11 things you never knew about elephants

11 things you never knew about elephants

Preparation

Match the definition with the correct vocabulary.

Multiple Choice

a very long, large tooth that sticks out of the mouth of an animal

• a newborn

• a tusk

• to be sunburnt

• to be pregnant

• an elephant's trunk

Multiple Choice

a recently born child or animal

• a newborn

• a tusk

• to be sunburnt

• to be pregnant

• an elephant's trunk

Multiple Choice

hairs that grow along the top of an eyelid

• eyelashes

• a tusk

• to be sunburnt

• to be pregnant

• an elephant's trunk

Multiple Choice

an elephant's nose

• eyelashes

• a tusk

• to be sunburnt

• to be pregnant

• an elephant's trunk

Multiple Choice

when you have spent too long out in the sun so your skin is sore and red

• eyelashes

• a tusk

• to be sunburnt

• to be pregnant

• an elephant's trunk

Multiple Choice

to be going to have a baby

• eyelashes

• a tusk

• to be sunburnt

• to be pregnant

• an elephant's trunk

Check your understanding: true or false

Multiple Choice

1. There are three types of elephants in the world.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

2. Female Asian elephants don't have trunks.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

3. A newborn elephant weighs about the same as thirty human babies.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

4. Elephants don't have eyelashes.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

5. Adult elephants can't jump!

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

6. The trunk of an elephant has more muscles than the whole human body put together.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

7. Elephants use sand or mud to stop getting sunburnt.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

8. A female elephant is pregnant for more than two years.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Which fact is the most interesting for you?

Open Ended

Which other animals do you think are amazing? Write one interesting fact about the animal(s).

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