Skills Test Units 5-6

Name: ______________________________________ Class: ________ Date: ________

Reading

1 Read the text and match the questions to the paragraphs.

1 What do Mountain gorillas eat?

2 Where do the gorillas live?
3 Why are the gorillas in danger?
4 How do the animals live together?

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2 Read the text again and write T (true) or F (false). Then correct the false statements.

1 Mountain gorillas live in South Africa. __

2 Mountain gorillas live alone. __
3 All the family groups live in the same place in the forest. __
4 Mountain gorillas have got long tails and big ears. __
5 They eat a lot of food. __
6 They don’t eat meat. __
7 The gorilla families sleep together in the trees. __
8 People sometimes eat gorillas. __
9 The rangers in the Virunga National Park sell the gorillas to zoos. __
10 The number of gorillas in the Congo is going down. __
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Writing

3 Write a summary of the text in six sentences. Use the words below to help you.

1 live / forest / mountains / Republic of Congo ________________________________________

2 live / groups ________________________________________
3 have got / own territory / in forest ________________________________________
4 vegetarian / eat / plants and fruit ________________________________________
5 sleep / grass / trees ________________________________________
6 in danger / food / zoos ________________________________________
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Speaking
4 You are a ranger at the Virunga National Park and your partner is a journalist. Ask and answer
questions, using the information from your summary to help you. Then switch roles.

Journalist Where are these animals from? Journalist What colour are they?
Ranger ________________________ Ranger ________________________
Journalist Do they live in the desert? Journalist What do they eat?
Ranger ________________________ Ranger ________________________
Journalist Do gorillas live alone or in groups? Journalist Where do they sleep?
Ranger ________________________ Ranger ________________________
Journalist Are Mountain gorillas big? Journalist Why are they in danger?
Ranger ________________________ Ranger ________________________
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