PETS PETS AND OTHERAND OTHER

ANIMALS ANIMALS

Look at the pictures and answer the Look at the pictures and answer the questions :questions :

What animalsWhat animals can you can you see in the pictures?see in the pictures?

What size are they?What size are they? Where do they live?Where do they live? What do they eat?What do they eat? What colour are they?What colour are they? Are they kept as pets?Are they kept as pets? Would you like to have Would you like to have

any of them as a pet?any of them as a pet?

Say which animal isSay which animal is

bigbig biggerbigger the biggestthe biggest

angryangry angrierangrier the angriestthe angriest

cleverclever the cleverestthe cleverest

more beautifulmore beautiful the most beautifulthe most beautiful

At the ZooAt the Zoo

• When you went there;

•With whom you went there;

•What animals you saw;

•What animals you watched;

•What animals were funny to

watch;

Ask questions and guess what Ask questions and guess what animal it is.animal it is.

Use the following Use the following words:words:

WildWild BrownBrown BigBig AfricaAfrica HuntHunt Jump, runJump, run

•Head•Short•Hair•Sharp•Strong•Legs•Long-tailed

•Angry•Beautiful•saw

Fill in the words:Fill in the words: Africa, wild, long-tailed, brown, beautiful, Africa, wild, long-tailed, brown, beautiful, meat, saw, strong, hunt, jump, short, run, meat, saw, strong, hunt, jump, short, run,

angry, head, sharp, hair, legs.angry, head, sharp, hair, legs.

My favourite animal is a lion. It is a(1) ___________ animal. It is (2)______ . It lives in(3) ________ . The lion eats (4)_____ . It can (5)________ animals . It can(6) _______ and (7)____ . Its (8)______ is big. Its neck is (9)________ . It has got long(10) _______ on the neck – a mane (грива). It has got (11)_____ teeth. Its body is (12)_______ . It has got four (13)______ . It is (14)________ . It is an (15)________ animal. But it is very (16)_________ . I (17)_______ lions at the Zoo last year.

Read the text and check your Read the text and check your answer:answer:

My favourite animal is (1) My favourite animal is (1) a lion. a lion. It is a (2) It is a (2) wildwild animal. It is (3) animal. It is (3) brownbrown . It . It

lives in (4)lives in (4) Africa Africa . The lion eats (5) . The lion eats (5) meat meat . It can (6) . It can (6) hunthunt animals . It can (7) animals . It can (7) jumpjump and (8) and (8) run run . .

Its (9) Its (9) headhead is big. Its neck is (10) is big. Its neck is (10) shortshort . It has got long (11) . It has got long (11) hair hair on the neck – a on the neck – a mane (mane (грива). грива). It has got (12) It has got (12) sharpsharp teeth. teeth. Its body is (13) Its body is (13) strongstrong . It has got four . It has got four (14) (14) legslegs . It is (15) . It is (15) long-tailed long-tailed ..

It is an (16) It is an (16) angryangry animal. But it is very animal. But it is very (17) (17) beautiful beautiful . I (18). I (18) saw saw lions at the Zoo lions at the Zoo last year.last year.

Use the table to describe your Use the table to describe your favourite animal:favourite animal:

Animal

wild DomesticHouse pet

orfarm animal

colour, size, where it lives,what it eats, what can do

headbodytail

what kind of animal,how you take care,

why you like it

It’ interesting to know:

► The tallest living The tallest living animal in the animal in the worldworld is the is the giraffe.giraffe.

► The tallest giraffe The tallest giraffe ever recorded was ever recorded was called George.called George.

► It lived in Chester It lived in Chester Zoo, England.Zoo, England.

► George was 6.09 George was 6.09 metres tall.metres tall.

The largest bird in the worldThe largest bird in the world

It is the ostrich.It is the ostrich. Its height is 2.4 m.Its height is 2.4 m. It also lays the It also lays the

largest egg (weight largest egg (weight 1.4 kg.)1.4 kg.)

Ostriches have Ostriches have small wings but small wings but they cannot fly.they cannot fly.

They are found in They are found in Africa.Africa.

The largest and the heaviest mammal The largest and the heaviest mammal in the worldin the world

It is the blue whale.It is the blue whale. A new-born whale A new-born whale

weighs up to three weighs up to three tonnes.tonnes.

It is 6.5 – 8.6 metres It is 6.5 – 8.6 metres long.long.

The heaviest blue whale The heaviest blue whale ever recorded weighed ever recorded weighed 190 tonnes.190 tonnes.

The longest blue whale The longest blue whale ever recorded measured ever recorded measured over 33 metres long.over 33 metres long.