidently he was not.
5) up to one's eyes
We ought to be up to our eyes in aliens! Frankly, Ian. I haven’t even met one!
6) in the middle of nowhere
The reason is because our tiny, insignificantc1 planet in the middle of nowhere in the universe, happens to be unique!
1) knowledge
2) ancient
3) destination
4) planet
5) elementary
6) wisdom
7) unconvinced
8) figure out
9) overexcited
10) habitable
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