Weird and Wonderful Animals

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Listen, number, and say.

2 Label the pictures. Use the words from the box.

fi ngers teeth claws fi n skin neck ears

Before You Watch

claws skin fingers ears

neck fin teeth throat

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I will learn about unusual animals.

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Look, read, and choose. Then listen and check.

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Listen, look, and say.

5 What strange animals do you know? Complete.

primates fish reptiles birds

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6 What famous animals are there in your country? Tell a partner.

1 sharp / thin claws

2 long / scaly skin

3 sharp / thin fingers

4 big / red ears

5 red / long throat

6 scaly / tiny fins

7 sharp / tiny teeth

8 scaly / long neck

cute strange fierce

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Watch

tv7 V5 Watch. What do you hear or see? Number the pictures in order 1 to 4.

8 V5 Watch again. Write True or False.

a The aye-aye is a primate with long fi ngers. ______________________

b Frigate birds have sharp claws. ______________________

c Archer fi sh live in the Amazon. ______________________

d The gliding lizard has sharp teeth. ______________________

e The gliding lizard is a type of dragon. ______________________

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Read and write. Then listen and check.

sharp teeth lizard fl y Indonesia strange wings

There’s a reptile that is very ____________.

It has ____________ claws and scaly skin. Its

skin stretches to form ____________ and it

has sharp ____________. But it isn’t a dragon,

and it doesn’t breathe fi re! It’s a gliding

lizard, and it lives in ____________. It can’t

____________ but it can glide from tree to

tree. And it only eats insects. Perhaps it was this little ____________

that inspired ancient legends of fi erce dragons!

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thin fingers sharp teeth big ears scaly skin

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After You Watch

10 Follow the lines. Ask and answer with a partner.

11 Write a description of two of these animals. Use the words in the box to help you.

a The ______________ has ______________ and ______________.

It ________________________________________________________.

b The ______________ has ______________ and ______________.

It ________________________________________________________.

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What’s your favorite unusual wild animal? Can you describe it?

gliding lizard

snake

bat

hummingbird

What has sharp claws?

A gliding lizard has sharp claws!

goldfish

sharp claws scaly skin

thin fingers big ears

a red neck sharp teeth

a long throat

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