AMAZING ANIMALS

VOCABULARY AND LISTENING ● Amazing animals

3 I can understand a podcast about animal skills.

cheetah horse ostrich

Check the meaning of the verbs in the box.

swim drink hear communicate fly
jump survive kill climb grow

move run see

Look at the quiz and complete the questions with eight of the verbs.

1 Can elephants hear with swim drink

their ears and their feet? hear fly

a Yes, they can. communicate

b No, they can’t. jump survive

c Some can and some can’t. kill climb

grow move

run see

Look at the quiz and complete the questions with eight of the verbs.

2 How big can a gorilla grow ? swim drink

a 150 kilos fly
b 200 kilos
c 250 kilos communicate
jump survive

kill climb

grow move

run see

Look at the quiz and complete the questions with eight of the verbs.

3 Some scorpions are dangerous. swim drink

Can a scorpion kill a fly

human? communicate
jump survive
a Yes, they can.

b No, they can’t.

c Some can and some can’t. kill climb
move

run see

Look at the quiz and complete the questions with eight of the verbs.

4 Camels don’t drink a lot of swim drink

water. How many months can a fly

camel survive without water? communicate
jump survive
a Three months

b Six months climb
move
c Nine months

run see

Look at the quiz and complete the questions with eight of the verbs.

5 How far can an eagle see ? swim
It can see a small animal fly
from a distance of:
a 500 metres communicate
b one kilometre jump
c more than one kilometre
climb
move

run see

Look at the quiz and complete the questions with eight of the verbs.

6 Ostriches can’t fly , but swim
how fast can they run ?
fly

a six kilometres an hour communicate

b sixteen kilometres an hour jump

c sixty-five kilometres an hour climb

move

run

Answer questions 1-6 in the quiz.

1 Can elephants hear with their
ears and their feet?
a Yes, they can.
b No, they can’t.
c Some can and some can’t.

Answer questions 1-6 in the quiz.

2 How big can a gorilla grow ?

a 150 kilos
b 200 kilos
c 250 kilos

Answer questions 1-6 in the quiz.

3 Some scorpions are dangerous.
Can a scorpion kill a human?
a Yes, they can.
b No, they can’t.
c Some can and some can’t.

Answer questions 1-6 in the quiz.

4 Camels don’t drink a lot of water.
How many months can a camel
survive without water?
a Three months
b Six months
c Nine months

Answer questions 1-6 in the quiz.

5 How far can an eagle see?
It can see a small animal from a
distance of:
a 500 metres
b one kilometre
c more than one kilometre

Answer questions 1-6 in the quiz.

6 Ostriches can’t fly, but how fast
can they run?

a six kilometres an hour
b sixteen kilometres an hour
c sixty-five kilometres an hour

Listen again. Choose the correct answer from a-d.

What two extra pieces of information do you hear?

a Scorpions are intelligent.
b Some of the smallest scorpions are the most

dangerous.

c Ostriches are the heaviest, fastest, tallest birds.
d Some monkeys can speak.

Ask and answer the questions about the animals in Unit 3.

Who can answer the most questions?

a Which animal moves very fast ?
b Which animal doesn’t run, fly or swim ?
c Which animal jumps and swims ?
d Which animal doesn’t grow bigger than this book ?
e Which animal doesn’t drink a lot of water ?
f Which animal climbs better than a gorilla ?