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Exercises

40.1 Look at the underlined letters in each pair of words. Is the pronunciation the same or
different? Look at the examples first.
Examples: whale water (different) cat camel (same)
1 lion tiger 6 monkey mosquito
2 leopard mosquito 7 camel snake
3 bear eagle 8 leopard — shark
4 gorilla giraffe 9 dog wasp
5 spider wild 0 mouse cow

40.2 Divide these words into three groups and give each one a title.
monkey horse goat fly lion cow elephant pig mosquito
butterfly tiger wasp sheep camel ant leopard bear chicken

40.3 Start each sentence with a suitable creature from the opposite page.
Voeeeceeees can fly at a great height.
Qos can swim very long distances.
Boocciecttecceeeee can understand lots of human commands.
4cettccttcee can run very fast.
Sic ccctecees can travel through the desert for long distances without water.
Oiecceccteetteteeeesees can be 30 metres in length.
To ceecsetteeetetteecteeees can eat fruit from tall trees.
Boece change their skin several times a year.
Do cceiececceees can pick things up with their trunk.
10 cece provide us with wool.

40.4 Complete the sentences with a suitable word.
1 They’ve got lots of pets: two dogs, four cats, and a... .
2 Their farm animals include cows, sheep and .....................
3 The children love to see the ‘big cats’ at the zoo such as lions, tigers and...
4 I hate most insects, but particularly mosquitoes and ........0...0........
5 We saw some really large animals at the Safari Park: elephants, giraffes and ............0........ .

40.5 Can you match these creatures with their maximum speeds?

lion spider elephant 64 kph 0.05 kph 80 kph
rabbit pig snail 56 kph 40 kph 18 kph
shark golden eagle 270 kph 1.88 kph

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