Task1.Give it a name. 1. A heavy wild animal with thick fur and sharp claws .(b…)
2. A large, poisonous spider. (t…)
3. A large dangerous sea creature with sharp teeth . (sh…)
4. A very intelligent sea animal with a long nose. (d…)
5. A large wild cat with orange fur and black stripes. (t…)
6. A small animal with long ears and large front teeth. (r…)
7. A farm animal with four legs that people ride on. (h…)
8. A huge grey animal with big ears and a long nose. (e…)
9. A farm animal with thick wool that eats grass (s…)
10. A wild cat with thick mane around its neck (l…)
Task 2. Choose the correct item.
1. Sharks hunt/feed on fish and seals.
2 . All birds hatch/lay eggs.
3. Dogs use their sharp teeth to chew/digest meat.
4. Most insects don’t weigh/fly very much.
5. Don’t be scared of the cat. It won’t do you any harm/bite.
6 . Do you care/protect about the environment?
Task 3. Match the opposites (7 pairs of adjectives).
dangerous, thick, sharp, heavy, fast, strong, huge //
// slow, weak, harmless, tiny, light, blunt, thin
Task 4. Choose the correct item.
1 . Could you carry/bring me the cat food, please?
2. The Galapagos Tortoise can reach/last the age of 180 years old before it dies.
3. Lions appear/rest during the day and hunt during night.
4. Dinosaurs died/disappeared from the Earth 65 million years ago.
5. Please, repeat/whisper what you said. I can’t hear you.
6. Some animals attack/protect humans when they feel threatened.
7 . A vegetarian diet adds/includes plants and fruit.
8. This wildlife organization works to escape/save elephants from poachers
Grammar
Task 5. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1 … (you/have) a pet when you were younger? 4 ….( you /get ) a new dog?
No, I …(do/not). But I …(want) one! Yes! This is Spike, we ...(get)him last week.
2. What …(you/do) last weekend? 5. The cat … (drink) the milk quickly!
I ..(go) swimming with my sister. She … (eat) all her food, too!
3. … (you/see) lions at the zoo?
I …(not/see) any lions but, I… (see) a tiger..
Task 6. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple.
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Last weekend I 1) …(take) a trip to London Zoo. It 2) … (be) an amazing experience! First of all, I 3) … (go) to Penguin Beach to see the penguins. I 4) ….(see) ten penguins and one of them 5) …(swim) right past me! Unfortunately, I 6) ….(not/see) the new tigers at the zoo but I 7) … (feed) the giraffes and the monkeys! They 8) … (be) so friendly and gentle! Then, I 9) …(eat) lunch at the zoo’s café and 10) … (spend) the afternoon watching the dolphin show.
I really 11) … (have) a great time at London Zoo! What 12) …(you/do) last weekend, readers? Leave your comments below!
Task 7.Put the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or the superlative form.
1 The gazelle is one of the ……(fast) land animals.
2 A giraffe is ……(tall) than a horse.
3 A lion’s tail is …(long) than a cat’s tail.
4 A fox is …. (big) than a rabbit.
5 The great white shark is one of the …. (dangerous) animals in the world.
6 I think canaries are the …. (good) pets for children.
7 A polar bear is ..…(aggressive) than a koala bear.
8 Parrots are as…… (friendly) birds as canaries.
Task 8. Choose the correct item.
1 Blue whales can live … about 80 years.
A for B in C at
2 Mammals feed their babies …their own milk.
A in B with C on
3 Emperor Penguins live … Antarctica.
A on B at C in
4 Adult giraffes are …5 metres tall.
A about B under C at
5 Wolves hunt … their food at night.
A of B for C about
6 Ostriches can run at 40 miles …hour.
A in B per C under
7 Tom loves to play … his pet hamster. A along B up C with
8. Over 7 billion people live …the Earth.
A on B at C I n
More and more young people are taking on volunteer work nowadays.
Some even travel to the other side of the world and do unpaid work for a charity or other non-profit organisation there. They help to build homes for poor families, teach children 5 English, take care of orphans, or help to protect an endangered species.
A number of charity groups organise educational programmes for children around the world.
They teach subjects like 10 English and Mathematics to children while staying in their community and getting to know the people and their culture.
Several charity organisations help build houses or schools for poor children around the world. In the village of Kamakwie in Sierra Leone, for example, a team 20 of young volunteers built a secondary school for poor orphans.
For people interested in wildlife, conservation groups organise volunteer holidays throughout the world. You can help wildlife research in countries like Kenya and Botswana or protect 251 turtles in Mexico, Zanzibar, or elsewhere. On Redang Island in Malaysia volunteers come from all over the world to help conserve the endangered green turtle.
A volunteer holiday is for people who want to make a difference in the world and are prepared to give up their own time, money, and, effort to do it. Volunteers have to be realistic though and understand that they cannot change the world in 35 two or three weeks. To some volunteers it seems that they are not doing much by helping out for only a couple of weeks but, in fact, every bit of help counts. Thanks to young volunteers, the lives of millions of people around the world are improving and, in their eyes, the sun is probably shining brighter than it used to.
Rita Smith is 43 years old. She lived in Richardson, Texas, and worked for the Dallas Police Department. She's an officer. Her husband is also a law enforcement officer, but he did not work in the same department. They have a 15-year-old son, Matthew. Like most law enforcement officers, Smith worked in shifts. She worked an early shift last week. She started working at 07 o'clock and finished at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. When she worked an early shift, she got up at 5 o'clock. She spent a few minutes with her family, then put on her uniform and went to work. She always went to work by car. She doesn't use public transport because it's unreliable. It usually took an hour to get to work. When she arrived at the Dallas Police Department, she had a briefing. Then she would pick up her patrol car and drive to her patrol area. Smith loves his job, but doesn't like paperwork. “For everything I've done, I've filled out three forms," she says. It took me a lot of time”