7 Awesome Animals

Unit 7 VOCABULARY 1 1 Listen and say. a parrot This is a parrot. a giraffe This is a giraffe. a camel This is a camel. a zebra This is a zebra. a tiger This is a tiger. a lion This is a lion. a monkey This is a monkey. a panda This is a panda. a crocodile This is a crocodile. a penguin This is a penguin. an elephant This is an elephant. a hippo This is a hippo. a kangaroo This is a kangaroo. swing Monkeys swing from tree to tree. hop Frogs can hop. 2 Listen. Point and say. a zebra, a kangaroo, a hippo, swing, a giraffe, a penguin, an elephant, hop, a monkey, a panda, a crocodile, a parrot, a tiger, a lion, a camel

SONG 1 Listen. Read and sing. Awesome Animals A parrot is a bird that flies. It can’t swim, but it can fly. A parrot is a bird that flies high in the sky. A monkey swings from tree to tree, tree to tree, tree to tree. A monkey swings from tree to tree. Why can’t we? I want to be a monkey in a tree! I want to fly high up in the sky! A penguin is a bird that swims. It can’t fly, but it can swim. A penguin is a bird that swims deep in the sea. A kangaroo can hop and jump. It can’t climb, but it can jump. A kangaroo can hop and jump just like me. I want to be a monkey in a tree! And I want to fly high up in the sky! I want to be a monkey in a tree! And I want to fly high up in the sky!

GRAMMAR 1 can and can’t for ability A penguin can swim. It can’t fly. Penguins can swim. They can’t fly. Can a penguin swim? Yes, it can. Can a penguin fly? No, it can’t. Can penguins swim? Yes, they can. Can penguins fly? No, they can’t.

VOCABULARY 2 1 Listen and say. Check T for True or F for False. colorful feathers This bird has colorful feathers. sharp claws This animal has sharp claws. a short tail This animal has a short tail. a long trunk Elephants have long trunks. big teeth Some animals have big teeth. GRAMMAR 2 Simple present tense, subject–verb agreement Does a tiger have sharp claws? Yes, it does. Does a tiger have a trunk? No, it doesn’t. Do tigers have sharp claws? Yes, they do. Do tigers have trunks? No, they don’t. 1 Read and check. Then listen and compare your answers. Does an elephant have big ears? Yes, it does. An elephant has big ears and a long trunk. Do giraffes have short necks? No, they don’t. Giraffes have long necks. Do lions have feathers? No, they don’t, but lions have sharp teeth. Do crocodiles have short tails? No, they don’t. Crocodiles have long tails. And they have sharp teeth. Do frogs have feathers? No, they don’t. Parrots have colorful feathers

READING 1 Listen and read. Two Big Birds Cassowary The cassowary is an awesome animal. It is big, strong, and can live to be 60 years old. It lives in the rain forests in Papua New Guinea and Australia. The cassowary can run really fast, but it can’t fly. It can make loud noises, but it can’t sing. Watch out. An angry cassowary can kick really hard! Ostrich The ostrich is an awesome animal, too. It is very big, strong, and can live to be 50 years old. It lives in the Savanna and Sahel areas in Africa. Like the cassowary, the ostrich can run really fast, but it can’t fly. It can also go without water for a long time. And yes, it can kick hard, too!