6 Wildlife

Vocabulary
Animals and abilities
1 Find ( ) and circle nine animals.

K M A M O N K E Y
H L O I N E A P D
I T C O R F N R O 4
B I R D L F G B L
K G S G K A A V P
P E W I A R R U H
H R Z K L I O N I
I F C C N G O E N
N D S U T I J E S
E L I D O C O R C 5

2 Look at the photos and write words for animals.

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3 Riddles: complete with the name of the

animals.

They are very big, they

can live in the water an
they can live on the gr d
ass. They can’t climb
2 and they can’t fly but trees
they can swim and wa
lk.
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Write your riddle:



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 Grammar Vocabulary
Can: affirmative, negative Parts of the body
and questions 7 Order the letters to make words.
4 Order the words to make questions and 1 asre: 
sentences.
2 onse: 
1 can /swim / crocodiles / and / walk /
3 syee: 
can’t / but / climb / they / trees / .
4 outhm: 

5 eahd: 
2 in / sea / the / dolphins / can / swim / ?
6 asmr: 

7 elgs: 
3 ducks / jump / can / walk / and / can’t /
8 sndha: 
they / swim / but / .
9 eetth: 

10 eetf: 
4 kangaroos / and / can / jump / run / ?
11 inrsgef: 

12 irah: 
5 Match the answers to the questions.
8 Look at the photo and write words for parts of
1 Can giraffes fly? the body.
2 Can crocodiles swim?
3 Can kangaroos fly?
2
4 Can birds fly?
1
5 Can monkeys eat leaves from trees?
3 4
a Yes, they can swim and they can walk. 5
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b No, they can’t. They can jump.
c No, they can’t but they can run fast.
d Yes, they can. They can fly high!
e Yes, they can. They live on trees. 8

6 Write sentences about these animals. 7

1 tigers / fly / run fast 9 Look at the photos and complete the texts.

2 dolphins / swim / jump in the water

3 lions / fly / jump

4 monkeys / jump / swim
 They are (1) . They (2) on trees.
They can (3) and they can (4) .
They can’t (5) . They haven’t got
(6) or (7) .

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 a Yes, it does. And it eats little animals too.
b Yes, it has. And they are strong.
c Yes, it can. And it can walk.
d Yes, very big.
e No, there aren’t.

They are (8) . They are (9) , 11 Answer the questions.

brown and (10) . They have got a big 1 Do giraffes live in America?
(11) and (12) eyes. They have got 
(13) legs. They can (14) very fast. 2 Do they live in Africa?

Grammar 3 Has a giraffe got long legs?
Revision: be, have got, present 
simple, there is / are, can 4 Has it got a short neck?
10 Match the answers to the questions. 
1 Can a crocodile swim? 5 Does it eat insects?
2 Does a crocodile eat leaves? 
3 Are there any crocodiles in your 6 Can it run?
home town? 
4 Has a crocodile got four legs?
5 Has it got a big mouth?

Bonus practice
Choose the correct options.
I am at Buenos Aires Ecopark with my family. It is a big conservation park in Palermo district in the
city of Buenos Aires. Many people (1) visits / visit / don’t visit the ecopark, especially at weekends.
They learn about environmental issues and the importance of protecting animals’ natural habitats.
(2) There is / There are / They are different types of big and small animals in this ecopark, but they
(3) aren’t / doesn’t / isn’t captive. There (4) am / is / are more than 500 rescued animals. Some of
them have health problems and they receive medical care. They (5) doesn’t stay / stay / stays in the
ecopark for a while until they are ready to live in the wild again. Some others are very old and they
(6) can / can’t / cans live in their natural habitat because they can’t survive on their own, so they live
in the ecopark and get all the care they need.

There is a baby tapir called Jacinto. It lives in the ecopark with its mum Chicha. They are under the
care of specialists until (7) they’re / there / their ready to go back to their natural habitat in the
province of Corrientes.

I like tapirs. They are from Central and South America. They are usually grey or brown. They have
got short hair, small eyes, small ears and long noses. They use (8) my / their / your noses to eat
leaves or to find food in the water. They (9) have got / has got / has very short tails and short
legs. They have got 14 toes! They can swim very well and they (10) walk usually / usually walk /
usually walks for long hours along rivers to find food.

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