Vocabulary: It's wild!

VThe natural world

1Complete the crossword. 

Across: 1People play football on this green plant. grass 6Something white or grey in the sky. _____ 7A beautiful and colourful part of a plant. ______ 8A desert plant. ______ 9The general name for a thing that grows in the ground. _____

Down: 2You can find this on a beach. You can build castles with it. ____ 3Birds live in this. ____ 4It's white and cold. You can ski on it. ____ 5A very high hill. You can find this in the Alps and Pyrenees. ________

VAnimals

2Put the animal names next to the clues. Use the words in the box. 

MOVE
• chicken
• cow
• eagle
• elephant
• giraffe
• horse
• monkey
• pig
• spider
• tiger
• whale

• Wild animals

  1It can fly. It isn't a bird. It gets its food from flowers. 

• butterfly

2It lives in Africa. It's tall. It's brown and yellow.  

3It lives in Asia. It hunts. It's brown, orange and black.  

4It lives in the sea. It's big.  

5It likes sitting in trees, but it isn't a bird. It climbs and jumps from tree to tree.  

6It's got eight legs.  

7It's a bird. It flies a lot and it hunts.  

8It lives in Africa and Asia. It's very big. It's grey.  

Farm animals

9It's usually pink.  

10It's a bird. It doesn't fly a lot. It gives us eggs.  

11It eats grass. People ride these animals.  

12It eats grass. It's a big animal. It gives us milk.  

 

VAnimal verbs

3Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. 

MOVE
• bite
• carry
• dig
• follow
• look for
• run away

• 1Wolves 

• hunt
 in groups.

2A chicken can't   from a fox.

3Horses   people on their backs.

4Some spiders   people.

5Rabbits   holes to make homes.

6Young animals usually   their mothers.

7Monkeys   food in trees and plants.

4Complete the text with the words in the box. 

MOVE
• cactus
• clouds
• digs
• flowers
• look for
• sand

The Sonoran Desert is a typical desert with high, rocky

 

¹

mountains

 

and hot

 

² 

 

on the ground. It also has typical desert plants, such as the

 

³ .

 

It is dry and very hot here – about 45°C in the summer. But then the

 

⁴ 

 

come and it starts to rain. After the rain, plants grow quickly and

 

⁵ 

 

appear.

The rain is also good news for the Sonoran desert toad. This toad spends a lot of its life underground. When there isn't any water, it

 

⁶ 

 

a hole in the ground and stays there. It only comes out of its hole when there is rain. This means that it sometimes stays underground for years!

What do the toads do when they come out of their holes? They eat! They

 

⁷ 

 

food in the desert – they eat insects, spiders, even scorpions!

5  Research the answers to the questions below on the internet. Write a paragraph about the emperor penguin.

 

Where do emperor penguins live? How many eggs do females lay each year? Where do females lay their eggs? What do the females do after they lay their eggs? Who carries the egg? Do the males eat in winter? When do the females return? What do the males do next?    Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).  Save the file to your computer.  Upload your file.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.

VThe natural world

1Complete the crossword. 

							g	r	a	s	s
				T						A
		S		R				M		N
		N		E		C	L	O	U	D
F	L	O	W	E	R			U
		W						N
					C	A	C	T	U	S
								A
								I
					P	L	A	N	T

Across: 1People play football on this green plant. grass 6Something white or grey in the sky. _____ 7A beautiful and colourful part of a plant. ______ 8A desert plant. ______ 9The general name for a thing that grows in the ground. _____

Down: 2You can find this on a beach. You can build castles with it. ____ 3Birds live in this. ____ 4It's white and cold. You can ski on it. ____ 5A very high hill. You can find this in the Alps and Pyrenees. ________

VAnimals

2Put the animal names next to the clues. Use the words in the box. 

• giraffe
• tiger
• whale
• monkey
• spider
• eagle
• elephant
• pig
• chicken
• horse
• cow

• Wild animals

  1It can fly. It isn't a bird. It gets its food from flowers. 

• butterfly

2It lives in Africa. It's tall. It's brown and yellow. giraffe

3It lives in Asia. It hunts. It's brown, orange and black. tiger

4It lives in the sea. It's big. whale

5It likes sitting in trees, but it isn't a bird. It climbs and jumps from tree to tree. monkey

6It's got eight legs. spider

7It's a bird. It flies a lot and it hunts. eagle

8It lives in Africa and Asia. It's very big. It's grey. elephant

Farm animals

9It's usually pink. pig

10It's a bird. It doesn't fly a lot. It gives us eggs. chicken

11It eats grass. People ride these animals. horse

12It eats grass. It's a big animal. It gives us milk. cow

VAnimal verbs

3Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. 

• run away
• carry
• bite
• dig
• follow
• look for

• 1Wolves 

• hunt
 in groups.

2A chicken can't run away from a fox.

3Horses carry people on their backs.

4Some spiders bite people.

5Rabbits dig holes to make homes.

6Young animals usually follow their mothers.

7Monkeys look for food in trees and plants.

4Complete the text with the words in the box. 

• sand
• cactus
• clouds
• flowers
• digs
• look for

The Sonoran Desert is a typical desert with high, rocky

 

¹

mountains

 

and hot

 

²sand

 

on the ground. It also has typical desert plants, such as the

 

³cactus.

 

It is dry and very hot here – about 45°C in the summer. But then the

 

⁴clouds

 

come and it starts to rain. After the rain, plants grow quickly and

 

⁵flowers

 

appear.

The rain is also good news for the Sonoran desert toad. This toad spends a lot of its life underground. When there isn't any water, it

 

⁶digs

 

a hole in the ground and stays there. It only comes out of its hole when there is rain. This means that it sometimes stays underground for years!

What do the toads do when they come out of their holes? They eat! They

 

⁷look for

 

food in the desert – they eat insects, spiders, even scorpions!