1. English – 5th grade
Name: ____________ Surname: ____________ Number: ___ Class: ___
Form: ___ Date: ___________________________________________
A – Write a riddle in your notebook for each animal below. Write some words to help you.
Follow the examples.
Example: I swim in the river.
I swim in the sea.
I have scales on my back,
What can I be?
Answer: a fish.
Elephant Wolf Lion Zebra
Grey ________________ ________________ ________________
Big ears ________________ ________________ ________________
Tusks ________________ ________________ ________________
Big trunk ________________ ________________ ________________
Tiger Dog Giraffe Squirrel
________________ ________________ ________________ ________________
________________ ________________ ________________ ________________
________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

2. ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________
B – Write the correct word.
1. The _____________________ (pig, bear, tiger) has a long tail.
2. The _____________________ (cow, cat, pig) has a curly tail.
3. The _____________________ (rabbit, mouse, squirrel) has a bushy tail.
4. The _____________________ (horse, deer, hare) has a long tail.
5. The _____________________ (bull, sheep, kangaroo) has a short tail.
6. The _____________________ (lamb, goat, fox) has a bushy tail.
C – Write the correct adjective.
white fast big tame thin
1. The mouse is small but the elephant is _____________________.
2. The snail is slow but the hare is _____________________.
3. The lion is wild but the sheepdog is _____________________.
4. The pig is fat but the greyhound is _____________________.
5. The panther is black but the lamb is_____________________ .
D – Write the correct word. Use your dictionary.
team pride litter nest herd pack troop flock shoal pod
1. A nest of mice.
2. A ___________ of wolves.
3. A ___________ of cattle.

3. 4. A ___________ of kittens.
5. A ___________ of lions.
6. A ___________ of horses.
7. A ___________ of cod.
8. A ___________ of birds.
9. A ___________ of monkeys.
10. A ___________ of whales.
E – Chose the correct sound for each animal.
1. The lamb ___________ (chirps, grunts, bleats) when it sees its mother.
2. The bull ___________ (quacks, shouts, bellows) when it sees a stranger.
3. The horse ___________ (hisses, neighs, howls) when it sees the farmer.
4. The pig ___________ (screams, grunts, hums) when it is hungry.
5. The dog ___________ (crows, purrs, barks) when it sees a stranger.
6. The cat ___________ (grunts, lows, purrs) when it is happy.
7. The wolf ___________ (sings, howls, whistles) when it wants food.
8. The bear ___________ (barks, croaks, growls) when it is angry.
9. The cow ___________ (grunts, lows, purrs) when it sees a stranger
10. The chick ___________ (grunts, chirps, bleats) when it sees its mother.
11. The duck ___________ (shouts, quacks, bellows) when it sees its dinner.
12. The snake ___________ (neighs, hisses, howls) when it sees a stranger.
F – Write the correct word and learn about the animals’ houses. You can use your dictionary.

4. coop stable burrowweb den
sty hive nest
1. A fox lives in a ______________________________.
2. A wild rabbit lives in a ______________________________.
3. A spider lives in a ______________________________.
4. A bee lives in a ______________________________.
5. A pig lives in a ______________________________.
6. A mouse lives in a ______________________________.
7. A hen lives in a ______________________________.
8. A horse lives in a ______________________________.
G – Write the missing words.
young hard gardener leaves slime
food shell house shy backs
legs snails build
*The Snail*
What funny things _________________ are! They have no _________________ and yet they can travel. They
have houses, and yet they did not _________________ them. They can carry their houses on their
_________________ and yet not be tired.
The snail is very _________________. If anyone comes near, it will hide in its _________________. If you
touch a snail, it will go into its _________________. It uses feelers instead of hands. The snail feels for its
_________________ with them.

5. This is a _________________ snail. Its shell is not very _________________ yet. The _________________
does not like snails. They eat the green _________________. A snail has tiny teeth. It uses them to grind its food. Have
you seen the trail of silver _________________ which the snail leaves behind as it crawls along?
animals cubs zebras hunting neck
Beasts dangerous strong pride
groups Africa
*The Lion*
Lions live in the great plains of _________________. They travel around in small _________________. A
family of lions is called a _________________.
The male lion is big and _________________. He is called the King of _________________. He has a brown
mane round his _________________. The lioness has no mane. She is smaller than the lion, but more active. She does
most of the _________________. She kills deer and _________________. She takes good care of her
_________________. The lioness teaches them to hunt when they are young.
Lions are shy _________________ and usually avoid people. Sometimes, an old lion will attack people and so
can be very _________________.