Module 6

The naturalworld

Language development and vocabulary

Articles Wildlife
> EXPERT GRAMMAR Page 178 4a What kinds of animals are related to the words/
phrases below: mammal, bird, insect or reptile?
1a Complete the sentences with a, an, the ot zeto You can use the words/phrase more than once'
article. bark buzz feather fur lay eggs nest Paw tail
l'm here to tell you 1 little bit about the tweet wing
conservation work at Milton Zoo.2 zoo was
started by 3 family who first had animals in
- Work in groups. Each think of an animal' Take
their garden, where they also grew and sold 4 turns to ask and answer yes/no questions to try
plants. 5 - family's friends would visit just to see to guess each other's animal.
6 so they decided to open 7 - Does it have feathers? Does it live in the rainforest? ls it
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zoo to the public. 8 development of 9
zoo since then has been huge. lt's now around 100 - found mostly in Afica?
-animals
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acres, making it one of 10 largest zoos in the - 5a Complete the second half of the text in Exercise
countr)/. 3 with the words below.
b Why is a, an or ffte used - each gaP?
in adult behaviour breeding ; cage creatures die out
female fur males nest tail wildlife
Countable and uncountable nouns
2a Complete the table with the words below
accommodation development education garden
glass news number plant programme research
result space species time website wildlife

Countable Uncountable Countable + Always

uncountable plural

b Choose the correct option in italics to complete

l
the rules.
Countable noun + singular or plural verb
Uncountable noun + 1 stngular / plural verb
Plural noun + 2 stngular / plural verb
3 Choose the correct option in italics to complete
the text. Look carefully at the nouns that follow.
A young aye aye is covered in silver 1 but this
becomes thick and brown when it becomes anz
Aye ayes are usually around one metre- in length,
which
with a 3 as Iong as its body. It has teeth -.
continue to grow so it can chew through tree bark.
- a thin middle fi.nger and a very long fourth
It also has

An evil animal?
flnger. Ayes ayes live naturally in the rainforest but,
like other 4 lives here, it has had to
adapt to new conditions when parts ofthe rainforest
The aye aye is a lemur thatlliue / liues in the forests of -whichAye ayes sleep in a 5
have been destroyed.
Madagascar. Its hunting behaviour 2is / are unusual They are not particularly social 6 although
as it uses one of its flngers to make holes in trees the 7 _ do sometimes spend time together. Like
and pull out small insects. Time 3 is / are important many species, the 8 - dominant
is the more of
to the aye aye. It comes out exactly thirty minutes the two sexes. Because the 9 of local people
before the sun sets to hunt. During the day it sleeps, so towards the aye aye means it is more likely to be
opportunities to see the animal 4 is / are few. killed than be caught and kept in a 10 , a few
organisations are worried that it might 11 _. To
The aye aye 5ls ,/ are an endangered animal although
prevent this from happening, they are 12 _ ayes
research 6tell / tells us that there are more in the wild
ayes in captivity.
than flrst thought. This news 7 is / are very positive,
although animal groups Scontinue / continuesto
introduce programmes that protect the areas where b Work in pairs. Did you know about the aye aye
the aye aye lives. before you read the article? Why do you think
local people believe it is evil?

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Vocabulary development d Work in pairs and answer the questions.

1 Work in pairs and answer the questions. 1 How could Jorge improve his use of vocabulary?
1 Look at the animal in the photo. What is it? 2 How couldjorge improve his pronunciation?
2 How could you describe it? Use the words below Test practice
to help you.
> TEST STRATEGIES page172
aftractive angry cute dangerous furry eKinct
large lively poisonous powerful pretty rare shy 3 Work in pairs and take turns to do the test task
social strong tiny well-trained wild in Exercise 2a.
1 Make notes about what you can say. You have one
Focus on Lexical resource and Pronunciation minute. Try to use the adjectives in Exercise l.
2 Speak for between one and two minutes. Record
2a Read the test task. What animal could you talk your answers so that you can listen later.
about?
3 Assess your partner's speaking using the questions
in Exercises 2b and 2c.
Describe an animalyou like.
You should say: Assess and improve
What it is
4a Give your partner feedback on his/her
What it looks like performance in the test task.
Where you can see it 1 Say two things helshe did well. What did he/she
and why you like it. do well?
2 Say one thing he/she could do better next time.
b t[ 6.7 Listen to Jorge doing the test task and
b How could you improve? Choose some ideas
answer the questions. from the list.
I Does he talk about the subyect for a long trme, . Learn and practise using more words
using a variety of vocabulary? . Practise using vocabulary more accurately
2 lf he doesn't know a word, does he describe it well . Practise pronouncing words more clearly
using drfferent words? . Practise intonation and sentence stress to sound
3 Does he use words correctly? more interested
c @ e.z Listen again and answer the questions
about Jorge's pronunciation.
1 Does he pronounce words clearly so you can
understand him?
2 Does he sound interested in what he is saying?

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