By:

Mr. Syuhailmi
Shahuddin,
SK Long Jaafar
ENGLISH PLUS 1: CEFR YEAR 5: UNIT 3: WILD LIFE

-Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

ACTIVITY 1:
Solve the animal riddles.

I’m small and

green. I can jump
and I eat insects.

I’m brown with

black stripes. I can
run very fast. I
live in the jungle.
I’m big and grey. I
have got big ears
and a long trunk.

I’m green. I have

got big teeth and
a long tail.

I have got long

legs and two
humps. I live in the
desert.
I’m black and
white. I have got
small eyes and a
beak.
I’m long and I can’t
walk because I
haven’t got legs.

I’m tall. My body is

brown with spots I
have got a long
neck and small
ears.

ACTIVITY 2:
Which animal is the odd one out?

Example: camel , spider , giraffe , elephant

1. fish , whale , gorilla , octopus

2. giraffe , cat , rat , rabbit
3. dog , elephant , camel , fish
4. eagle , frog , butterfly , bat
5. scorpion , crocodile , rabbit , snake
6. giraffe , panda , bear , ostrich
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ACTIVITY 3:
How many animals can you see? Write sentences with the words.

butterfly crocodile eagle elephant

frog giraffe ostrich scorpion snake

Example:

There are two ostriches.

1. _____________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________
6. _____________________________________________
7. _____________________________________________
8. _____________________________________________
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ACTIVITY 4:
Write the animals in the correct place. Then, use your dictionary to
write 10 more animals.

bat bear eagle giraffe

gorilla octopus whale

• giraffe • octopus

Big land Underwater

animals creatures

animals

Flying
Birds
animals

• bat • eagle

Big land animals Underwater creatures

Flying animals Birds

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ACTIVITY 5: -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Write the superlative form of the adjectives.

bad beautiful cold common

exciting famous far good hot
noisy strange

Short adjectives

Regular coldest

Ends with -e

Ends consonant + y

Ends consonant + vowel + consonant

Long adjectives

1) 2)

3) 4)

irregular

1) 2) 3)

ACTIVITY 6:
Write questions and answers. Use the superlative.
Which is the _____________ animal? (long)

The __________ is the ______________.

Which is the ____________ animal?

(dangerous)
The __________ is the ______________.

Which is the ____________ animal? (big)

The __________ is the ______________.

Which is the ____________ man’s friend?

(good)
The __________ is the ______________.

Which is the ____________ animal? (heavy)

The __________ is the ______________.

Which is the ____________ animal?

(aggressive)
The __________ is the ______________.
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ACTIVITY 7: -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Write superlative sentences to give information about your town or

country to a new student in your class. Use the words to help you.

beautiful big cool exciting expensive

famous good interesting modern
nice old pretty quiet

actor area beach

castle celebrity cinema city football team
museum shopping centre sports star

Examples:

1 The best shopping centre is in Kuala Lumpur.

2 The oldest museum is Perak Museum.

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ACTIVITY 8: -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Look at the photos. Complete the words.

s e e 1. f _ _

2. c _ _ _ _ 3. d _ _ _ _

4. j _ _ _ 5. h _ _ _

6. r _ _ 7. k _ _ _

8. l _ _ _ 9. s _ _ _ _
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ACTIVITY 9: -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Complete the dialogues with the words.

communicate drink fly grow

move survive swim
Example:
”How often do giraffes drink ?”
“Usually two or three days”.

1. “How high can some birds _________?”

“Up to 10,000 metres in the sky”.
2. “How do blue whales ____________?”
“They sing songs.”
3. “How fast can some snakes ___________?”
“At around 22 kilometres an hour.”
4. “How big can a spider ___________?”
“Some spiders are 30 centimetres across.
5. “How long can a scorpion _____________without food?
”For twelve months!”

ACTIVITY 10:
Choose the animals that you have learned. Write sentences with some
of the verbs.

climb communicate drink fly grow

hear jump kill move run see survive

Example:

Snakes sometimes kill small birds.

