Record breakers
1. What’s the word?
Write the word under the pictures.
jump birthday spoon face hula hoop bubble
jump
2. Match them up!
Watch the story. Match the attempts and the records with the numbers.
2,346 The size of her bubblegum bubble.
177,737 The number of hula hoops she used.
ten How many jumps she did.
99 The world record for blowing a bubblegum bubble.
30 centimetres The world record for hula hooping.
58.4 centimetres The world record for jumping.
15 The world record for trying to break records.
three The number of records she tried to break.
365 The number of spoons she balanced.
364 The world record for balancing spoons.
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3. Make it right!
Watch the story. Find the mistake, underline it and write the correct word.
a. How many steps did you do? jumps
b. What’s the country record?
c. I try a new one each week.
d. Last weekend I hula hooped with ten hulas.
e. On my birthday I tried to blow the biggest ever soap bubble.
f. Last month I tried to balance the most forks on my face.
g. I’m always going to break a record.
h. You really are a record fixer.
4. Write and draw!
What world record would you like to try to break? Draw a picture and write
about it!
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