What a Wonderful Whale Unit 23

A. Read the fun facts on whales.

1. Whales are mammals.

2. Whales breathe air as we do.
3. The Blue Whale is the largest
animal in the world.
4. Whales can swim as fast as
48 kilometres per hour.
5. Whales do not sleep as we do.
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B. Listen and follow your teacher.
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Join two peace signs together
and say, ‘wh’.

C. Look and talk about the pictures.

What is this?
This is a whale.

What are its colours?

It is usually grey, blue,
and sometimes white.

Where does it live?

It lives in the sea.
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D. Read the statements and answer “True” or “False”.

1. The whale lives in the sea.

2. The whales are not mammals and do not

breathe air.

3. The White Whale is the largest animal in

the world.
4. The Blue Whale is the largest animal in
the world.

5. A whale can swim as fast as 48 kilometres per

hour and it does not sleep as we do.

E. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

kilometres mammals Blue animal whale

white and breathe sleep swim

(1) ________ are usually grey, blue and sometimes

(2) ________. It lives in the sea. Whales are (3)________ and

(4)________ air as we do. The (5) ________ Whale is the largest

(6)________ in the world (7) ________ it can (8) ________ as fast as

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48 (9) ________ per hour. Whales do not (10) ________ as we do.

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F. Rearrange the letters to form the correct words.

1. lewha

2. rewhe

3. iwhte

4. atwh

G. Do you have a dictionary? Find the words beginning with

the letters ‘wh’. Write down the words you find.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.
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