Y5M3 - THE UGLIEST ANIMALS

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English class

Y5M3 - THE UGLIEST ANIMALS

BLOBFISH

SUCCESS CRITERIA

I can express how I feel when reading about the animals and answer comprehension questions correctly

Multiple Choice

Which word best suit the meaning below?

"to keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss "

• species

• helps

• protects

Multiple Choice

Which word best suit the meaning below?

"a set of animals or plants, members of which have similar characteristics to each other and which can breed with each other"

• species

• rare

• extinct

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of 'extinct'?

• something that lives and moves but is not a human, bird, fish, or insect

• there are no more individuals of that species alive anywhere in the world - the species has died out

• to keep someone or something safe from injury

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word 'danger'?

• the possibility of harm or death

• not common or frequent

• to keep someone or something safe from injury

Multiple Choice

Define the word 'help'.

• not common or frequent

• make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources

• the set of someone's characteristics

Multiple Choice

Define the meaning of the word 'rare'.

• the set of someone's characteristics

• ordinary

• very unusual

The ugliest animals?

The blobfish isn’t the most beautiful fish on the planet and isn’t the most common. It’s a dull colour and you don’t usually see it because it lives 1,000 metres under the seas near Australia.

Multiple Choice

Choose 'True' or 'False' for the statement below.

The blobfish is quite rare.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio.

Choose 'True' or 'False' for the statement below.

'The blobfish sometimes lives in rivers.'

• True

• False

But now the blobfish is famous because people say that it’s the ugliest animal in the world. There are photos and articles about it in magazines and on the internet. This is really good for the blobfish and for other ‘ugly’ animals. But why?

Multiple Choice

Choose 'True' or 'False' for the statement below.

'It’s good that there are photos and articles about the

blobfish.'

• True

• False

Every year, thousands of species of animals become extinct. We often see information about the most interesting, the most beautiful and the most colourful, such as whales, butterflies or pandas. But some of the ugliest animals are also some of the rarest, and they also need our help.

Multiple Choice

Listen to the audio.

Choose 'True' or 'False' for the statement below.

'There’s a lot of information about pandas, but not whales.'

• True

• False

On lists of the world’s ‘ugliest’ animals, the blobfish is often number one, but there are other fantastic creatures on the list. For example, the monkey with the biggest nose (the proboscis monkey) and the frog with the weirdest face (the purple frog).

Multiple Select

Choose 3 animals that are considered the ugliest in the world

Are they really ugly? No, they’re interesting and rare. The best idea is to protect all animals.

Multiple Choice

According to the text, every year, thousands of species of animals become ______________.

• beautiful

• ugly

• extinct

• habitat

Multiple Choice

Blobfish lives 1,000 metres under the seas near ___________.

• Malaysia

• Indonesia

• Australia

• China

Multiple Choice

Blobfish and purple frog are ____________ species.

• beautiful

• excellent

• common

• rare