The Animals

STUDENT’S BOOK Stand Up Speaking 2 COMMUNICATION LEVEL
WEEK
4 Speaking
1 CHAPTER 23 – THE ANIMALS

Talking about tame & wild animals, characteristics based
on the food, habitat, characteristics
Have you ever seen these animals?

What do you think of them?
Peacock
Komodo Shark
Activity 23.1
Please match the short clues below with the proper animal names.
Deer Cow Chicken Dog Elephant

Crocodile Snake Komodo Lion Cat
1. It is a four legged animal, herbivore,have a horn and reside in forest.
2. It is a big four legged animal, herbivore, reside in a farm and produce milk.
3. It is a small two legged animal, omnivore, two wings and reside in a farm.
4. This is a four legged animal, often used as a pet, omnivore and likes to bark.
5. This is a huge four legged animal, herbivore, big ears and have a trunk.
6. This is a four legged animal, carnivore, have a tail and belong to amphibious animal.
7. It is an animal that make hissing sound, carnivore and some are venomous.
8. This is a four legged prehistoric animal, carnivore and have a infectious saliva.
9. This is a four legged animal, carnivore, apex predator and make a roaring sound.
10. This is a four legged animal, carnivore, often used as a pet, make a meowing sound.
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Activity 23.2
Please match the vocabulary below into the correct categories.
Bark, rivers, jump, bite, oceans, swim, fast, farms, climb, mountains, cute, fly, lazy, meat,
dangerous, jungles, leaves, intelligent, deserts, run, small, hunt, slow, grass, insects, sing,
friendly, big
Places where animals live
Things animals do
Adjectives used to describe

animals
Things animals eat
Classification of animals
1.Based on the food

Animals can be put into groups based on the types of food they eat. They are carnivores, herbivores,
and omnivores.
Carnivor: It refers to an animal that feed on meat of other animal.
Herbivor: It refers to an animal that feed on plants.
Omnivor: It refers to an animal that may both eat meat and plants.
Activity 23.3
Please match the animal listed below to the correct categories, you may add
another animal to the list.
Horse Dog Cat Chicken Sheep Lion

Cow Rabbit Elephant Bear Fox Pig
Camel Whale Kangaroo Snake Komodo Panda
Categories
Carnivore Herbivore Omnivore
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2.Based on their behaviour to human

Tame animal : It is an animal that is friendly to humans such as cats,sheep, horses etc.
Wild animal : It is an animal that lives in the wild and generally unfriendly to humans such as
Tiger, Crocodile etc.
Activity 23.4
Please write the name of the animal based on the tame and wild category in the table
below.(minimum 10)
Tame Wild
3.Based on their habitat in nature.

Habitat: habitat is the specific type of environment which is ideal for the existence and growth of
certain plants and animals. The five major habitats are forests, grasslands, polar regions, deserts,
and aquatic.
Activity 23.5
Please match the habitat with the pictures & definitions below.
1. _________________ (......) 2. _________________ (......)
3. _________________ (......) 4. _________________ (......)
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5. _________________ (......)
Forests Grasslands Polar Regions Deserts Aquatic
a) a an area with a lot of trees which home to various plants and animals.
b) a very cold area around north and south pole where some animal live.
c) an open area of which covered with grass and home of wild animals.
d) a habitat with water, which related to ponds, lakes, oceans rivers etc.
e) an area covered with sand or rocks, which is very dry.
Activity 23.6
Please draw a line between the animal vocabulary below to their proper habitat in nature.
Forests Grasslands Deserts Polar Regions Aquatic
Stingray Lion
Sloth Orangutan
Scorpion Cheetah
Polar Bear Camel
Penguin Whale
Activity 23.7
Let’s think out of the box.
Who would win? Use your imagination how to defeat other animals.
1. Chicken vs Rat
2. Snake vs Mongoose
3. Crocodile vs Hippopotamus
4. Cheetah vs Hyena
5. Lion vs Tiger
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Activity 23.8
Please complete the animal descriptions with the adjectives and nouns from the box.
bushy ears legs muscular round spots

coats gigantic long neck solid striped
1. Hippopotamuses have a ........................ head and are very heavy. They like to swim.
2. Giraffes are very tall. They have long ........................ and a very long .........................
3. Koalas have round faces and ........................ ears. They are cute.
4. Horses have ........................ faces. They can run very fast. Their coats are a ........................
colour or a mixture of colours.
5. Leopards have a gold coat with black ......................... They are ......................... Adult
leopards weigh around 90 kilograms.
6. Tigers have ........................ orange and black ......................... They are good at climbing.
Adult tigers weigh around 300 kilograms.
7. Elephants are huge. They have thick legs, enormous ........................, and a long nose called a
trunk.
8. Squirrels have long, ........................ tails. They like to climb. Most squirrels weigh less than a
kilogram.
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STUDENT’S BOOK Stand Up Speaking 2 COMMUNICATION LEVEL

1 CHAPTER 23 – THE ANIMALS

Have you ever seen these animals?

Deer Cow Chicken Dog Elephant

1. It is a four legged animal, herbivore,have a horn and reside in forest.

Places where animals live

Adjectives used to describe

Things animals eat

1.Based on the food

Horse Dog Cat Chicken Sheep Lion

Carnivore Herbivore Omnivore

2.Based on their behaviour to human

3.Based on their habitat in nature.

1. _________________ (......) 2. _________________ (......)

3. _________________ (......) 4. _________________ (......)

Forests Grasslands Polar Regions Deserts Aquatic

Forests Grasslands Deserts Polar Regions Aquatic

Polar Bear Camel

bushy ears legs muscular round spots

colour or a mixture of colours.

leopards weigh around 90 kilograms.

Adult tigers weigh around 300 kilograms.

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