NATURE AND WILDLIFE
1 Warm up
Part A: Look at the questions about nature and wildlife and choose the correct answer.
1. How do bees communicate with each other?
a. dancing b. talking c. singing
2. Which animal never forgets?
a. the elephant b. the dog c. the goldfish
3. What is the largest ocean in the world?
a. Atlantic b. Indian c. Pacific
4. What percentage of volcanoes are found in the Pacific Ring of Fire?
a. 25 % b. 55 % c. 75 %
5. Ginkgo Biloba is the oldest living tree species, but how old is it?
a. 250 million years old b. 350 million years old c. 450 million years old
6. What is the name of the longest river in the world?
a. Yangtze b. Amazon c. Nile
Part B: Answer the following questions.
1. Do you like to spend time outside in nature? Why/ Why not?
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2. What kind of activities can people do in nature?
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3. Are you a fan of wildlife? What’s your favorite wild animal?
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2 2 Visual guide
Match the names to the images of wildlife below.
3 3 Focus on keywords: adjectives to describe nature
Match the words in bold to correct definitions below.
1. The rainy season hadn’t arrived yet, so the land was very dry.
2. Due to the cold weather, a vast area of the lake was covered in ice.
3. The forest was so thick that we got lost quickly.
4. The rain had made my shoes damp and it felt uncomfortable.
5. I don’t like going into really deep swimming pools.
6. My kids love jumping in puddles, but I always make sure they are shallow ones.
7. The hill was so steep that my legs were sore from walking to the top.
8. It looks beautiful outside when things are all white and snowy.
9. The fiery lava looked so scary as it came down the hill.
10. The weather outside looked like it might become angry, so we decided to stay inside.
a. (adj.) with very little rain
b. (adj.) strong, dark and stormy
c. (adj.) made up of fire, looking like fire
d. (adj.) covered with snow
e. (adj.) very large
f. (adj.) dense, growing closely together in large amounts
g. (adj.) not having a large distance between the top and the bottom
h. (adj.) slightly wet in a way that is unpleasant
i. (adj.) rising or falling quickly
j. (adj.) having a large distance from the top to the bottom
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5 4 Listening for predictions
Part A: Look at the places below. Predict which two animals from task 2 live at which location. Then listen to the
audio and check.
Part B: Read the sentences from the script and think about which words from the vocabulary section could go in the
gaps. Only five are needed. Afterwards, listen to the audio and check your predictions.
1. ... and it is here in this area ___________________________ with trees where you will find two amazing animals ...
2. ... The super cute Himalayan marmot also likes to live high up on the __________________________ mountains ...
3. ... While it is obvious that a _____________________________________ volcano isn’t the nicest place to live ...
4. ... This ________________________ and ____________________area is home to just 1000 wild Bactrian camels ...
6 5 Listening for details
Listen to the audio again and answer the following questions.
1. How many Bactrian Camels live in the Gobi Desert?
2. What type of sloths can you see in the Amazon Rainforest?
3. Are there more swans or more ducks living near rivers in the UK?
4. How big is a Himalayan marmot?
5. What does the Galapagos yellow lad iguana use the heat from the volcano for?
6 Vocabulary – natural disasters
Look at the crossword puzzle below. With your partner, use the clues to complete it. Once you have completed the
crossword, have a chat with your partner about natural disasters.
7 Speaking
Look at the crossword puzzle below. With your partner, use the clues to complete it. Once you have completed the
crossword, have a chat with your partner about natural disasters.
1. Which of the natural disasters above do you think is the scariest?
2. What would you do if you were stuck near where a natural disaster was happening?
3. Have you ever seen a film about a natural disaster? Did you enjoy it?
4. Do you think there are more natural disasters in the world now compared to the past? Why do you think that
is?
