Read the text and fill in with the words in the box.

Brown – carnivores - cats – cool – cubs - face - five – grasslands - hares - India – mane – months - neck -
prides – swimmers - tail - throats - tuft – yellow – 15 - 30

Lions are the largest of all African ______. They live in African _____________ and in the
northwest of _______. Lions form social groups that are called _______; a pride include _______
females, two males and their young. Their hair is tawny ________, ochre, ash ______; they have
got a ______ of dark fur at the tip of their ______. Male and female lions are quite different:
female lions are smaller, male lions have got a thick, woolly ______ of fur around their _______ and
on their ______; the mane is useful to protect lions’ ________ in battle. Lions are _________,
they eat zebras, buffalos, reptiles, ______; they usually eat their pride all at once. They are
excellent ________. Lions hunt when the time is ______ and dark. Females give birth to ______
after four ______. Lions live ____ years in captivity and ____ years in the wild.

Match the words and their definition.

1. cubs __ a group of lions
2. grasslands __ to live in a prison
3. pride __ the passage at the back of the mouth
4. tawny __ the baby lions
5. captivity __ the long hair around the face
6. mane __ the grey powder of a cigarette
7. throat __ a large area covered with wild grass
8. ash __ colour between blonde and red

True or false? Correct the false ones.

1. Lions live in Asia.
2. They live in groups.
3. They are good swimmers.
4. Females have got a mane. __
5. Lions are herbivores.
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Answer the questions.

1. What are prides? ____________________________________________________________
2. Is the mane useful? Why? _____________________________________________________
3. What animals do lions eat? _____________________________________________________
4. When do they hunt? __________________________________________________________
5. How many years can they live in the wild? __________________________________________

Read again and think, then write your opinion.

1. Why do lions hunt in the night? __________________________________________________
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2. Do you like lions? Why or why not? _______________________________________________
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KEY
Lions are the largest of all African cats. They live in African grasslands and in the northwest
of India. Lions form social groups that are called prides; a pride include five females, two
males and their young. Their hair is tawny yellow, ochre, ash brown; they have got a tuft of
dark fur at the tip of their tail. Male and female lions are quite different: female lions are
smaller, male lions have got a thick, woolly mane of fur around their face and on their neck;
the mane is useful to protect lions’ throats in battle. Lions are carnivores, they eat zebras,
buffalos, reptiles, hares; they usually eat their pride all at once. They are excellent
swimmers. Lions hunt when the time is cool and dark. Females give birth to cubs after four
months. Lions live 30 years in captivity and 15 years in the wild.