Talk to your partner and say whether the following statements are true or false.
(i) No animal can survive without water.
(ii) Deserts are endless sand dunes.
(iii) Most snakes are harmless.
(iv) Snakes cannot hear, but they can feel vibrations through the ground.
(v) Camels store water in their humps.
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(i) How do desert animals survive without water?
(ii) How do mongooses kill snakes?
(iii) How does the hump of the camels help them to survive when there is no water?
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Read the words/phrases in the box. With your partner find their meaning in the dictionary.
harshconditions harmless survive intruder
threatened predators prey continually
Fill in the blanks in the following passage with the above words/ phrases. .
All animals in forests and deserts struggle to .......... in .......... . Though most of the animals are ........... some are dangerous when .......... . If an .......... is noticed, they attack or bite to save themselves. They struggle .......... for food and water. Some animals are called .......... because they .......... on other animals.
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Do you know which animal is the tallest?
Which animal runs the fastest?
Which place on earth is the hottest or the coldest?
Which animal is the largest?
Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
Which is the rainiest place on earth?
Which is the oldest living animal?
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Look at these sentences.
• Most snakes are quite harmless, but a few are poisonous.
• Most snakes lay eggs, but the rattlesnake gives birth to its young.
Now write five sentences like these using 'most' and the clues below.
1. (90% of) people are honest (10%) are dishonest,
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2. (Lots of) fruit have plenty of sugar, (some) citrus fruit are low in sugar.
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3. (Every soft drink except this one) has lots of 'empty calories'.
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4. (The majority of) films are romances, (a few) are on other topics.
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5. (A majority of) people agree that he is a good leader, (just a few) disagree.
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Look at these sentences.
• Animals cannot survive for long without water.
• So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete these sentences using cannot and have to/has to.
1. You .......... reach the island by land or air; you .......... go by boat.
2. We .......... see bacteria with our eyes; we .......... look at them through a microscope.
3. He .......... have a new bicycle now; he .......... wait till next year.
4. Old people often.......... hear very well; they.......... use a hearing aid. .
5. Road users.......... do what they wish; they.......... follow the traffic rules.
6. She .......... accept this decision; she .......... question it.
7. You.......... believe everything you hear; you.......... use your own judgment.
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Imagine you are journeying through a desert. Write a couple of paragraphs describing what you see and hear.
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