1. Do the puzzle using the picture clues. What are the two hidden animals?
Answer
1 bear 2 dolphin 3 bee 4 spider 5 shark 6 whale
7 snake 8 tiger 9 monkey 10 giraffe 11 lion 12 frog
13 eagle 14 gorilla 15 crocodile 16 hippo
The hidden animals are: elephant, kangaroo
2. Look at the pictures of a wolf and a bird. Match items 1-8 in the pictures with the words below.
ear legs
paw tail
eye mouth
teeth wing
Answer
ear 1 legs 7 paw 4 tail 8 eye 5 mouth 2 teeth 3 wing 6
3. Answer the questions with animals from exercises 1 and 2.
Which animals …
1 haven’t got any legs? ………………………………………….
2 have got wings? ………………………………………….
3 have got six or eight legs? ………………………………………….
4 have got four arms / legs and a tail? ………………………………………….
Answer
1 dolphins, sharks, whales, snakes
2 bees, eagles, birds
3 bees, spiders
4 bears, tigers, monkeys, giraffes, lions, crocodiles, hippos, wolves, elephants, kangaroos
4. Listen to four people describing animal photos. Which animal is each speaker talking about? Choose from the animals in exercise 1.
Speaker 1 is describing a photo of a ……………………………
Speaker 2 is describing a photo of an ……………………………
Speaker 3 is describing a photo of a ……………………………
Speaker 4 is describing a photo of a ……………………………
Answer
1 a bear 2 an eagle 3 a gorilla 4 a bee
Transcript
1 I think this is a great photo of a xx. It’s standing in a river and it’s eating a salmon. It’s holding the fish in its big paws. I imagine this is in the USA or Canada, maybe – that’s where they live, isn’t it?
2 I like this photo. You can see the xx flying high above the mountains. Its wings are really huge – about two metres, I think. It’s looking down at the ground. It’s looking for food, I guess!
3 This photo of a xx is amazing, I think – because it looks so human! It’s holding a leaf in its hand and eating it. I know they’re much bigger and stronger than humans, but it doesn’t look frightening at all. It looks very gentle, with kind eyes.
4 This is an interesting photo of a xx. Its body is yellow and black, and it’s on a flower. They work hard and I think they’re amazing.
Extra exercises
1. Complete the definitions with six of the animals below.
bee butterfly crocodile dolphin eagle elephant frog
hippo shark snake spider wolf
1 A / An …………………… is an insect with big coloured wings.
2 A / An …………………… is a reptile with a long thin body and no legs.
3 A / An …………………… is a very big mammal from Africa or Asia with big ears and a long nose.
4 A / An …………………… is a large bird that can see very well.
5 A / An …………………… is a big fish that lives in the sea.
6 A / An …………………… is a small green animal that lives in and near water.
Answer
1 butterfly 2 snake 3 elephant 4 eagle 5 shark 6 frog
2. Answer the questions with parts of an animal.
What does an animal use …
1 to make sounds and to eat? ……………………
2 to fly? ……………………
3 to hear? ……………………
4 to see? ……………………
5 to walk and to stand? ……………………
Answer
1 mouth 2 wings 3 ears 4 eyes 5 legs
3. Complete the sentences with ago, last or yesterday.
1 My grandparents arrived a few minutes ……………………
2 I watched a film on TV …………………… night.
3 My dad walked to work …………………… morning.
4 Maria started studying English ten years ……………………
5 We travelled to Canada …………………… summer.
Answer
1 ago 2 last 3 yesterday 4 ago 5 last
4. Complete the sentences with the professions formed from the words in bold.
1 Joseph Pulitzer worked for different journals and newspapers. He was a ……………………
2 Marco Polo explored China and Central Asia. He was an ……………………
3 John F. Kennedy worked in politics in the 1950s and 60s. He was a ……………………
4 Captain James Cook was the first European to sail to Australia. He was a ……………………
5 Marie Curie was good at science, especially physics and chemistry. She was a ……………………
Answer
1 journalist 2 explorer 3 politician 4 sailor 5 scientist
5. Complete the sentences.
1 It’s a beautiful day. There isn’t a cloud in the ……………………
2 In the Himalayas, there’s always snow on the ……………………
3 When I was a child, I loved playing with the sand on the ……………………
4 It was a clear night, so we could see the moon and all the ……………………
5 We stopped to have lunch on the grass under a ……………………
6 My sister doesn’t like driving in the dark, so she always tries to get home before ……………………
Answer
1 sky 2 mountains 3 beach 4 stars 5 tree 6 sunset
6. Match the first parts of sentences 1-6 with the second parts (a-f).
1 The women are walking
2 The boy is climbing
3 The children are lying
4 The girl is looking down
5 The men are facing
6 People are standing
a at the bus stop.
b at the floor.
c a tree.
d along a path.
e on the ground.
f the door.
Answer
1 D 2 C 3 E 4 B 5 F 6 A
