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ANIMALS
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HABITATS
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1 Warm up

Look at the pictures and match the animals with their names.

camel chimpanzee (chimp) dolphin elephant

lion shark snake tiger

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

Which of these animals live in these habitats?

the desert: the forest:

grassland: the ocean:

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2 Reading

Work in pairs to circle the correct answers in Column A, on the left.

Quiz: ANIMAL WINNERS

column A column B

1. Which animals are faster - camels or A camel’s top speed is ____ mph . An elephant’s
elephants? top speed is ____ mph.

2. Which animals are heavier - lions or tigers? Lions weigh ____ pounds. Tigers weigh ____
pounds.

3. Which animals are more dangerous to Snakes kill ____ people every year. Sharks kill
people - sharks or snakes? ____ people every year.

4. Which animals are more intelligent - chimps Dolphins have a better _________ than chimps.
or dolphins?

Then read the Animal Winners webpage to check your ideas and add the missing information to
Column B.

Do you think any of the information is surprising?

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Animal Winners

People use both camels and elephants for transport, but camels can run at 40 miles per
hour while an elephant’s top speed is 15 miles per hour. Of course, they live in different
habitats - elephants prefer grassland while camels live in the desert.

Lions and tigers are both big cats, but there are several differences between them. Tigers
are forest animals while lions live in grassland. Tigers live alone while lions live in groups.
There is not much difference in size between them, but adult tigers weigh 487 pounds
while adult lions weigh 400 pounds.

Everyone hears about shark attacks on the news and in movies. People around the world
worry about sharks when they go swimming in the ocean. So, you may be surprised to
know that sharks kill six people every year, more or less, while snakes kill around 100,000
people. You can relax at the beach! (But not in the desert...)

The big question is, which animals are intelligent? It’s difficult to give an answer because
there are many ways to be intelligent. If we think about how different animals remember
events from the past, scientists believe that dolphins have a better memory than chimps.
However, dogs are better at understanding human language than dolphins.

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3 Language point
Study the sentences below.

• Camels are faster than elephants.

• Tigers are heavier than lions.
• Snakes are more dangerous than sharks.
• Dolphins have a better memory than chimps.

We use comparative adjective + than to compare two things in one sentence.

Study the table and then write the comparative forms of the adjectives below.

Comparative forms

adjectives with one add -er: fast / faster slow / slower

syllable

if the adjective ends nice / nicer large / larger

in -e, just add -r:

when an adjective big / bigger hot / hotter

ends in one vowel +
one consonant, the
spelling changes:

adjectives with two take away the -y, add heavy / heavier pretty / prettier
syllables that end in -ier:
-y

adjectives with two use more + the base more dangerous more intelligent
or more syllables form of the adjective

irregular forms good / better bad / worse far / farther or further

1. cute
2. easy
3. famous
4. funny
5. expensive
6. interesting
7. sad
8. tall
Check the meanings of these adjectives with your teacher or a dictionary.

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4 Practice

Write comparative sentences using the ideas you are given.

Example: cheese / expensive / fruit.

Cheese is more expensive than fruit.

the desert / hot / the forest

The desert is hottier than the forest

1.

monkeys / cute / camels

2. Monkeys are cutier than camels.

the forest / pretty / grassland

3. Grassland is prettier than the forest.

camels / slow / horses

4. The camels are slower than horses (jor-ses)

the restaurant / large / the coffee shop

5. The coffee shop is larger than the restaurant

this website / interesting / that website

6. This website is more interesting than that website.

the movie / bad / the book

7. The movie is worse than the book.

having a pet snake / difficult / having a dog

8. Having a pet snake is more difficult than having a dog.

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5 Speaking
Choose your best words to complete the sentences. Then compare answers with your partner and
explain your ideas using comparatives, as in the example.
Example:

A funny animal I enjoy seeing on TV: camels or lions?

• A: I enjoy seeing camels on TV. They’re funnier than lions because they don’t do what
their owners want.

• B: Not me! I like TV shows about lions. The babies are funnier than camels when they
play. And lions are more interesting than camels because they work together.

Which is better and why:

1. An interesting place that I’d like to visit on vacation: the desert or the forest?
2. An easy place for people to visit: grasslands or the ocean?
3. An intelligent animal that I’d like to see in the wild: elephants or dolphins?
4. A dangerous animal that I am afraid of: tigers or sharks?
5. A cute pet I’d like to have: chimps or snakes?

6 Extra practice/homework
Read the webpage about sharks and dolphins and correct the sentences that have mistakes. If the
sentence is correct, put a tick ✓next to it.

Factfile: Sharks and dolphins

Sharks and dolphins look similar, but they are very different. Dolphins are mammals like
humans, while sharks are a type of fish.
1. Dolphins is faster than sharks.
2. Dolphins also have larger brains.
3. This makes dolphins intelligent than sharks.
4. Dolphins also friendlier than sharks.
5. Most people think dolphins are more cute too.
6. Sharks have sharper teeth and so are more dangerous dolphins.
7. Some sharks are biger than a car!
8. Maybe sharks are more interesting because they are more different from us than
dolphins.
9. But swimming with dolphins is gooder than swimming with sharks!

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7 Extension

Comparative sentences have stressed and (unstressed) forms when we say them:

• Cheese (is) moreexpensive (than) fruit.

Stressed forms are strong - they sound loud and long. Unstressed forms are weak - they sound
soft and short.

Practice saying these comparative sentences with stressed and (unstressed) forms.

1. Deserts (are) hotter (than) forests. Stressed form

2. Sharks (are) more interesting (than) dolphins. Unstressed form

3. Snakes (are) longer (than) chimps. Unstressed form

4. Chimps (are) funnier (than) camels. Stressed form

Now mark the stressed and unstressed words in these sentences and practice saying them.

1. Coffee is better than tea. Unstressed form

2. Winter is worse than summer. Stressed form

3. The sun is farther than the moon. Stressed form

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