1.- Vocabulary.

Chameleon Panther Heavy

Cheetah Rhino Kilograms

Elephant Seal Long

Emu Snake Loud

Females Tiger Metres

Flies Tortoise Reserve

Joey Turtle Safer

Kangaroo Whale Size

Koala Body Slow

Lemur Camouflage Tall

Males Danger Small

Marsupials Dark Short

Meerkat Fast Turns (red)

Otter Habitat Wet

2.- Make the comparative and the superlative.

Dark darker than/ the darkest Good*

Fast Bad*

Heavy Old

Long Young

Loud Wet

Slow Dangerous more dangerous / the most dangerous

Tall Interesting

Small Important

Short Beautiful

Big Difficult

3.- Complete with tall/ heavy / long/ fast

1. How ……………………………..is the giraffe? It’s 5 metres……………..

2. How ……………………………..is the hippo? It’s 3,000 kilograms.
3. How ……………………………..is the snake? It’s 2 metres.
4. How ……………………………..is the cheetah? It can run up to 130 km/h.
5. How …………………………….are you? I’m 1 metre 60 centimetres.
6. How …………………………….are you? I’m 50 kilograms.
4.- Complete the sentences using the comparative and the verb to be as in the example.

1. The lemur is faster than the tiger.

2. The panther …………………………………..(slow) the tiger.
3. The whale ……………………………………….(heavy) the seal.
4. The tortoise …………………………………….(small) the seal.
5. The whale ……………………………………….(big) the tortoise.
6. This exercise ………………………………………………..(difficult) exercise number 1.

5.- Now make interrogative sentences from the exercise 4 and write short answers.

1. Is the lemur faster than the tiger? Yes, it is.

2. ________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________________________

6.- Write the superlative.

1. The cheetah is …………………………………………………………(fast) animal.

2. English is ………………………………………………………..(difficult) subject.
3. The joey is ……………………………………………………….(funny) animal in the zoo.
4. The elephant is …………………………………………………(heavy) animal in the reserve.
5. I am …………………………………………………(tall) person in my classroom.
6. We are ………………………………………………………(good) friends.

7.- Now turn the sentences in exercise 6 into the past.

1. The cheetah was the fastest animal.

2. ________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________________________