Match collective nouns in A with the names of animals in B

Complete the sentences.

Match the adjectives with the nouns.

The rabbit

Complete the text with the words in the box.

Complete the sentences using the words in the box.

Teeth wings neck mane legs hair fur feathers heads leaves hoof horns

1. Two…are better than one.

2. Ann has the most beautiful…

3. Sharks have big sharp…

4. A giraffe has a very long…

5. Peacocks have long blue-green tail…

6. The long hair on the neck of a horse or lion is called a…

7. The…of palm-trees are very big and ever-green.

8. A…is the hard part of a house’s foot.

9. The…of a deer are very elegant.

10. Eagle’s…are very big and strong.

11. Polar bear’s…is as white as snow.

12. An ostrich has very long…

Ears eyes teeth mouth legs claws fur hay blind back tame

The rabbit is very pretty. It has a grey or white warm coat of...1... Its …2… are long and stand up straight. They are ready to catch the slightest sound.

If you open a rabbit’s...3.., you will find it full of sharp …4... With them the rabbit can bite off the sweet fresh grass.

The rabbit’s food is cabbage leaves, corn, and...5….

When the young rabbits are born, they have no fur, and they are quite …6…. But the fur soon begins to grow, and in about nine days they open their …7…. The young rabbits are merry little creatures, and play with one another just as children do. Wild rabbits live in holes which they make in the ground. They dig out the sand with their strong fore …8… and sharp …9…. Their home is called a burrow.

Here the rabbit makes its nest. It pulls the fur from its own …10… to make a warm nest for its young ones. Rabbits are very friendly and many hundreds of them live together.

People can easily …11… the rabbit. Many people in the country keep rabbits on their farms.

Adj.: warm, long, slightest, sharp, merry, strong.

Nouns: ears, teeth, legs, creature, sound, coat.

1. The rabbit is …

2. Its ears are ready …

3. In its mouth there are …

4. It eats …

5. The young rabbits …

6. Wild rabbits live …, which are called …

7. To make a warm nest, the rabbits …

8. People can easily …

2.6 What can these creatures do? Match A and B to make sentences.

Example: Eagles can fly at a great height.

A Monkeys Leopards Dogs Camels Whales Snakes

B swim very long distances run very fast charge their skin understand lots of human commands travel through the desert for long distances without water eat fruit from all trees

2.7 What kind of noise do these animals make? Match the nouns with the proper verbs.

Example: A cat meows.

A: Cat elephant lion mouse cow frog horse cock pig dog sheep

B: meow low bark trumpet croak neigh bleat roar squeak grunt crow

Example: a flock of birds

A swarm pack herd pride colony

B wolves bees lions ants elephants

2.9 Whose babies are these? Make up sentences according to the example:

Example: A cub is a fox’s baby.

A: Fox goat sheep dog elephant goose pig duck fowl

B: cub calf kid gosling duckling chicken (chick) piglet lamb puppy

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