1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________
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ACTIVITY 11: - Can for ability -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Complete the table with the words.

can can’t Can can’t can swim

Affirmative Negative

I / You / He / She / It / We I / You / He / She / It / We

/ You / They can swim. / You / They (1) ______
swim.
Questions

(2) _______ I / you / he / she / it /we / you / they

(3) _______?
Short answers

Affirmative Negative

Yes, I / you / he / she / it / No, I / you / he / she / it /

we / you / they (4) we / you / they (5)
____________. ____________.

ACTIVITY 12:
Write questions with can. Then answer the questions.

Example:
you / play basketball/ ?
Can you play basketball? No, I can’t.

1. your best friend / run fast / ?

_______________________________________________
2. your parents / speak English / ?
_______________________________________________
3. you / communicate with animals / ?
_______________________________________________
4. an octopus / fly / ?
_______________________________________________
5. your sister / play netball / ?
_______________________________________________
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ACTIVITY 13: - Questions with How…? -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Read the notes below. Answer the questions.

1) The word how can talk about a lot of

different things. We use it to ask about -
the way we do something - How do you get
to school?

2) How + adjectives / adverbs:

How old – age;

How long – length or length of time;

How tall – height; How far – distance;

How fast – speed; How big – size;

How often – frequency;

How many – number; How much – amount

Pay attention: when the question contains

the adjectives tall, high, long, wide, deep,
we put the adjective in the answer.
Notice the word order:
How tall is Adam? Adam is 1.7 metres tall.

I) Complete the questions using “much and II) Fill in the gaps with the words given.
many”.
old fast long deep wide tall
1. How ______ did your new dress cost?
high big often
2. How ______ milk is there in the fridge?
3. How ______ students went to the zoo?
1. How____ is the river Thames?
4. How ______ people work here?
2. How ____ is your Internet connection?
5. How ______ water is left?

6. How ______ aunts have you got? 3. How ____ is Mount Kinablu?

7. How ______ chocolate do you eat? 4. How ____ is your grandmother?

5. How ____ is Lake Baikal?

III) Write questions starting with HOW. 6. How ____ do you go to the museum?

I want to know……… 7. How ____ is that road. Can this lorry pass

Example : along it?

if you are well. 8. How ____ is the memory on your phone?
How are you?
4. the amount of water in the bottle.
1. the price of this car.
__________________________
__________________________

5. the distance from your house to

2. the age of your baby brother.
school.
__________________________
__________________________

3. the length of the flight.

6. the speed of the train.
___________________________
___________________________
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ACTIVITY 14: - Reading : Some amazing creatures. -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Amazing butterflies
A. Imagine thousands and
thousands of colourful
butterflies in the sky.
They are orange and
black with enormous
wings. B. These are the famous monarch butterflies and
they are on a very special journey. Every year,
they fly more than 4,500 kilometres from Canada
and North America down to an area in the
mountains of Mexico. It is the longest journey of
any butterfly in the world.

C. Their journey usually starts in

September or October and it takes
D. But not all the butterflies get to
about two months. These beautiful
the mountains of Mexico. Many don’t
butterflies can sometimes fly more
survive the long and dangerous
than 100 kilometres in one day and
journey because they become very
they often fly very high too –
cold.
perhaps at 1.6 kilometres in the
sky.

E. Monarchs are the most famous butterflies in North America. There are books, TV
programmes and websites about them. There’s an amazing 3D film too – it’s called
Flight of the Butterflies. Watch it and you can go on their long journey too.

1. Read the text. Choose the correct 3. Read the text again. Match sentences
answer. 1 - 4 with paragraphs A – E.

The butterflies are famous because
they __________________.
a. fly to very cold places.
b. go on a long journey.
c. always move south on the same
day.
2. Vocabulary Work: Find the
meaning of the words. Use your
dictionary.
WORDS MEANING
enormous
journey
A long journey high in the sky. E
1. See the monarchs at the cinema.
2. A very long journey for a butterfly.
3. Lots of beautiful butterflies!
4. No butterfly is safe on this difficult
journey.
4. Complete the dialogues with the words.
beautiful common dull rare colourful
Example:
“Those small birds are very pretty.”
“Yes. They’re really beautiful”.

