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Amazing Animals: The Sloth
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Amazing Animals: The Sloth
Do you know the sloth?
This is a picture of a sloth:
Read this text about the sloth and choose the right words:
�
A sloth�
is
are
an animal. It
works
lives
�in Central America and in South America. A sloth usually�
weighs
runs
lives
around 4 kg and is around 58 cm
young
long
�It is the slowest mammal
on
in
�the world. It is really, really slow... It is so slow that small plants called algae grow on�
its
my
her
fur! These small plants make it look a bit green.
A sloth likes to sleep. It sleeps 15-20�
months
weeks
hours
every day.
It lives in the treetops. It
am
is
are
�very dangerous for it to come down from the trees. It is difficult�
from
for
at
it to walk on the ground.
�
These days, the sloths�
am
is
are
having a hard time. People build houses and roads where the sloths used to live.
�
� This is a sloth trying to cross a road.... It is very dangerous to cross the road.
�
�Mother and son in the rain forest...
�
�
This is the text you read before. Write the missing words:
�
�
�
A slothh is an
. It�lives�in Central America and in South America. A sloth usually�
around 4 kg and is
�58 cm�long.�It is the
�mammal�in �the world. It is really, really slow... It is so slow that small plants called algae
�on�its fur!
�small plants make it look a bit
.
A sloth
�to sleep. It sleeps 15-20�hours
day.
It lives in the treetops. It�is�very
for it to come down from the trees. It is
for it to walk on the ground.
�
Now watch this video. A sloth is trying to cross the road in Costa Rica...
�
�
How many sloths did you see?
one
two
three
Wgich languages did you hear in the video?
English and Chinese
English and Danish
English and Spanish
Who helped the sloth?
a woman
a man
a girl
a boy
Where did the sloth want to go?
to the beach
to the rain forest
to the city
Well done! Now check your score!
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: ) Karina
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