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Ecosystems
Biomes: Rainforests
Francesca Costa
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Types of rainforest Reading, vocabulary
Student A
There are two types ofrainforest on (1) . There are temperate and tropical rainforests. Tropical rainforests are located along the equator and temperate rainforests are found in the temperate zones around the world. Over (2)% of all tropical rainforests are situated in (3) and a third of those can be found in Brazil. Other tropical rainforests can be found in (4) , some
(5) and in (6) . The biggest of all the temperaterainforests are situated in North America on the Pacific Coast and smaller ones can be found in
(7) , Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom.
Student B
There are two types ofrainforest on our planet. There are (8) rainforests. Tropical rainforests are located along the (9) and temperate rainforests are found in the temperate zones around the world. Over 50% of alltropical rainforests are situated in South America and a third of those can be found in (10) . Other tropical rainforests can be found in South East Asia, some Pacific Islands and in West Africa. The biggestof all the temperate rainforests are situated in (11) on the (12) and smaller ones can be found in Chile, (13) ,
(14) , Japan and (15) and (16) .
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Written by Francesca Costa. © Copyright MacmillanPublishers Ltd 2008.
Aim
To complete a text on types of rainforest
Class type
Pairs
Language focus
Geographical places; question forms
Skills focus
Reading, speaking
Preparation
Photocopy oneworksheet for each pair of students and cut it in half.
Time
5–10 minutes
Procedure
Ask students to read the paragraph about rainforests they have been given. They should ask their partners...