Practise reading and study the meaning of the following words.
Wings
Feathers
Horns
Sharp teeth
Claws
Spikes
Scales
Beak
The fish has scaly skin
Carnivore: the
animal that eats
meat.
Lightning
Fast x slow
Herbivore: the
Roar
animal that eats
Loud shout
plants
Weapon
Extinct= having no
Something you use living members
to protect yourself =no longer existing
Dangerous x safe
Heavy x light
Poison
A dangerous substance that can kill a
person.
The snake has poisonous bite.
Warm-blooded
animals as mammals and birds can keep
their own body heat even when it is cold
outside. Their body temperatures
usually stay the same.
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Defend
To protect from
harm or danger
Footprint
Loud x quiet
Fossils
The shape of a bone, a shell, a plant or
animal that has been preserved in rock
for a very long period
Cold-blooded
animals, like reptiles, amphibians, and
fish, become hotter and colder,
depending on the temperature outside.
Fill in the blanks with words from the box.
Herbivores - fossils - extinct – legs – couldn’t - carnivores –
different – laid - five – horns – protect - necks.
There were many different kinds of dinosaurs and they were all different sizes.
Some were carnivore, they ate meat and others were herbivore, they ate plants.
Most dinosaurs had four legs, but some had two small front ones, like arms. This
made it easier for dinosaurs to catch and kill animals.
One dinosaur was called Diplodocus and it weighed the same as five elephants. It
couldn’t run fast. Others had very long necks so that they could eat leaves at the
top of trees.
Some dinosaurs used their body parts to protect themselves.
Scientists believe that the Diplodocus used its tail to fight.
All dinosaurs laid eggs.
The dinosaurs aren’t alive now. They are extinct. Scientists study dinosaurs’
fossils to know more about them.
Fill in the blanks with “who” or “which”.
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1. The boy who wears black shirt is my friend.
2. The bag, which I bought yesterday, is very big.
3. The bird which is standing on the branch is my favourite.
Read the paragraph. Then fill in the table.
Velociraptor lived in China approximately 73 million years ago.
Velociraptor was carnivore with a long tail and an enlarged sickle-shaped claw on
each back foot, which is thought to have been used to tackle prey.
It was roughly the size of a turkey; a fully-grown Velociraptor could grow up to
2m (6.6ft) in length. It had feathers covering their bodies and fully developed
feathered wings. They were able to fly.
Velociraptor was warm-blooded to some degree, as it required a significant
amount of energy to hunt. It had stable body temperature.
Where did it live?
China
How big was it?
As big as a turkey or 2m(6.6ft) long
How did it move?
fly
What did it eat?
Meat (because it’s a carnivore)
Other facts
*had sickle-shaped claw
*had heathers
Read the Fact File.
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Then write a report about the T-Rex. Use complete sentences.
Where did it live?
Western North America
How big was it?
13 metres long
How did it move?
on two legs.
What did it eat?
meat
Other facts
 Small arms
 Sharp teeth
The T- Rex lived in Western North America millions of years ago. It
was thirteen meters long. It walked on two legs. It was a carnivore. It had
sharp teeth to eat meat. It had small arms too.
Additional Exercises.
Study the following verbs.
present
past
present
past
eat
ate
can
could
Have/has
had
attack
attacked
lay
laid
move
moved
find
found
use
used
run
ran
live
lived
Is/are
Was/were
kill
killed
grow
grew
walk
walked
Describe the following dinosaurs.
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Simile: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing
of a different kind, used to make a description more clear or vivid (e.g. as brave
as a lion ).
Some examples.
She is as thin as a toothpick.
I am so thirsty, that my throat is as dry as a bone.
She’s always as busy as a bee.
Some dinosaurs are as long as three buses.
Some dinosaurs are as heavy as fifteen elephants.
Practise writing some examples. Use the following adjectives.
Fast, slow, dangerous, cold, hot.
It’s as fast as lightning.
It’s as slow as snail/ turtle
It’s as cold as ice.
It’s as dangerous as being in the forest without weapons.
It’s as hot as oven.
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