The Giant Panda

​Reading Practice

The Giant Panda

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According to the text, approximately how many giant pandas currently live in the wild?

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Look at page 4. Pandas can grow up to 1.5 metres and weigh up to 150 kilograms. What else in the text tells us that giant pandas could be dangerous animals?

Reorder

Reorder the followingNumber these facts about the life of the giant panda cub from 1 – 5 in the order in which they happen.

• A cub weighs about the same as an apple.

• A cub develops black spots

• A cub eats bamboo for the first time.

• A cub weighs 31 to 36 kilograms

• A cub leaves its mother.

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Look at page 4. According to the text, give one way that giant pandas are similar to other bears.

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Look at the section headed: Why are people concerned about the giant panda?

Find and copy one word which shows that there are lots of things we do not yet know about giant pandas.

​Find and copy one word

That means one word.

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Look at the section headed: What about the future?

Find and copy one word that shows that helping the giant panda is not easy.

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According to the text, why are giant pandas under threat of extinction? Give two reasons

​To explain a 3-mark question in just three sentences, you can use the PEE (Point, Evidence, Explain) or PE (Point, Evidence) methods:

First, make a clear point or "impression" that directly answers the question.

Next, find and copy a specific quote or piece of evidence from the text that proves your point.

Finally, explain how that evidence supports your answer, or repeat the process to give a second point with evidence.

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Look at the paragraph that begins with, 'Why are people concerned about the giant Panda?'

Why are people concerned that giant pandas might become extinct? Give three reasons.

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Look at the section: How can people help?

Using the text, explain two ways that ‘adopting a panda’ helps to protect them for the future. (2 marks)

Multiple Choice

Which statement is the best summary for the whole of page 5?

• How the giant panda first got its name.

• How charities raise money for giant pandas.

• How people are working to save giant pandas.

• How giant pandas’ territory is changing.