Lesson six animals and plants

LESSON SIX
ANIMALS AND PLANTS
1. Match the animals with their types.

Mammals	alligator elephant monkey bear horse lion panther deer camel
Birds	eagle, ostrich dove owl parrot pigeon duck insects bee
Reptiles	Snake, crocodile, lizard
Amphibians	Frog, toad
Fish	Goldfish, whale salmon octopus lobster starfish
Invertebrates	ant spiders cockroach ladybird mosquito

2. Find the animal words. They go across, down, and diagonal


ALLIGATOR-across GIRAFFE-down KOALA-diagonal
BEAVER-diagonal GORILLA- down BEAR-across
LION-across CHIMPANZEE - down COW - down
ELEPHANT- down FROG- across HIPPO-across
3. Wild animals
Put the names of animals correctly.

zebra dolphin squirrel parrot hedgehog snake koala tiger penguin giraffe monkey hippo peacock fox bear wolf deer shark crocodile

1. 
   Lion
   
2. 
   Bear
   
3. 
   elephant
   
4. 
   kangaroo
   
5. 
   rhino
   
6. 
   panda
   
7. 
   anteater
   
8. 
   tiger
   
9. 
   wolf
   
10. 
    koala
    
11. 
    zebra
    
12. 
    fox
    
13. 
    penguin
    
14. 
    deer
    
15. 
    snake
    
16. 
    dolphin
    
17. 
    peacock
    
18. 
    giraffe
    
19. 
    shark
    
20. 
    hedgehog
    
21. 
    squirrel
    
22. 
    hippo
    
23. 
    monkey
    
24. 
    crocodile
    
25. 
    parrot
    

4. Fill the gaps with words in brackets.


1. The mountain gorilla lives on the slopes of volcanoes in Rwanda, Zaire and Uganda. They live in small groups led by dominant male.
2. The forest elephant lives in the Congo basin. It is much smaller than the African one, which is the biggest animal on Earth.
3. The African forest is also a home to different kinds of chimpanzees and ostriches. . . Most of them use twigs to get tasty food from difficult places.
4. The first thing that stands out about the Surinam horned seahorse is its size. These rotund amphibians can grow to 8 inches in length.
5. The hippopotamus. .. is very strange armored fish that lives in warm water
6. . koala ........…. almost exclusively eat only eucalyptus leaves and nothing else.
7. The bears .. is a large mammal that stays in the water much of the time.
8. kangaroos .... can run faster than horses, and the male ones can roar like lions.
9. baboons ... use their tails for balance, so if you lift its tail off the ground, it cannot hop.
5. Match the animals with their actions

to moo 4 1) an octopus
to bark 2 2) a dog
to miaow 5 3) a frog
to croak 3 4) a cow
to crow 1 5) a cat
to tweet 7 6) a hen
to neigh 8 7) a bird
to slither 9 8) a horse
to swallow 6 9) a snake
to dive underwater 10 10) a shark
6. Fill the gaps with suitable words in brackets
1. The snake ____ smoothly through the long grass.
(crept, glided, skidded, strolled)
2. The bird had its nest on a _____ halfway down the cliff
(bump, shelter, shelf, sill)
3. We could hear the hens _____ in the farmyard.
(chattering, chirping, clacking, clucking)
4. Wolves were _____ mournfully in the nearby forest.
(barking, growling, howling, roaring)
5. As he walked through the fields, he heard sheep _____ .
(bleating, braying, roaring, shrieking)
6. There is an old horse _____ over there, where animals could drink on the way.
(trough, trench, moat, gutter)
7. When it saw the dog by the water, the heron ____ its wings and rose into the air.
(wagged, folded, flapped, flipped)
8. The frightened horse began to _____ away from the snake.
(fear, shy, throw, tip)
9. Look at the marks on the cherries where the birds have ____ them!
(bitten, gnawed, nibbled, pecked)
10. On the beach the crabs ______ from the rock pool to rock pool.
(strutted, stole, shuffled, scuttled)

7. Plants

Which parts does the plant consist of? First, unjumble the words, and then match with right parts of the plant.

Wrofel afle tifru mest toor

8. Match the name of each plant part with its purpose

1. roots a) part of a plant that makes food
2. stem b) part of a plant that makes seeds
3. leaves c) part of a plant that soaks up water and minerals
4. flowers d) part of a plant used for support
5. sugar e) the type of food that plants make in their leaves
6. oxygen f) the process that plants use to make energy from sunlight

7. carbon dioxide j) the type of gas that plants need for photosynthesis

8. photosynthesis h) the type of gas that released into the air after photosynthesis
9. Trees and plants
Choose the correct name for each plant from the list below.


oak, ivy, cherry tree, weeping willow, cactus, holly, palm, grass,
trunk, roots, chestnut, apple tree, mimosa, poplar, leaves, branch, pine, flower, cypress, fir


10. Spell the words