Unit 2 Story

1 Remember the story. Read and circle.

1 Sheila wants to play / a race.
2 Sheila always loses / wins races.
3 Wally / Olly agrees to have a race.
4 Sharks are slower / faster than walruses.
5 Sheila stops to have lunch / a rest.
6 Wally / Olly is shouting and cheering.
7 Wally / Sheila chases after Olly.
8 Sheila / Wally is the winner.

2 Write words from the story.

fast small

faster slower nearer

funny happy

scarier hungrier

3 Draw yourself as a sea animal in the race. Write.

‘This is me in the race.

I’m a .
 
I’m the winner!
I’m
than .’
 

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 Unit 2 Vocabulary and grammar 1
1 Find eight words. Write.
p e l i c a n a o 1 2 3 4
w j r t e l n s v
a w o c t o p u s
l h s g i b b f d
whale
r a i l t s r o a
5 6 7 8
u l a n f t d t g
s e i d g e r p t
s e a h o r s e l
j e l l y f i s h

2 Read and write.

albatross  starfish  swordfish  shark

1 An albatrosš is a big sea bird. 3 A has got a very long nose.

2 A looks like a star. 4 A is a scary fish!

3 Write.

friendly slow big scary fast long

1 å whale iš bigger than a walruš.

2
3
4
5
6

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 Unit 2 Vocabulary and grammar 2
1 Read and circle.
1 A shark has got dark / light skin. 3 A pelican has got light /dark feathers.
2 A walrus is thin / fat. 4 A swordfish is thin / fat.

2 Write.
1 An albatross isn’t dark, it’s light  . 3 A sea horse isn’t fat, it’s  .

2 A seal isn’t thin, it’s  . 4 A whale isn’t light, it’s  .

3 Write. small  big  long  fat

1 The fattest animal is the whale.

2 The est animal is the swordfish.
3 The est animal is the starfish.
4 The seal has got the est tail.
4 Read and write the answers.

1 Who’s got the thinnest body?

†he sea horse haš got the thinnest body.
2 Who’s got the biggest beak?

3 Who’s got the longest tail?

4 Who’s got the hardest shell?

5 Who’s got the darkest skin?

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 Unit 2 Cross-curricular Learn more
1 Read and write.
viviparous  reproduce
oviparous viviparous oviparous larva / larvae

Animals (1) reproduce in different ways. Some animals are

(2)  . This means that the babies are born from eggs.
Other animals are (3)  . This means the babies are born alive.
An octopus is oviparous but a sea lion is viviparous. Human beings are viviparous.

2 Read and write the numbers.

a b a b

c d c d

The reproduction of an octopus The reproduction of a sea lion

1 The mother octopus lays lots of eggs. 1 The baby sea lion forms inside its
mother.
2 Tiny larvae come out of the eggs.
2 It grows for 11 months.
3 The larvae grow and change. 3 The baby sea lion is born on land.

4 The larvae become adults. 4 The baby lives on its mother’s milk for
6 months to 1 year.

3 Read. Write viviparous or oviparous.

1 These animals are born alive. viviparouš
2 These animals are born from eggs.
3 Human beings belong to this group.
4 These animals live on milk while they’re babies.

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