Task 1
Read the text below. For the statements choose T if the statement is true according to the text, and F if it is false.
Incredible Birds
The Roc was a fabulous bird, according to “The Arabian Nights”. It was of enormous size, large enough to carry off elephants to feed its young! It could easily fly off with a man (Sindbad the Sailor was one of them). Of course, the Roc is only a storybook creation, not a real bird at all. But giant birds did live, and not long ago. On the island of Madagascar lived the elephant bird, 3 metres tall and weighing 500 kilograms.
The moa bird from New Zealand was half as heavy but taller. These birds couldn’t fly. Both died out between 1700 and 1850, hunted by men.

1. You can read about the Roc in “The Arabian Nights”.
2. The Roc was an elephant bird.
3. The giant birds lived only in story-tales.
4. The giant birds didn’t fly.
5. The elephant bird was shorter than the moa bird.
6. The giant birds were killed by people.

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