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WorksheetsUnit 14: Wild Animals
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 27mins
(a) and rabbits belong to the same family.
Zebras protect their young from lions and other (a) .
A (a) is a wild dog.
I heard a loud noise, like a lion (a) .
The disease was brought into the country by (a) , which travelled unnoticed on ships.
A gorilla is a large (a) .
The deer were quite (a) , and would come and take food from our hands.
The (a) wallowed in the mud at the side of the river.
Jack crept along like a tiger stalking its (a) .
Uncle Tom went on a (a) while he was in Africa, and saw many different wild animals.
The fox returned to its hole.
burrow
lair
warren
habitat
Endangered species have to be protected from hunters.
killers
predators
keepers
poachers
The bear must catch enough food to feed its young.
puppies
cubs
kittens
children
The rabbits stayed in the safety of their burrows.
warren
tunnel
home
lair
The warden gave the lions their food.
hunter
warder
keeper
guard
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.
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) .
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.
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.
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) .
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.
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.
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!
