Contents Preface introduction unit 1

5. Match the animals with their actions

2. 
   to moo 1) an octopus
   
3. 
   to bark 2) a dog
   
4. 
   to miaow 3) a frog
   
5. 
   to croak 4) a cow
   
6. 
   to crow 5) a cat
   
7. 
   to tweet 6) a hen
   
8. 
   to neigh 7) a bird
   
9. 
   to slither 8) a horse
   
10. 
    to swallow 9) a snake
    
11. 
    to dive underwater 10) a shark
    

6. Fill the gaps with suitable words in brackets

1. The snake ____ smoothly through the long grass.

(crept, glided, skidded, strolled)

2. The bird had its nest on a _____ halfway down the cliff

(bump, shelter, shelf, sill)

3. We could hear the hens _____ in the farmyard.

(chattering, chirping, clacking, clucking)

4. Wolves were _____ mournfully in the nearby forest.

(barking, growling, howling, roaring)

5. As he walked through the fields, he heard sheep _____ .

(bleating, braying, roaring, shrieking)

6. There is an old horse _____ over there, where animals could drink on the way.

(trough, trench, moat, gutter)

7. When it saw the dog by the water, the heron ____ its wings and rose into the air.

(wagged, folded, flapped, flipped)

8. The frightened horse began to _____ away from the snake.

(fear, shy, throw, tip)

9. Look at the marks on the cherries where the birds have ____ them!

(bitten, gnawed, nibbled, pecked)

10. On the beach the crabs ______ from the rock pool to rock pool.

(strutted, stole, shuffled, scuttled)