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7 Sept 2026
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Mount Everest Is Growing Bigger Every Year!
Warm-up → Read & Listen → Check Understanding → Language → Use It
WARM UP
Think Ahead: Which detail do you think appears in this story?
a) Mount Everest is growing taller.
b) Mount Everest is getting smaller.
c) Mount Everest is moving to a new country.
Ask:
(1) Have you ever seen a very high mountain?
(2) Would you like to climb a big mountain one day?
VOCABULARY
tall (/tɔːl/, adjective)
Meaning: Measuring a large distance from top to bottom.
Example: The tall tree reaches the sky.
river (/ˈrɪv.ər/, noun)
Meaning: A long line of water that flows into the sea.
Example: Fish swim in the cold river.
push (/pʊʃ/, verb)
Meaning: To move something away from you using force.
Example: We push the heavy door open.
heavy (/ˈhev.i/, adjective)
Meaning: Weighing a lot.
Example: The big rock is very heavy.
climb (/klaɪm/, verb)
Meaning: To go up towards the top of something.
Example: Children climb the tall hill today.
rock (/rɒk/, noun)
Meaning: The hard material that makes up the Earth.
Example: I sit on a big grey rock.
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It stands in Asia. Many people visit this famous site every year. Scientists study the big peak today. They learn something very exciting. Everest is getting taller!
Why is the mountain growing? A river flows near the mountain. Water washes dirt and heavy stones away. The river makes the ground lighter. The land below rises up slowly. It pushes Mount Everest higher into the sky.
The giant mountain grows two millimetres every year. That is a tiny change, but it adds up. Over thousands of years, Everest becomes much bigger. Scientists are happy with this new discovery. The Earth is always changing around us. High mountains carry surprises for everyone!
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
(1) Is Mount Everest in your country?
(2) Why do people like high mountains?
(3) Would you like to walk near a big river?
(4) How do you feel when you climb a hill?
(5) What other things in nature grow slowly?
FILL IN THE GAPS
FILL THE GAPS
Section 1: Fill in the Gaps
Word Bank: climb, heavy, push, river
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It stands in Asia. Many people visit this famous site every year. Scientists study the big peak today. They learn something very exciting. Everest is getting taller!
Why is the mountain growing? A _______(1) flows near the mountain. Water washes dirt and _______(2) stones away. The river makes the ground lighter. The land below rises up slowly. It _______(3) Mount Everest higher into the sky.
The giant mountain grows two millimetres every year. That is a tiny change, but it adds up. Over thousands of years, Everest becomes much bigger. Scientists are happy with this new discovery. The Earth is always changing around us. High mountains carry surprises for everyone!
Section 2: Main Idea
What is the main idea of this story?
a) Mount Everest is disappearing into the sea.
b) A river helps Mount Everest grow taller slowly.
c) People build a new road up Mount Everest.
UNDERSTANDING
Section 3: True or False
(1) Mount Everest is the smallest mountain in the world. T/F
(2) A river washes heavy stones away near Everest. T/F
(3) Everest grows two millimetres every year. T/F
Section 4: Put Events in Order
a) The land below rises up slowly.
b) Water washes dirt and rocks away.
c) A river flows near Mount Everest.
LANGUAGE
Section 5: Vocab Match
(1) tall
(2) river
(3) heavy
(4) climb
(5) rock
a) hard natural material from the ground
b) flowing water that goes to the sea
c) measuring a large height
d) weighing a lot
e) to go up towards the top
USE IT
Section 6: Discussion Builder
(1) Mount Everest is very _______, so many people travel to see it.
a) tall
b) short
(2) Water in the _______ carries small rocks away every day.
a) sky
b) river
Section 7: Sentence Unscramble
(1) Unscramble the sentence:
A) mountain
B) is
C) Everest
D) very
E) tall
(2) Unscramble the sentence:
A) water
B) the
C) washes
D) rocks
E) away
ANSWER KEY
A1 Answer Key
Warm Up Think Ahead: a) Mount Everest is growing taller.
Section 1: (1) river, (2) heavy, (3) pushes
Section 2: b) A river helps Mount Everest grow taller slowly.
Section 3: (1) F, (2) T, (3) T
Section 4: Correct order: c, b, a
Section 5: 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-e, 5-a
Section 6: (1) a, (2) b
Section 7: (1) C-B-D-E-A (Everest is very tall mountain / Everest is a very tall mountain), (2) B-A-C-D-E (The water washes rocks away)
Section 8: Teacher/Student open discussion based on prompt questions.
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