Sir Ranulph Fiennes climbs Everest – key and notes
1 Climbing Everest is described as…… surely one of the planet’s greatest challenges.
2 Sir Fiennes is described as …. arguably one of Britain’s finest adventurers ever.
3 In terms of his age is the explorer described as ……….. a sixty-five-year-old.
4 This video was made just after the explorer had ……… conquered the 8850m giant in the Himalayas.
5 He’s the oldest ……………… Briton to do it and the first UK pensioner to manage the feat.
6 It’s a case of ….. third time lucky.
7 He had to end his first attempt in 2005 …… due to a heart attack.
8 He abandoned his second attempt in 2008 …… due to exhaustion.
9 It’s thought he kept this attempt ……………. more low-key.
10 Sir Ranulph hopes to ……………… raise £3m / three million pounds for cancer charity Marie Curie.
Did you spell challenge; arguably; Briton; feat; exhaustion; and low-key right?
Did you punctuate the planet’s and Britain’s correctly? What about the hyphens in ‘a sixty-five-year-old‘?
Structure: Did you recognise the phrase ‘It’s a case of….‘? This is used when a situation is of a particular type: Eg He doesn’t want to move to Peterborough, it’s a case of having to. Eg It’s a case of ‘better late than never’.
Vocabulary: arguably – adverb – describes something plausible, justifiable or defensible for solid reasons
low-key – adj – describes an event that is quiet and without a great show of excitement
Did you know you raise money for a charity?
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