1. “My favourite type of butterfly is red, green and

perhaps yellow.” “It’s very ____________”. “Yes”.
2. “How many of these animals are there in the
survive world?” “Only twenty! They’re very _________”.
3. “What colour are wild rabbits?” “They’re a
___________ brown colour – they’re aren’t very
amazing colourful animals”.
4. “Are there a lot of bats in your area?” “No,
they’re aren’t very ____________”.
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ACTIVITY 15: Reading : (cont.) -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Amazing butterflies

Read the text again. Correct the information in the sentences.

Example: The butterflies have got very small wings. enormous

1. The butterflies fly from South America and Canada

to Mexico.
2. The monarchs make the fastest journey off all the
butterflies in the world.
3. In one hour, the monarchs can go more than 100
kilometres.
4. When it is very hot, a lot of butterflies die.

5. You can’t find a lot of information about monarch

butterflies.

ACTIVITY 16:
Answer the questions. Write complete sentences.

Example:

How many butterflies are there in the sky?

*
There are thousands and thousands.
What colour are the butterflies?
1

How far is their journey?

2

When do the butterflies start their journey?

3

How high in the sky do the butterflies sometimes go?

4

Would you like to watch the film “Flight of the Butterflies”? Why /
5 Why not?
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ACTIVITY 17: WRITING -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Language point : Giving examples

Rewrite the sentences with the phrases in brackets.

Example:
In the national park, there are exciting birds.
There are ostriches and eagles. (for example)
In the national park, there are exciting birds.
For example, there are ostriches and eagles.

1. Are you interested in small creatures rabbit? (such as)

___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

2. You can help animals in different ways. You can adopt a gorilla. (for example)
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

3. I love TV programmes about big animals camels and giraffe. (like)

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

4. At this zoo, you can see different bears black bears and pandas. (such as)
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

5. They often visit hot places Australia and India. (like)

___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
ACTIVITY 18:
Write the sentences. Use the phrases in brackets.
Example:
* Jack / likes / sports / basketball and football / (such as)
Jack likes sports such as basketball and football.

1 she / loves / exciting books / Harry Potter / (like)

________________________________________________________

2 Mary and Jenny / have got / interests / photography and music / (such as)
________________________________________________________

3 some modern cities / are / very big / London and New York / (for example)
________________________________________________________

4 my uncle / goes / to different countries / Turkey and Italy / (such as)

________________________________________________________

5 some animals / are / in danger / elephants and gorillas / (for example)

________________________________________________________
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ACTIVITY 19: -Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021

Read the notes. Then complete the text.

What are servals? African wild cats

Where do they live?
How big are they?
How heavy are they?
How fast can they run?
What do servals eat?
Are servals in danger?
Countries like South Africa/
Tanzania
one metre long / taller
than most cats
eighteen kilos
eighty kilometres an hour
rats, frogs, snakes,
can jump and kill birds
Yes, in some places. – smaller
numbers. Problem – hunting.

Animal factfile: Servals

Servals are African wild cats. They live in different countries in Africa such
as 1) _______________ and 2) _______________.

SIZE: Servals can be 3) _______________ long. They have long legs

and they are one of the 4) ______________ animals in the cat family.
Some servals can weigh 5) ________________.

SPEED: Servals are fast animals. They can run at 6) _______________

_________________________.

FOOD: Servals eat animals like rats, and other small creatures such as
7) ___________________ and 8) _____________________. They
9) ___________________ up to three metres and 10) ___________
birds too.

