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Animals 2

goat (n) hippo (n)

/ɡoʊt/ /ˈhɪpəʊ/

a very large animal with short legs and thick,

dark grey skin that lives near water in Africa
B1 an animal related to sheep that usually
Vietnamese: con hà mã
has horns and a beard. Goats live wild on
mountains or are kept on farms to provide
milk, meat, wool, etc.
Vietnamese: con dê

horse (n) jellyfish (n)

/hɔːrs/ /ˈdʒel.i.fɪʃ/

an animal that has a soft, dome-shaped body

A1 a large animal with four legs that
and long, stinging tentacles used for hunting
people ride on or use for carrying things or and protection
pulling vehicles
Vietnamese: con sứa
Vietnamese: con ngựa

lizard (n) monkey (n)

/ˈlɪz.ɚd/ /ˈmʌŋ.ki/

a small reptile that has a long body, four

short legs, a long tail, and thick skin an primate animal that lives in hot
A2

Vietnamese: thằn lằn countries, has a long tail, and climbs trees
Vietnamese: con khỉ

mouse (n) mice (n)

/maʊs/ /maɪs/
plural of mouse

A2 a small mammal with short fur, a Vietnamese: chuột (số nhiều)

pointed face, and a long tail
Vietnamese: con chuột

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pet (n) polar bear (n)

/pet/ /ˌpoʊ.lɚ ˈber/

A1 an animal that is kept in the home as a

companion and treated kindly B2a large white bear that lives in the
Vietnamese: thú cưng Arctic region
Vietnamese: gấu Bắc cực

sheep (n) snake (n)

/ʃiːp/ /sneɪk/

A2 an animal with a long body and no

A1 a farm animal with thick wool that eats legs
grass and is kept for its wool, skin, and meat Vietnamese: con rắn
Vietnamese: con cừu

spider (n) tail (n)

/ˈspaɪ.dɚ/ /teɪl/

B1 a small creature with eight thin legs

that catches insects in a web (= a net made B2 a part of an animal's body, sticking out
from sticky threads) from the base of the back, or something
similar in shape or position
Vietnamese: con nhện
Vietnamese: cái đuôi

tiger (n) zebra (n)

/ˈtaɪ.ɡɚ/ /ˈziː.brə/

B1 a large wild animal of the cat family B2 a large animal that looks like a horse
with yellowish-orange fur with black lines and has black-and-white stripes
that lives in parts of Asia
Vietnamese: con ngựa vằn
Vietnamese: con hổ

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INSTRUCTIONS: Rearrange the letters in the first column to complete the word for
each definition.

k n a s e an animal with a long body and

_____ no legs

t o g a an animal related to sheep that

____ usually has horns and a beard.
Goats live wild on mountains or
are kept on farms to provide
milk, meat, wool, etc.

e s p r i d a small creature with eight thin

______ legs that catches insects in a
web (= a net made from sticky
threads)

e p e h s a farm animal with thick wool

_____ that eats grass and is kept for
its wool, skin, and meat

z r e b a a large animal that looks like a

_____ horse and has black-and-white
stripes

o e n k m y an primate animal that lives in

______ hot countries, has a long tail,
and climbs trees

o h p p i a very large animal with short

_____ legs and thick, dark grey skin
that lives near water in Africa

g i r t e a large wild animal of the cat

_____ family with yellowish-orange
fur with black lines that lives in
parts of Asia

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a l i t a part of an animal's body,

____ sticking out from the base of
the back, or something similar
in shape or position

s u o e m a small mammal with short fur,

_____ a pointed face, and a long tail

e p t an animal that is kept in the

___ home as a companion and
treated kindly

r i l z d a a small reptile that has a long

______ body, four short legs, a long
tail, and thick skin

e o r h s a large animal with four legs

_____ that people ride on or use for
carrying things or pulling vehi-
cles

i h j y l l s f an animal that has a soft,

_________ dome-shaped body and long,
e stinging tentacles used for
hunting and protection

c e m i plural of mouse
____

o l p a r e r b a large white bear that lives in

_____ ____ the Arctic region
a

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INSTRUCTIONS: Use the words in the box to complete the sentences below
Note: You can change the form of the words if necessary

polar bear horse spider tail tiger hippo mouse mice

goat pet sheep zebra jellyfish lizard snake monkey

1. And is that a ________________ swimming in front of the boat?

2. It's very hard to ride a ________________.

3. The ________________'s got eight legs. It's so big.

4. The cat's ________________ was peeping out from under the bed.

5. We saw several ________________ in the wild.

6. "And what is this animal?" "This's a ________________."

7. There is a ________________ in the room.

8. There are two ________________ in the garden.

9. There are some chickens, and ducks and a ________________ on Mary's farm.

10. I walk with my ________________ dog everyday.

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11. Has she got ________________ then? - No, but she has got some cows.

12. There is a ________________ in the picture.

13. Leatherback turtles feed almost exclusively on ________________ and help control
jellyfish populations.

14. Lots of ________________ are very small animals but some are really big.

15. The ________________ coiled itself tightly around the deer.

16. This is a ________________. I like monkeys.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Fill in the missing characters in each word to complete the sen-
tences.
Note: Some words are not infinitive according to grammatical rules.

1. She is watching the s _ a k _ slither away.

2. An iguana and a gecko are each a kind of l _ _ a r d .

3. I like _ o n _ e y s ! They're little.

4. We’re reading a book at school. There's a h _ _ p o in it.

5. I can see a t i g _ _ at the zoo.

6. Is that a _ _ b r a or a horse? - It's a zebra.

7. I'm sure there's a m _ u s _ in my house.

8. The _ o a t s graze among the apple trees.

9. The _ h _ e p is black and white.

10. Where’s the _ p i _ e r now, mum?

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11. Is that a j e _ l _ _ i s h in the water? They're scary.

12. We hear _ o _ s e s clip-clopping along the road.

13. They have several p e t _ - a dog, two rabbits, and a guinea pig.

14. Our dog wags its t a i _ when it’s happy.

15. The largest land predator in the world is the p o _ a r _ e _ r .

16. Pat has six _ i c e .

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INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the best answer for each question below.

1. We are watching the ______ spin its web. 2. Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper
persuaded the ______ back into its cage.
A. stall
B. mosquito A. mp3 player
C. kid B. centimeter
D. spider C. monkey
D. mango

3. He's terrified of being bitten by a ______. 4. My favourite is the one of the ______.
A. snack A. goats
B. snake B. wings
C. monkey C. goals
D. slice D. spiders

5. Out of all my ______ , the dog is my favorite. 6. She's learning about ______ in school.
A. peoples A. zebra
B. pets B. pollutant
C. evenings C. plus
D. pencils D. polar bears

7. The ______ has short legs. 8. The zoo has a large collection of ______.
A. stripe A. times
B. hippo B. tigers
C. zoo C. skins
D. tiger D. parrots

9. A ______ looks like a horse with stripes. 10. Comb ______ are colorful.
A. polar bear A. souvenir
B. zebra B. jellyfish
C. young C. catfish
D. crocodile D. starfish

11. A ______ is sleeping under the pear tree. 12. Choose the synonym of the underlined
word in the sentence:
A. lizard
B. kitten Horses are beautiful animals.
C. jellyfish A. email
D. dragonfly B. mare
C. holiday
D. train

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13. The dog's got a ______ and four legs. 14. Shirley has three ______ and she wants to
play with them.
A. owl
B. polar bear A. salt
C. tail B. sheep
D. tap C. dress
D. farm

15. The ______ run across the house.

A. mouse
B. elephant
C. moon
D. mp3 player

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