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Unit 14: Wild Animals

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

​ (a)   and rabbits belong to the same family.

Choose from the below words
Hares
Rats
Foxes
Mice
2.

Zebras protect their young from lions and other ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
predators
hunters
prey
cats
3.

A ​ (a)   is a wild dog.

Choose from the below words
wolf
deer
zebra
puppy
4.

I heard a loud noise, like a lion ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
roaring
growling
purring
howling
5.

The disease was brought into the country by ​ (a)   , which travelled unnoticed on ships.

Choose from the below words
rats
foxes
rabbits
cats
6.

A gorilla is a large ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
ape
monkey
chimpanzee
baboon
7.

The deer were quite ​ (a)   , and would come and take food from our hands.

Choose from the below words
tame
wild
domestic
greedy
8.

The ​ (a)   wallowed in the mud at the side of the river.

Choose from the below words
hippopotamus
fox
llama
leopard
9.

Jack crept along like a tiger stalking its ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
prey
cubs
hunter
keeper
10.

Uncle Tom went on a ​ (a)   while he was in Africa, and saw many different wild animals.

Choose from the below words
safari
cruise
holiday
walk
11.

The fox returned to its hole.

a)

burrow

b)

lair

c)

warren

d)

habitat

12.

Endangered species have to be protected from hunters.

a)

killers

b)

predators

c)

keepers

d)

poachers

13.

The bear must catch enough food to feed its young.

a)

puppies

b)

cubs

c)

kittens

d)

children

14.

The rabbits stayed in the safety of their burrows.

a)

warren

b)

tunnel

c)

home

d)

lair

15.

The warden gave the lions their food.

a)

hunter

b)

warder

c)

keeper

d)

guard

16.

Dinosaurs became ​ (a)   many millions of years ago. In our modern world, there are many other animals that could also disappear from the earth. They are known as ​ (b)   species, and we must do everything we can to protect them. Some of them are dying because people ​ (c)   them for valuable parts of their body, such as the tusks of an elephant or the horns of a ​ (d)   . Others are dying because the place where they live has been destroyed. These include the orang-utan, a large ​ (e)   that lives in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.

Choose from the below words
extinct
endangered
hunt
rhinoceros
ape
safari parks
habitat
hippopotamus
sell
home
17.

Some people think that keeping these animals in zoos is the best way to save them from extinction. However, animals that are used to living in large open spaces are not happy in small cages and enclosures. ​ (a)   are better, because animals have more freedom there, but the best solution of all is to protect the animals in their own ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
safari parks
habitat
hippopotamus
sell
home
hunt
extinct
endangered
ape
rhinoceros
18.

Kate has painted another picture of her strange make-believe land where nothing looks quite right. It is a picture of a jungle with some animals that are not usually found there. For example, there is a (a)   hopping around among the trees, with its baby in its pouch. Instead of having brown fur, it has black and white stripes like a zebra.

19.

Kate has painted another picture of her strange make-believe land where nothing looks quite right. It is a picture of a jungle with some animals that are not usually found there. For example, there is a kangaroo hopping around among the trees, with its baby in its (a)   . Instead of having brown fur, it has black and white stripes like a zebra.

20.

Kate has painted another picture of her strange make-believe land where nothing looks quite right. It is a picture of a jungle with some animals that are not usually found there. For example, there is a kangaroo hopping around among the trees, with its baby in its pouch. Instead of having brown fur, it has black and white stripes like a (a)   .

21.

There is also an elephant, with a long trunk, but instead of having (a)   at the sides of its mouth, it has antlers on the top of its head, like a deer.

22.

There is also an elephant, with a long trunk, but instead of having tusks at the sides of its mouth, it has (a)   on the top of its head, like a deer.

23.

In the branches of one of the trees there is a monkey. You may think there is nothing wrong with that. Monkeys are found in the jungle, and they climb trees. But this monkey has the yellowish brown fur and dark spots of a (a)   . What is more, higher up the tree there is a hippopotamus. In Kate's imaginary world, nothing is impossible!