animals magus

6th grade

Iskra Petkova

Do you like animals?

What is your favourite animal? Where does your favourite animal live? Is it a pet? Is it a farm animal? Is it a wild animal? Does it live in your country? If you have 5-minute time to be an animal,

which one you would like to be?

Mammals

Click on the picture.

Types of animals

Mammals -have fur or hair; - are warm- blooded; -feed their babies with mother’s milk.

Birds -have two legs; -most fly with wings; -hatch from eggs.

Insects - have six legs (three pairs) ; - have antennae for feeling around; - usually have wings.

Reptiles -have dry, rough, scaly skin; -lay their eggs on or under the ground.

Vocabulary

Do you know the names of these animals? Click on the slide to see if you are correct.

mosquito horse elephant cat snake lion dolphin rabbit

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5 6 7 8

Match the pictures with the names of the animals

tiger

sheep giraffe shark goat whale

chicken ostrich

eagle dog cow

penguin

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Vocabulary

Next

Put these animals into groups.

Types of animals

Mammals:

Birds: Insects:

Reptiles

mosquito snake rabbit sheep

giraffe goat whale

chicken ostrich eagle dog

tiger

bee

crocodile

penguin

3 min

Next

Click on the picture.

2. It’s an animal which people often ride.

3. It’s a yellow and black flying insect which makes honey and can sting you.

6. It’s a large heavy animal with thick brown fur. It usually eats fruit and honey.

5. It’s a bird which lives on a farm.

bee

duck

horse

bear

4. It’s a domestic animal which is farmed for its wool, meat and milk. sheep

1. It’s a very large sea mammal that breathes air through a hole at the top of its head.

whale

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Next

How many pandas can you see? eight

/ g / / dʒ /

hedgehog

/ g / / dʒ / or 1.Listen and check then say the words. 2.Write in your worksheets these words under the correct symbol.

goat frog giraffe tiger budgie pigeon eagle penguin hedgehog

3 min

In pairs, read the quiz. What do you think? Which statements are true and which are false?

Write down the true statements.

1. Rabbits are better runners than lions. 2. Ostriches are taller than cows. 3. Sharks can be longer than snakes. 4. Penguins are faster than humans. 5. Sharks are more dangerous than bees. 6. Whales are louder than aeroplanes. 7.Elephants are heavier than whales.

3 min

Ostriches are taller than cows. Sharks can be longer than snakes. Penguins are faster than humans. Whales are louder than aeroplanes.

Look at these sentences

and make a rule.

We use/don’t use an article before plural nouns, when we refer to them in general terms.

• Ostriches are taller than cows. • Whales are heavier than elephants. • Wild cats are more dangerous than a

lot of other animals.

Remember !

The fastest animal in the world is cheetah. The most dangerous snake in the world is the

taipan snake in Australia.

Comparative forms of the adjectives:

Superlative forms of the adjectives:

• good – better – the best • bad – worse – the worst

Click on the picture and complete the crossword.

Biggest, smallest, best, worst

• a) The giraffe is /the longest / the tallest / the smallest /

animal in the zoo. It’s 5.5metres.

• b) Mr Collins is / the youngest / the tallest / the smartest / man who works in the zoo.Mr Collins is 1.9 metres.

• c) The elephant is / the heaviest / the youngest / the lightest / animal in the zoo. It’s 5 tonnes.

• d) The lion house is / the oldest / the widest / the smallest / building in the zoo. It was built in 1927.

Superlatives at the zoo Underline the best superlative adjective.

• e) The python is | the tallest / the

longest / the fastest / snake in the zoo. It’s 6 metres.

• f) The ostrich has / the fastest | the largest / the smallest / eggs in the zoo. They weigh 1.6 kg.

• g) The Shetland pony is / the tallest / the richest / the smallest / horse in the zoo. It’s 42 centimetres high.

• h) The Shire horse is | the strongest | the

heaviest | the longest | horse in the zoo. It can pull 50 tonnes.

• i) Mrs Yates is | the deepest | the newest | the oldest | woman who works at the zoo. She had her 68th birthday last year.

• j) Bruno, the baby lion is | the sharpest | the

highest | the youngest | animal in the zoo. Bruno is two days old.

Your homework

1. Energy for Bulgaria, Students’ Book for the 6th grade,

p.118, Memory Gym 1- ex.1 2. Energy for Bulgaria, Workbook for the 6th grade, p.35 - ex.1a or 1b p.35 – ex. 2a

Extra activity

• Design a zoo Click on the picture

Created by : Iskra Gancheva Petkova

E-mail: iskra5@abv.bg

Sources:

Energy for Bulgaria, Students’ Book for the 6th grade

Energy for Bulgaria, Workbook for the 6th grade

• http://www.britishcouncil.org/kidsenglish • http://www.longman.com • Multimedia Encyclopedia Encarta