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Week 4 - Australian Flora and Fauna B
1. List some Australian animals
Australian
Animals
Australian
Animals
2. Who am I?
What is its name? Where is its habitat? Is it a herbivore, an omnivore or a
carnivore? How big does it grow? How does it move?
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3. Define these words
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2. Name: …………………………………………..
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4. Reading and Comprehension
This is an Australian news story. Read the story, underline the words you don’t
understand and answer the questions.
Emus take over
Longreach streets
searching for food as
drought continues
Emus are stopping traffic in the main street
of Longreach in western Queensland as the
drought forces them into town to look for
food.
The emus have been walking residential streets in Longreach
for some months but they are now in the main street, halting traffic
and feeding in garden beds. Longreach Mayor Joe Owens says they
seem at home.
"They are taking absolutely no notice of the people, or the cars
or dogs," he said. "When they are crossing the street, people have to
stop for them.
Grazier and naturalist Angus Emmott says he has never seen
them in the centre of town and it is quite a novelty. "The roos and the
emus are just desperately seeking something to eat and a bit of
greenery, so they are marching in and getting it wherever they can.
Police are asking drivers to take care and give the emus the
right of way.
5. Questions
a) What is the story about?
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b) What is the name of the town?
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c) Why are there emus in the center of this town?
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d) Who has right of way? The cars or the emus?
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6. A) Highlight all verbs in the present progressive form in the news story. Eg.
Walking.
B) Write a few sentences about Australian animals describing their movement.
Use the present progressive tense. Eg. The wombat is waddling across the road.
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