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Students’ Worksheet

Task 1. Listen carefully and fill the blanks.

Compared                                           Live

Typically                                             Unique

Related                                                Appear

Sustained                                            Heard

Recognized                                         Eat

                                                            THE LIONS

                        Lions are wild animals that (1)…... meat. It means that lions are carnivores. Lions are magnificent animals that (2)…… as a symbol of power, courage and nobility and national flags in many civilizations. Wild lions currentlyexist in Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered remnant population.

            Lions (3)…… for ten to fourteen years in the wild, while in captivity they can live longer than twenty years. In the wild, males seldom live longer than ten years, as injuries (4)…… from continual fighting with rival males greatly reduce their longevity. They (5)…… inhabit savanna and grassland, although they may take to bush and forest. 

            Lions are unusually social (6)…… to other cats. A pride of lions consists of (7)…… females and offspring and a small number of adult males. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates, such as Zebras, Deers, and Buffalos. Lions are apex and keystone predators. 

            Visually, the male lion is highly distinctive and is easily (8)……. by its mane. Mature male lions are (9)……. among the cat species for the thick mane of brown or black hair encircling the head and neck. Both male and female lions roar, a sound which can be (10)……. as far as 8 kilometers away. However, Male lions are bigger than female lions.

Task 2. Read aloud and then discuss to answer the question.

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia. It has a smaller relative, called a wallaby , which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and in New Guinea . Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and strong back legs and a tail . These are used for sitting up and for jumping . Kangaroos have been known to make forward jumps of over eight metres , and leap across fences more than three metres high . They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometres per hour . The largest kangaroos are the Great grey kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo . Adult grows to a length of 1 .60 metres and weighs over 90 kilos .

Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body . A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born , and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life .

1. What the title that match with the text?
2. What the specific character of the kangoroo?
3. What another name of kangoroo?
4. What the  main idea in paragraph one?
5. Where the habitat of kangoroo?
6. How about the baby kangoroo?

Task 3. Make a group decide into 3-4 students. Choose the picture and then make a paragraph from the picture.

 
Answer key.

Task 1.

1.      Eat                         6.  Compared

2.      Appear                  7.  Related

3.      Live                       8.  Recognized

4.      Sustained              9.  Unique

5.      Typically               10. Heard

Task 2

1. A kangoroo
2. Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long and strong back legs and a tail
3. Wallaby
4. A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia
5. Australia
6. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born , and it crawls at once into this pouch where it spends its first five months of life