PROBLEMS: In some parts of Africa there are now 11) ____________

_______________ of servals and they are in danger. The biggest
problem is human activity like 12) _____________________.
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PROGRESS REVIEW:
Vocabulary: Animals
1 Complete the words in the sentences.
a) What do you think this animal is? It’s
got long ears and a white tail. It’s a
r _ _ _ _ _.
b) This small creature lives in and out of
water. It can jump. It’s a f _ _ _!
c) The animal has got eight arms and it
lives in the water. Is it an
o _ _ _ _ _ _?
d) What is this animal? It lives in a hot
place and it can walk far without
water. It’s a c _ _ _ _.
e) We think this creature is beautiful. It
can fly. It’s a b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
f) These creatures only live in the water.
They can swim fast. They’re f _ _ _.
I can talk about animals.
MY EVALUATION:
Reading: The ugliest animal?
3 Choose the correct word and complete
the text.
MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
There are only about 900 gorillas now in
the world and they are one of the
(1) ________ animals in Africa. For
many people, the gorillas aren’t pretty or
(2) ________ - some people say they
have (3) ________ faces. It’s true,
they are a (4) ________ colour – black
or grey and they aren’t (5) __________
creatures like butterflies. But, they are
some of the most interesting animals in
the world. If we protect these amazing
creatures, they can become (6) _______
again.
1 a) rarest b) most common
2 a) common b) dull
3 a) colourful b) ugly
4 a) beautiful b) rare
5 a) dull b) colourful
6 a) more common b) rarer
-Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021
Language Focus: Superlative Adjectives
2 Complete the sentences with a
superlative adjective.
a) This village isn’t noisy. It is one of
____________ (quiet) places in our
country.
b) I like that Italian restaurant – they
have ____________ (big) pizzas in
town!
c) The museum in our capital city is
fantastic. It is one of ____________
__________ (interesting) museums in
the world.
d) They never go to that swimming pool.
It’s ______________ (bad) in the
area.
e) This office building is horrible! It’s
______________ (ugly) building in
the city.
f) “Do you like this park?” “Yes. It’s one
of ________________ (beautiful)
parks in the country.
h) There are a lot of rats in the world –
they are one of
_________________ (common)
animals.
i) We love that Malaysian actor. He is
_______________ (good) actor in
Malaysia.
I can use superlative adjectives to talk
about my country.
MY EVALUATION:
c) most colourful
c) beautiful
c) rare
c) dull
c) ugly
c) uglier
I can read for specific information.
MY EVALUATION:
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PROGRESS REVIEW:
Language Focus: Can for ability/
Questions with How…
4 Write questions and short answers with
can.
Freddie Anna & Kate
swim
speak French
play basketball
1. Freddie / swim?
____________________________
____________________________
2. Anna and Kate / swim?
____________________________
____________________________
3. Freddie / speak French?
____________________________
____________________________
4. Anna and Kate / speak French?
____________________________
____________________________
5. Freddie / play basketball?
____________________________
____________________________
6. Anna and Kate / play basketball?
____________________________
____________________________
I can talk about abilities
MY EVALUATION:
Speaking: Asking for permission.
6 Complete the dialogues with the words.
There are five extra words.
afraid but do can can’t I
OK or she Thanks weekend
Helen Mum.
Mum Yes, Helen?
Helen Is is (1) _________ if I go to
Sarah’s house for an hour?
Mum No, I’m (2) _________ you can’t.
Helen But Mum, why not? Her house
isn’t far.
Mum I’m sorry (3) _______ it’s late
and you’ve got school tomorrow.
Helen Oh, OK. Can (4) _______ go to
her house on Saturday then?
Mum Yes, of course you (5) _______.
Helen Great! (6) _________ Mum.
I can ask for permission to do things.
MY EVALUATION:
-Mr Syuhailmi-SKLJ 2021
5 Complete the questions with How and
one of the words.
far fast heavy many rare tall
1. _____________ can a whale swim?
Thousands of kilometres.
2. _____________ is your older brother?
One metre eighty-five.
3. _____________ can a wolf run?
Sixty kilometres an hour.
4. _____________ is an ostrich?
More than 100 kilos.
5. _____________ pandas are in the zoo?
Two.
6. _____________ are these animals?
There are only fifty in the world now.
I can talk about abilities
MY EVALUATION:
Writing: Animals in danger
7 Order the words to make sentences.
1. live/pandas/the mountains/of/in/China
______________________________
______________________________
2. 160kilos/adult pandas/weigh/to/up/can
______________________________
______________________________
3. in/panda/now/is/the/danger
______________________________
______________________________
4. creatures/one/it’s/rarest/the/in/of/
world/the
______________________________
______________________________
5. is/problem/worst/the/human activity/like
/farming
______________________________
______________________________
6. can/you/information/get/websites/from/
/as/such/Save the panda!
______________________________
______________________________
I can write about animals in danger.
MY EVALUATION: