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ім. А.Ю. КРИМСЬКОГО
Кафедра викладачів іноземних мов,
методик викладання іноземних мов
в початкових класах
КОМПЛЕКС ЛЕКСИЧНИХ ВПРАВ
З АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ МОВИ
ПО ТЕМІ „ПРИРОДА”
Підготувала НЕЧАЙ В.М.,
викладач іноземних мов
2007
Plants and Trees.
There are many kinds of plants in the world. They are of
different shapes and different sizes. Some plants are so tiny
that we need a microscope to see them. Trees are the biggest
plants. A tree stands above the ground, but its roots are
under the ground. The roots get food for the tree out of the
earth; they also hold the tree to the ground when the wind
blows.
When a tree is young, it is very small; but it grows year
after year. It gets taller and taller, its trunk gets bigger and
bigger, its branches get longer and longer, and there are
more and more green leaves on its branches.
The leaves of trees are green in summer. They get brown
or red in autumn, and then they fall to the ground when the
wind blows.
But in spring, new green leaves come out again on the
branches, and also pink and white blossoms which will give
fruit later, in summer or in autumn.
A fruit tree gives us fruit to eat. Fruit is good to eat when
it is ripe; then it is sweet.
People have gardens and kitchen-gardens. In the gardens
people grow: apple-trees, pear trees, plum trees, cherry trees.
Word list:
branch
trunk
roots
leaves
leaf
twig
bark
acorn
oak-tree
willow
palm
fur-tree
pine-tree
гілкa дерева
стовбур
коріння
листя
листочок
гілка
кора
жолудь
дуб
верба
пальма
ялинка
сосна
birch
chestnut
lime
maple
poplar
log
walnut-tree
cherry-tree
apple-tree
plum-tree
pear-tree
needles
garden
береза
каштан
липа
клен
тополя
поліно
грецький горіх
вишня
яблуня
слива
груша
хвоя
сад
Fill in the missing words:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
_______ is a tall plant that can live a long time.
The thick main stem of a tree, from which the branches
grow is _______.
_______ are the parts of a plant that grow nuder the
ground.
A past of a tree which grows out from the trunk and on
which leaves grow is ______.
_______ are green and flat parts of a plant, growing from
a stem or branch or directly from the root.
A _________ gives us fruit to eat.
_______ is a piece of land in which fruit trees are grown.
 Match each word in the left hand column with
the best meaning in the right-hand column.
Birch
Chestnut
Lime
Maple
Pine
Fir
Poplar
Willow
Walnut tree
Palm
A tree producing smooth brown nuts inside
prickly cases
A type of tree, common in northern
countries, with smooth bark and thin
branches
A tree with leaves that have five points
A tree with smooth leaves shaped like
hearts and sweet smelling yellow flowers
A tree with soft wood or bush with thin
flexible branches and long narrow leaves
A type of a tall straight tree with soft wood
A tree that produces cones and has thin
sharp leaves throughout the year
A tree with leaves like needles that stay on
throughout the year
A tree that grows in warm or tropical
climates, with no branches and a mass of
large wide leaves at the top
A tree that produces an edible nut in a hard
round, light brown shell
 Fill in the table:
Tree
Bark
Flowers
Wood
Color of the leaves
spring
Autumn
winter
Fruit
Wood
of used
Word power
Learn proverbs from the forest. Fry to translate them. How
do you understand them? Do you have similar proverbs in
your language?
1. Every oak must be an acorn.
2. Great oaks from little acorns grow.
3. The gods sent nuts to those who have no teeth.
4. He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.
5. Some people cannot see the wood for the trees.
Match with the best meaning:
Bark up the wrong tree
in a difficult situation and
unable to get out
not able to see the forest allowing many details of a
for the trees
problem
to
obscure
the
problem as a whole
up a tree
to make the wrong choice; to
ask the wrong person
grease someone’s palm
to be in need of a tip
have an itchy palm
to bribe someone
to
know
someone
or to bribe someone
something like the palm of
one’s hand
to oil someone’s palm
to know someone or something
very well
 Fruits
Fruit is the part of a plant that contains seeds and flesh
and can be eaten as food. Most fruits are sweat and good to
eat. They grow on plants and have seeds in them.
Some fruits grow on bushes. They are blackberries,
blueberries, cranberries, currants, gooseberries, raspberries,
elderberries.
Some fruits grow on trees or treelike plants. They are:
apples, apricot, avocado, banana, cherries, fig, grapefruit,
lemon, mango, orange, papaya, peach, pear, plum,
pomegranate, tangerine.
Some fruits grow on vines or vine like plants. They are:
watermelon, cantaloupe, melon, grapes, strawberries.
Apple
stalk
skin
core
banana
peel
cherry
stone
coconut
date
peanut
lemon
orange
segments
peach
 Word list:
яблуко
strawberry
хвостик
grapes
шкірка
vine
серцевина
mango
банан
pear
шкірка
plum
вишня
pineapple
кісточка
walnut
кокос
kernel
фінік
kiwi
арахіс
grapefruit
лимон
papaya
апельсин
fern
дольки
fig
персик
cactus
полуниця
виноград
виноградна лоза
манго
груша
слива
ананас
грецький горіх
зернятко
ківі
грейфрут
папая
папороть
інжир
кактус
 Match each word in the left hand column with
the best meaning in the right-hand column.
Pearch
Plum
Cherry
Pear
Apple
Apricot
Pumpkin
A round friut with firm juicy flesh. Fruit has
green, red or yellow skin when ripe
A round yellow or orange fruit with fur on its
skin, soft flesh and a large stone inside
A sweet juicy yellow or green with a round
shape, that becomes narrower towards the
stem
A small soft round fruit with a stone in the
middle. They are red or black when ripe
A soft round fruit with a red or purple skin,
sweet flesh and a flat pointed stone
A round juicy fruit with a red or purple skin,
sweet flesh and a flat pointed stone
A very large round fruit with a thick skin and
many seeds. Its orange flesh it used as a
vegetable
 Learn vocabulary by matching each word with
the best meaning.
Strawberry
A wild shrub with thorns on its stems. A
small dark edible fruit
Blackberries Edible dark blue berry which grow on a small
bush
Blueberry
A small red sour berry, used for making sauce
and in cooking
Currants
A small black red or white berry that grows in
brunches on certain bushes
Gooseberrie A green, sour but edible berry that grow on a
prickly bush. They are used for making jam
Cranberry
A small edible soft fruit red when ripe
Raspberries A soft juicy red fruit with tiny yellow seeds on
the surface
Describe fruits using these tables and the
picture.
Word power
Learn proverbs from the garden. Can you translate them? Do
you have similar sayings in your language?
1. There is no garden without its weeds.
2. The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.
3. Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.
4. The rotten-apple injures its neighbours.
5. A tree is known by its fruit.
6. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of
weeds.
Flowers
Flower – the part of a plant from which the seeds and fruit
develops, often brightly colored and lasting only a short time.
 Learn vocabulary by matching each word with
the best meaning.
Thistle
Poppy
Rose
Tulip
Pansy
Geranium
Daisy
Chrysanthemum
Grow wild in most parts of the world. In our
caountry it is a spring flower
A toll plant with long leaves and large bright
yellow or purple flowers
Plant with white or yellow sweet smelling
flowers
A garden plant with brightly coloured
flowers. They are late coming into flower.
A small white flower with a yellow centre
usually growing wild
A garden plant with red or pink flowers
A garden plant with a short stem and broad
flat flowers of various bright colours
A sweet-smelling flower that grows on a bush
and has thorns on it sterns
Jasmine
Iris
Violets
A garden flower growing from bulb with a
large, brighly copoured flower, shaped like a
cup
A wild or cultivated plant with large often
bright flowers whitish juice and small black
seeds
A wild plant with prickly leaves and purle
white or yellow flowers
Learn this table and describe flowers using
a picture.
Answer the questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What is flower? Name its parts.
What flowers grow in the flower garden?
What flowers are the some colour?
What flowers are early coming into flowers?
What flowers are late coming into flowers?
Name garden and wild growing flowers?
What is your favourite flower? Why?
How long is it in flower?
9. What way does a flower take it’s food?
Do you know, that?
Flowers and other plants take in carbonik acid from the
air and give off the oxygen.
We breathe out carbonik acid and so form material for
the life of plants.
So, we cannot live without plants and plants cannot live
without us.
 Learn vocabulary by matching each word
with the best meaning.
Onion
Pepper
Cucumber
Eggplant
Pears
Tomato
Beetroot
Carrot
Radish
Asparagus
Corn
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Parsley
Brusselssprout
Cabbage
Potato
Garlic
A long vegetable with a green skin. It is
usually eaten raw
A large dark purple vegetable with a soft
white inside. Cooked before eating
A round green seed that grows with
others in a pod and is eaten cooked at a
vegetable
A juicy red eaten raw
A plant with a radk red round root which
is eaten as a vegetable when cooked
A plant with a long pointed orange root
A small hot-tasting red or white root
vegetable eaten raw in salads
A round white vegetable with many layers
inside each other. It has strong smell and
flavour
A hollow roughly round vegetable (red,
green, yellow)
A round vegetable with green leaves.
These leaves are eaten as food
A plant with small edible parts like tiny
cabbages growing on its stem
A small plant with curling green leaves
that are used for flavouring and
decorating
A vegetable with green leaves around a
large hard white head of flowers
A vegetable similar to a cauli flower but
with many small green flower heads
A vegetable (tall) that produces yellow
grain
A plant whoose young green shoots are
cooked and eaten as a vegetable
A plant of the onion family with a strong
taste and smell
A round white vegetable with a brown or
red skin
 A puzzle
Write your auswers in the puzzle and find out the vertical
word. The vertical word spell what we all like to eat.
1. a climbing plant;
2. tiny cabbages;
3. large dark purple vegetable;
4. dark red round root;
5. juicy red, used fir making ketchup
6. white with a brown or red skin;
7. a round head of leaves;
8. has strong taste and smell;
9. curling green leaves;
10. hot-tasting root.
Fill in the table
Fruit
vegetable
or
Size
Form
Taste
Used for
Word power phrases from the garden
cool as a cucumber – calm and not agitated;
rotten to the core – completely no good, bad;
apple of someone’s - someone’s favourite person or thing;
cream of the crop – the best of all;
easy as apple pie – very easy;
beat around the bush – to avoid answering a question;
apples and oranges – comparing two different things;
fresh as a daisy – very fresh;
upset the apple cart – to ruin;
bed of roses – way of life, that is always happy;
April showers bring – something that you do not enjoy may
May flowers
lead to something you do enjoy
lead someone down the garden path - to deceive someone.
A puzzle
Find out the vertical word. The vertical word spells the
plant late coming into flower.
1. flowers of unusual shapes;
2. wild plant with prickly leaves;
3. a garden flower (red or pink)
4. small white flower;
5. a tall plant with long leaves;
6. bright flower with short stem;
7. wild blue flower;
8. long thin part of a flower
9. bouquet;
10. small wild or garden plant;
11. yellow or white sweet smelling;
12. growing from a bulb;
13. very large round fruit.
A study of animal life.
Animals and plants are similar in many ways: they need
food, they breathe; they grow and reproduce.
But at the same time, they are different. Green plants
take in carbonic acid from the air and dive off the oxygen.
They use inorganic materials to make up organic substances
(fats, proteins) in the presence of sunlight. Animals cannot
live on such a diet. They need plants and other animal. The
two groups of living organisms, animals and plants, form the
organic world. They are closely connected.
The Animal Kingdom.
Animals are found all over the world: from the frost –
bound Arctic countries to the hot tropical areas, on
mountain peak and in the depths of the sea.
Everyone knows the domestic animals and has heard
about bears and wolves and some of you have even gone
fishing. Insects, worms are also animals. Some animals can
be seen only under a microscope.
The animal kingdom is more varied than that of the
plants. There are some 500.000 different species of plants
and 1.500.000 different species of animals.
Animals live in very different kinds of places. Fish live in
water, polar bears prefer the shores of the Arctic Ocean,
while brown bears like forests.
The animal on the sea bottom are even more varied.
Mammals.
 Mammals – class of animals that give birth to live
babies and feed their young on milk.
WILD AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Rabbits belong to the Mammals. The domestic breeds
were derived from wild rabbits, which are still widespread in
the south of Europe. They were brought from there by man
to the South-Western Ukraine.
The body of rabbit is divided (a feature common to all
mammals) into a head, neck, trunk, tail and two pairs of
limbs. The trunk and the head (which bears two long ears)
are linked by a short neck.
In a sitting position a rabbit looks rather small. In fact, it
has quite a long body. The body is covered with hair. The
hair protects the animal from cold.
Wild rabbits are surrounded by enemies. They are hunted
by foxes and birds of prey. They are also hunted by people.
Like other mammals, the rabbit has a keen sense of smell,
which plays a very important part in its life, helping it to find
food.
The domestic breeds are larger and produce hair of
different qualities. They are bud for their fur, for meat, and
for wood. The meat of all rabbits is good to eat.
Hares. Hares look very much like rabbits, but their
hind legs are larger. The ears are long and the tail is quite
short. They eat vegetables and tree bark.
The White Hare lives in the woods. In summer its
colour is chestnut grey, gradually changing in the autumn
and winter to white. The white fur makes the animal hard to
see in the snow.
The Grey Hare prefers warm, open places. It is rather
larger than the White Hare and is different in colour. In
winter its back remains grey and only the two sides turn
white.
Squirrel
belongs to a large group of small mammals
which includes rabbits, hares, rats and mice. It is useful,
slender beautiful animal hunted for its fur. It has a bushy
tail and long brush – pointed ears.
In summer the squirrel is chest nut red. In autumn it
changes color and is covered with thicker fur of different
shades of grey, which makes it almost unnoticeable among
the snow covered branches and twigs. Squirrels eat pine
seeds, nuts, acorns and mushrooms (which they string on
tree branches in summer, to dry).
Nests are built as a shelter from bad weather and also in
which to raise the young. They are usually made in hollows
in trees or else in higher branches.
Answer the questions:
1. What animals are called mammals?
2. What does a rabbit look like?
3. What is the main difference between the rabbit and a
hare? (White Hare and Grey Hare).
4. Why is it important far the White Hare to change color
in winter?
5. What does a squirrel look like?
6. Are squirrels adopted to live in trees?
Flesh – eating mammals.
To this order belong mammals which mostly eat animal
flesh. They prefer to hunt live prey. Some of these animals
are very big. The most characteristic representatives are cats,
wolves, dogs, foxes, bears, lions, tigers, etc.
 Domestic Cat
is originated from the wild cat,
whose descendants are still found in Africa. It was
domesticated centuries ago, in Ancient Egypt, and is still
being used by man to destroy mice and rats.
When hunting mice the Domestic Cat uses the same
means as its wild ancestors. It has a remarkably keen sense
of hearing and sharp eyesight. Cats see well in darkness.
Cats have long whiskers and eyebrows. The animal is very
light on foot and able to approach its prey unnoticed.
Cats catch and hold their prey with very sharp curved
claws.
The brains of all cats are more highly organized than
those of rabbits or squirrels. This is due to the practice of
hunting live prey.
Big Cats.
Cats are the most popular pets – but you can’t keep these
cats at home. They’re called “Big Cats”.
Read the text and put in these words:
Bigger
bigger
fastest
shorter
longer
smaller
rarest
 Lions are large powerful animals of the cat family.
Lions eat meat and live in families. The males are ___________
than the female and have ________ hair on their heads. This
hair is called a mane. Most lions live in southern Africa, but
there are also some in India. Lions sleep about 18 hours a
day.
 Tigers are large animals of the cat family, having a
yellowish coat with black bands. Tigers live in forests in Asia,
Sumatra and Java. Some tigers are __________ than lions.
Tigers are rare in the wild because people hunt them for their
fur. Tigers live alone and hunt at night. They love water and
can swim very well.
 Leopards and jaguars are very similar, but
leopards live in Afrika and jaguars live in Central and South
America. Like tigers, they live alone. Leopards are _______
than jaguars. Jaguars have ________ tails. Jaguars are the
only big cats that can’t roar.
 Snow leopards are the _______ big cats. Like tigers,
people hunt them for their fur. They live alone in high
mountains in central Asia.
 Facts:
 Young big cats are called cubs.
 Another big cat, the chutah, is the
run at loo kph.
land animal. It can
Wolves.
Wolves hunt in a different way from cats. When they hear
or scent their prey, they run it down in the open.
Wolves live and hunt it groups. Their legs which are
longer than a cat’s, are very powerful. Wolves are dangerous
animals, which kill a lot of domestic stock (particularly
sheep). They are known to attack people.
Dogs.
Wolves are the ancestors of the Domestic Dog, the first
animal to have been tamed by man. Dogs, like wolves, have
powerful legs. Man has changed the nature of dogs and
evolved many different breeds to suit his own requirements.
Breeds are distingnished by specific size, body shape,
colouring and type of fur, and also behaviour and
dispasition.
Dogs are trained for hunting, trausporting, searching for
criminals, etc: Laika and Strelka were sent into outer space
to find out the effects it has on living beings.
Do you know breeds of dogs ?
Match each word with the best meaning.
Foxterrier
Poodle
German
sheperd
Pekinese
Collie
Bulldog
Has long hair and long nose. It’s used for
guarding
Has small short legs, long hair and a short flat
nose. Originally from China
A large dog with smooth hair. It’s often trained
to help the police
Has thick curling hair which is often cut
Has small body, a large head and a short thick
neck
Drives foxes out of their holes
Facts.
 The smollest dog on record was a Yorkshire terrier. She
weighed 113g and was only 6,3 cm tall.
 The rarest dog is the Amerecan hairless terrier. There
are 70 in the world. They have no hair.
 The most dangerous breed is the pit bull terrier.
 The world’s richest dog was Toby, a New York poodle.
He got 15 million dollars from his owner when she
died.
 German shaperd dogs are the most intelligent dogs of
all. Like dobermans and rottweilers, they are good
guard dogs.
 Collies help farmers. They are good at chasing sheep
and moving them in small groups.
 Huskies have thick coats becouse they work in the
Arctic.
Ask your group-mate:
1. Does he/she have a pet?
2. If not, does he/she want to have a pet at home?
3. Who takes care of the pet?
4. Is it good to have a pet?
5. When was he/she born? Is he/she a “dog”?
6. Does he/she know anybody who was born in the year
of the Dog?
7. Is he/she more pessimistic? Toyal, faithful then you
are?
8. Do different pets need different care?
9. Where do pets have their slleping places?
10. Which pet need more care?
11. What must you remember if you have a pet?

Kangaroo.
When a kangaroo is not moving, it sits on its hind legs
and is supported by its tail.
When grazing, it uses both pairs of limbs, and moves
slowly. However, it can also travel at great speed. When
propelled by its powerful hind legs it makes enormous flying
leaps. When trying to escape from its enemies it easily jumps
over bushes and ditches, using its tail as a helm.
The kangaroo is a big animal but when the young is born
it is scarcely bigger than a walnut. It is blind, naked and
completely helpless. At once the mother takes it in her
mouth and places it in a pouch formed by a fold of skin on
the underside of her body.
As the “baby” is too weak and helpless to suck, milk is
squeezed into it by the contraction of special muscles. This
continues until the young is developed enough to suck by
itself. After about 8 months it is able to face the world and
feed on grass. However, at the approach of danger it will
immediately retreat into the mother’s pouch.
Wild Boar.
The Wild Boar, which is actually a wild pig, is still found
in thick forests and reedy places.
Its body, which is rather long rests on short legs. The
head is pointed towads the snout. These features help the
animals to run with ease through the densest thickets. Wild
Boar is hoofed mammal. The skin is thick and covered with
bristle-like hair, which never gets entangled in branches, and
never gets wet. However, such a “coat” is a poor protection
against cold.
There is plenty of food for Wild Boar in the forest. Unlike
other hoofed mammals, they eat everything: grass, acorns,
roots, insects and mice. They find part of their food on the
surface, but also root up the ground with their long snouts
which have a small round, coin-shaped tip. The head is
heavy and supported by powerful neck muscles.
The teeth are adopted for dealing with all kinds of food.
They use their big tusks to get out roots of plants found in
the earth.
The domestic pigs of today have descended from Wild
Boars.
Horses.
Horse – a large animal with four long legs, a mane and a
tail. It is used for riding. The beautiful, graceful body of the
domestic horse is covered with rather short hair. It has
longer hair on the head and along the neck (mane). It has a
long tail. Which is most effective for brushing away flies and
gadflies. The tail is also of hair.
In pre-historic times wild horses lived in the open
country. They traveled long distances in search of food and
water. The horse became a fast runner.
Due to its well-developed sense of hearing and eyesight,
the horse becomes aware of the presence of enemies.
The horse eats vegetable food.
Elephants.
The Indian and the African Elephants are the largest land
animals with two curved tusks, thick skin and a long trunk.
The Indian Elephant is on the average 3m. High and
weighs over 4 tons. The huge (but comparatively short) body
of the Indian Elephant is supported on bulky column like
legs. The skin, which is very thick and almost hairless, is so
strong, that it is never scratched by the sharp broken
branches. Hair grows only on the tip of the tail and in a few
places on the back.
The unique characteristic of the elephantits trunk,
which is actually a greatly elongated nose. This organ has
become extremely flexible and can be turned in every
direction. It is used to break off branches and convey them to
the mouth; to draw up water to drink or give itself a shower
bath in hot weather. The trunk is powerful enough to uproot
a tall tree; the finger at its tip is so delicate as to be able to
pick up the smallest objects. The trunk also serves as a very
efficient weapon against possible enemy attack.
Elephants exist on vegetable matter: on leaves, grass and
twigs. In the Zoo, for example, each member of
the
elephants colony is daily provided with about 65 kg. of hay,
vegetables, bred, sugar and heaps of twigs. Same elephants
in India, which carry heavy loads, require even more.
Among the Indian Elephants only the males have tusks,
but among their African relatives the females grow them as
well. The tusks are of ivory. This substance is used for
making billiard balls, statuettes, brooches, etc. Elephants do
not reproduce rapidly. They generally live up to 60-80 years.
The numbers of wild elephants have been greatly reduced
and the animals are protected.
Monkeys.
Monkey – a member of the group of animals most similar
to humans in appearance, esp., a type with a long tail that
climbs trees. Most monkeys live in the tropical jungles of
Africa, Asia and America. They include many species.
Long – tailed African Monkeys.
They live in tropical forests, close to rivers and lakes.
They spend most of their lives in the trees moving with great
ability on all four limbs from one branch to another.
It is not without reason that monkeys are sometimes said
to have four arms. On the ground they walk on all four, on
the soles of their feet and the palms of their hands. The
fingers and toes have nails, like a mans.
The body is covered with fur. Food consists of fruit,
young sprouts bird’s eggs and insects. Long – tailed African
Monkeys have the same kind and number of teeth as man.
They live in troops, each with its own leader. Living in
troops offers advantages in providing food and repulsing
enemy attacks.
 Apes. The term “ape” includes the Chimpanzee and
Gorilla, which live Africa and the Orangutan.
Chimpanzee is rather tall (a little under 150 cm.) and
tail-less. Most of the body is covered with black hair, only
the face, ears, palms and soles are bare. The head is round
and carries large ears shaped like man’s. The bare face is
also quite human in appearance.
The Gorilla is the largest of the man – like Apess,
standing 180 cm. high. It stands most of its life on the
ground.
Facts:
 Monkeys usually give birth to a single baby. “Twins” are
rare.
 They can easily be taught many amusing tricks.
 Apes communicate with one another throngh gestures,
sounds and facial expressions.
 In the 1960 scientists tried to make animals speak. But
no chimp ever managed to acquire a vocabulary of
more than four words, and these were spoken with
great difficulty.
Questions:
1. What can you say about the reproduction of
Kangaroos?
2. Are squirrels adapted to live in trees?
3. Why is it important for the White Hare to change
colour in winter?
4. Are the hunting habits of cats and wolves similar?
5. What is there in common between the Wild Boar and
the Pig?
6. What part does the trunk play in an elephant’s life?
7. Describe the appearance of the long-tailed African
Monkey.
8. What can you say about its mode of life?
9. Why do we say that apes resemble man?
Read a poem aloud to yourself.
What animal noises are there?
When did the world begin?
By Robert Clairmont
“When did the world begin and how?”
I asked a lamb, a goat, a cow.
“What it all about and why?”
I asked a pig as he went by.
“Where will the whole thing end, and when?”
I asked a duck ,a goose, a hen.
And I copied all their answers too, a quack, a ba
an oink, a moo.
Learn animal sounds.
a duck
a cat
a dog
a hen
a cow
a lamb
a snake
amonkey
a bee
Quacks
Miaows
barks
clucks
moos
boas
hisses
chatters
buzzes
 Match each word with the best meaning.
Hare
Fox
Hedgehog
Elephant
Kangaroo
Monkey
Lion
A sea animal that looks like a large fish. They
jump sometimes above the surface of the water
A large heavy wild animal with thick fur
A wild animal that looks like a dog and that
lives and hunts in groups
Looks like a rabbit but with longer ears and can
run very fast
A wild animal of the dog family with reddishbrown fur and thick heavy tail. It is known for
its cleverness and cunning
Has stiff spines covering its back. Can move
around and can roll into a ball to defend itself
when attacked
The largest land animal with two curved tusks
thick skin, and a long trunk
Wolf
Bear
Dolphin
Camel
Tiger
A large australian animal with strong tail that
moves by jumping
The most similar to humans in appearance with
long tail that climbs trees
A large powerful of the cat family, eats meat.
Lives in Africa or Asia
Large Asian animal of the cat family, having a
yellowish coat with black bands
Has long neck and one or two humps on its
back. Lives in desertr countries
A puzzle.
Write your answers in the puzzle and find out the vertical
word.
1. Looks like a dog
2. Animal of cat family
3. Looks like a pig with black skin
4. Can move around and roll into a ball
5. A large wild animal
6. Has 2 tusks
7. A large powerfu cat
8. Climbs trees
9. Has strong tail
10. Used for carring goods
11. Eats nuts
 Match each idiom with the best meaning.
Smell a rat
Till the cows come home
Bull in a china shop
To have a stag party
Separate the sheep from the
goats
To make an ass of someone
Like water off aa duck’s back
Not say boo a goose
To be gentle as sheep
Untill the last
To suspect that something is
wrong
To go to an event (whch is
meant for couples) without a
number of the opposite sex
A very clumsy person around
breakable things;
A thoughtless or tactless
person
To divide people into two
groups
Easily; without any apparent
effect
Make a fool out of someone
To be very or too shy or
gentle
Too easily influenced or led
by others
Do you know these proverbs. Can you
translate them?
Bear: Catch your bear before you sell its skin.
Cat: All cats are grey in the dark. Care killed a
cat. A cat has nine lives. A cat may look at a
king. Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat
will eat you.
Cow: You cannot sell the cow and drink milk.
Dog: All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
Barking dogs seldom bite. Better be the head of
a dog then the tail of a lion. Dog does not eat
dog. Every dog has his day.
Horse: All day loads on a willing horse. Don’t
change horses in mid-stream. Don’t put the cart
before the horse. Don’t ride the high horse.
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.
Kernel: He that would eat the kernel must crack
the nut.
Leopard: The leopard cannot change his spots.
 Word
Wild animals
Domestic
animal
Mammals
Rabbit
Hare
Squirrel
Bear
Wolf
Camel
Wild boar
Deer
Elephant
Fox
Hedgehog
Kangaroo
Lion
Monkey
Д. тварини
Домашні
тварини
Ссавці
Кролик
Заєць
Білка
Ведмідь
Вовк
Верблюд
Дикий кабан
Олень
Слон
Лисиця
Їжак
Кенгуру
Лев
Мавпа
list:
Tiger
Horse
Cow
Donkey
Rat
Bat
Goat
Giraffe
Zebra
Antelope
Leopard
Panther
Trunk
Tusk
Hoof
Claws
Horn
Mane
Тигр
Кінь
Корова
Осел
Пацюк
Лутюча миш
Козел
Жирафа
Зебра
Атилопа
Леопард
Пантера
Хобот
Клик
Копито
Кігті
Ріг
Грива
 Fishes.
Fish – a leaving thing that lives in water and uses fins
and tail for swimming. The fish has no lungs, but only gills.
That is why fish dies out of water. But there are animals that
have both gills and lungs. They can live both on the land and
in the water. Most fish are covered with scales. Some fish live
in freshwater lakes and rivers (trout, perch, carp, pike). Some
of them live in seas and oceans (herring, shark, sea horse,
mackerel, cod). Fish hatch from eggs. Caviar – specially
prepared eggs of large fish (sturgeon).
Fresh – water Perch.
The Perch is an expert swimmer. Its body – elongated and
narrowed towards the tail. The head is united, without a
flexible neck, to the trunk.
From head to tail the body of the Perch is covered with
horny scales.
The Perch has an olive-brown back with dark crossbands on its sides. These cross-bands can be easily identified
as shadows cast by water weeds. This coloration helps the
Perch to approach its prey without being noticed and also to
hide from its enemies. With its mouth opened wide, it
swallows smaller fishes and small water life. At the same
time it is preyed upon by larger fishes, for instance, the
pikes.
Pike.
The Pike is found in most of our rivers. It is long and
slender and has a big head narrowed at the tip. Pikes have
been known to attack ducklings, water rats, and other
animals. As soon as another fish swims along, the Pike darts
forwards like an arrow, its mouth open wide.
Life in the Sea.
Mammals that are adapted to an aquatic existence are:
Dolphins, Seals and Whales.
Seals.
Though they live in the water, seals are true mammals.
They are warm-blooded, have lungs and four-chambered
heart. They rise to the surface to breathe every 10 minutes.
During the breeding season seals come onto the land. Some
seals can dive to a depth of 600 metres.
In 1969 hunters found a Grey seal in Scotland. Scientists
think it was more than 46 years old. That makes it the
word’s oldest seal.
How did they know?
From its teeth.
Dolphins.
Dolphin – a sea animal that looks like a large fish. There
are over 28 different species of dolphin. The best – known are
the Common and the Bottle-nosed. Dolphins are 2 meters
long and can swim at fast as 45 kph. A dolphin’s brain (as a
% of its weight) is bigger than a human being’s. Dolphins
have a complex language. They can understand each other
and some can even copy human speech.
Dolphins live in groups or “schools”. If one member of the
schools becomes old or ill the others look after it.
It is interesting to know, that in the Vietnam War,
America’s navy used dolphins. They tought them to put
mines on the sides of enemy ships.
Whales.
Whales are mammals, not fish. This means:
… they have warm blood.
… they have to come to the surface for air.
… they feed their young on milk.
Whales are very intelligent end enjoy playing. In fact they
spend three times longer playing than looking for food.
Whales “sing” to each other underwater. These songs can
last for several hours and are louder than Concorde. Whale
songs can travel a long way, too – as much as 850
kilometers.
The name is generally applied to a member of animals of
which the giant Blue Whale is the largest. Blue Whale are
found in all the word’s oceans. A Blue whale may reach a
length of 33 m. Some specimens weigh over 100 tons, i.e., as
much as 25 elephants or 100 oxen. The tongue of a whale
may weigh up to 1,5-2 tons; the liver about 1 ton, etc.
Whales not only are the largest animals alive today, but also
of all that have ever lived.
A whale is shaped like a fish. The body is neckless, and
the huge head is directly connected to the trunk, which
gradually passes into the tail.
 Questions:
1. What is fish?
2. What sea or freshwater fish do you know?
3. How does the Perch move?
4. Describe the Pike.
5. What is the difference between the Shark and the
Dolphin?
6. How much is the Blue Whale?
7. What sea animal is the most intelligent?
8. What other sea or fresh water animals do you know?
 Word
Freshwater
fish
Trout
Perch
Carp
Bream
Crucian
Soodak
Sea fish
Herring
Shark
Mackerel
Tuna
Salmon
Jelly-fish
Прісновод.
риба
Форель
Окунь
Карп
Лящ
Карась
Судак
Морська риба
Оселедець
Акула
Скумбрія
Тунець
Лосось
Медуза
list:
Lodster
Pike
Sheat-fish
Ruff
Восьминіг
Скорпіон
Краб
Устриця
Дельфін
Осетр
Кит
Морж
Тюлень
Щупальці
Рак, омар
Щука
Сом
Йорш
Reptiles.
Reptiles – cold blooded animals that have skin covered
with scales and that lay eggs. The Class Reptilia comprises
lizards, snakes, turtles and crocodiles.
The skin of the reptiles bears a horny layer, which
enables them to withstand the effects of heat and dryness.
They can breathe only by means of their lungs.
Reproduction of all the groups (including water-living
ones) takes place on land. All lay eggs that are enclosed in
solid shells or tough skins.
The sand lizard.
On hot summer days the Sand Lizard, a land animal,
may be found on the edges of woods, on dry sunlit
clearings. When disturbed, it darts off at lightning speed to
hide in the rocks or grass.
The lizard has an elongated body two pairs of short
limbs and a fairly long tail. Since the limbs are not strong
enough to support the body, the belly and the tail rest on
the ground. The lizard uses its long fingers and toes (five
on each limb), armed with sharp claws, to climb onto
rocks.
The skin is dry and usually covered with horny scales.
The outer horny layer of the skin is shed in flakes several
times during one summer. This takes place as soon as a
new skin has grown underneath.
The color of the scales usually harmonizes with the
surroundings.
Lizards eat insects, spiders, worms. In the presence of
danger the lizard rapidly hides itself in safety.
Snakes.
Snakes are also reptiles. The commonest is the Grass
Snake and the poisonous Adder.
The Grass Snake lives near ponds and rivers, where it
finds its main food: frogs, fish. It can be easily
distinguished from the Adder by two orange-yellow spots
which flank both sides of its head.
The Grass Snake is non-poisonous. When caught, it
doesn’t bite, and can therefore be held in your hands, if
you are sure it is a Grass Snake and not a poisonous one.
Like other snakes it has no limbs. However, it enjoys
great free-done of movement on land.
Unlike the skin of the lizard the Grass Snake’s skin
does not flake off, but is shed in one piece. The Grass
Snake first tears it about the lips (by rubbing against the
stones), and then slips out of it, pulling it off like a stocking
inside out.
The Grass Snake is usually of a dark colour, the belly is
light yellow.
When searching for food the grass Snake projects its
long tongue, forked at the tip, which is really used as a
sensory organ.
Adder.
Unlike the harmless Grass Snake, the grey brownish,
and black Adder is poisonous. It can be distinguished from
the absence of yellow spots on its head, but also by dark
zigzag stripe up the middle of the back. The stripe
continues on the head, forming the letter “x”.
The prey is poisoned by venom injected through the
fangs, which lie in the upper jaw.
Small animals bitten by Adders die in a few seconds.If
it is disturbed by a bigger mammal, even a human being,
the adder may attack. The effect is not always the same.
If you are bitten by an Adder, seek immediate medical
help. In the meantime: a) Squeeze out the blood in order to
remove some of the poison; b) Cleanse the wound with an
anti-poison.
Crocodile.
The crocodiles spend the greater part of their lives in
water (in lakes or rivers). Crocodile has a hard skin, a long
tail and a very big jaws. This animal grows 6-8 meters long
and resenebles a lizard in appearance.
The crocodile eats only flesh. It hunts fish and birds,
and is known to attack mammals as they come to the
banks of rivers. The mouth is large and supplied with large,
very sharp teeth. Crocodile have a bad reputation for
attacking people. Therefore it is dangerous to bathe in
rivers in which they live.
The crocodile is a typical represeutative of its class. Its
body is covered with bony shields on the back.
Apart from Africa, crocodiles are found in tropical
countries of Azia and America.
Turtles.
The turtle – is a reptile with a large hard round shell
that moves very slowly. The shell is covered with horny
plates. It is impossible to pull the animal out of its shell
since the ribs of the back are joined to the upper part of
the shell. Only the head, the short limbs and the tail are
extended through the openings.
The turtle is a vegetarion, and does some harm to
crops. It has no teeth, but the jaws are equipped with
horny cutting margins.
Marine Turtles (tortoises) inhabit seas and oceans, and
sometimes reach enormous dimensions.
Questions:
1. Why is round shell important for a turtle?
2. Why is it imposible to take the turtle’s body from its
shell?
3. Why do we say that the ancestors of the crocodile
lived on land?
4. How can the Adder be distinguished from the Grass
Snake?
5. What measures should be taken against an Adder
bite before the arrival of a doctor?
6. How can you explain the fact that the slender Snake
is able to swallow an egg or a large frog?
Match each
meaning.
word
with
the
best
Lizard
Snake
Tortoise
Turtle
Crocodile
Crab
Lobster
Octopus
Jelly-fish
A large reptile that lives in lakes and rivers.
Has a hard skin, a long tail and a very big
jaws
A large reptile that lives in the sea and has a
large hard round shell
Has a large hard round shell and moves very
slowly
A long reptile without legs souce of which are
poisonous
A reptile with a rough skin and short legs
and a long tail
A sea animal with a body like jelly and
tentacles
A sea shellfish with 8 legs and long claws.
It’s shell is black but turns bright red when
it is boiled
A sea shellfish with 8 legs and 2 long сlaws,
It’s shell is black but turns bright red when
it is boiled
A sea creature that has a hard shell and ten
legs. It moves sideways on land