The Golden Bird - Unit 5 Class 3 1 MORE READING WORKSHEET 1 Born Free All living creatures should be free. Free to live in their homes. But it is not always so, especially for animals. Animals are captured for many reasons. When animals are captured and brought up their natures change. It is then very difficult for them to go back into the wild and live. The story of Elsa, the lioness is an example. George Adamson worked as a game warden in Kenya. A game warden is a person who sees that animals in their natural surroundings are not harmed or hunted. They are conservationists or people who try to protect the natural world. Joy Adamson, his wife, also loved animals. One day in February, 1956 a wild lioness attacked George Adamson. To protect himself he was forced to shoot her. He then discovered that she was probably protecting her cubs. Adamson knew the cubs would die if left alone. They were too young. So he took them home. Joy, his wife, took good care of them. She named them The Big One, Lustica and Elsa. For two days they ate nothing because they missed their mother. But Joy kept trying. She fed them a mix of milk powder and cod liver oil and soon they were taking it. As they grew older, the Adamsons realised that something would have to be done. The cubs were getting too big to keep at home. Though they did not want to, they decided to send the two bigger cubs to a zoo in Rotterdam. The cubs were then 6 months old. Elsa was the smallest of the litter and Joy loved her very much. She decided to keep Elsa.
Elsa was brought up like a domesticated animal and was the love of Joy s life. Like a child she would suck on Joy s thumb. She loved to tease the elephants and play with them. Her favourite toy was a football. She was happy and contented. But Elsa was a lioness and when she was a little older, Joy decided to release her into the wild. She felt that Elsa was a truly free spirit and it was not right for her to live a life that was not natural. Joy worked hard with Elsa, training her for life in the wild. Her patience and hard work paid off and Elsa was released successfully into the wild. Elsa did face problems in adjusting to her natural environment but with the loving help of the Adamsons, she achieved it. When Elsa had her cubs, she swam with them through crocodile-infested waters to reach Joy and show her the cubs. Unfortunately Elsa died of a disease in 1961, when she was six years old. This is only one such story of animals raised out of their natural surroundings and their return to it. Researchers have found that these animals when they return to their natural surroundings are not able to adjust very well. They say that animals in captivity do not usually have the natural behaviour needed to live in the wild. They lack hunting skills and are at a disadvantage because they are not afraid of humans. They are also more likely to suffer from starvation or disease. Their ability to get along with others of their tribe is also less. Conservationists feel that we must do more to help these animals. If we can help them adjust better to their life in their natural worlds they will be saved from extinction. A Answer the following questions. 1. Who was George Adamson?
2. Why did he bring the lion cubs home? 3. What were the cubs called? 4. What did Joy feed the cubs? 5. Why did Joy keep Elsa?
6. Why did Joy decide to return Elsa to the wild? B Complete the following sentences. 1. Conservationists are people who... 2. To protect himself, George Adamson was forced to... 3. The first two days the cubs did not eat because they... 4. The two bigger cubs were given... 5. To show Joy her cubs Elsa had to...
2. STRUCTURES Indefnite pronouns; feel/felt + adjective WORKSHEET 2 Indefinite pronouns Read these sentences. 1. The Adamsons realised that something would have to be done. 2. They had done everything they could. The highlighted words are indefinite pronouns. A. Match Column A to Column B to complete the sentences. Column A Column B 1. He did not see a. something nice to each of us. 2. Our aunt gave b. someone who will help them. 3. The old couple want c. everyone present to fill the form. 4. The teacher asked d. nothing because of the noise. 5. They could hear e. everything I knew about it. 6. I told him f. anyone who looked suspicious.
B. Fill in the blanks with someone/something, everyone/everything or no one. 1. He sold... he owned and moved to another city. 2.... knows where he is; he seems to have disappeared. 3. Can... help me lay the table? 4. She wanted him to do... to improve the situation. 5. I ve asked... to write their names in the register so we know how many people attended the lecture. felt + adjective We can use many describing words along with the word felt. Some of these are: proud, hungry, ashamed etc. C Complete the following sentences with the word felt + an adjective from the box below. sorry ashamed tired helpless hungry lonely responsible frightened 1. After her room-mate left Rita was all alone and... 2. I hadn t eaten all day and by evening I...
3. The little girl was crying and we... for her. 4. He... to think that ghosts really existed. 5. The teacher... for the safety of the students. 6. We... after we had walked all day to reach the next village. 7. The villagers... that no one had helped the old couple. 8. She... because she could do nothing while the thieves stole everything.
3 WORDS IN USE Adjectives; words with prepositions collocation WORKSHEET 3 Adjectives wild lioness, domesticated animal The words wild and domesticated describe the nouns lioness and animals. Words that describe a noun are known as adjectives. A From the adjectives given below, choose the ones that apply to Elsa and Joy and write them in the correct column. loving happy gentle playful childlike naughty patient hardworking kind loyal Elsa Joy 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5..
B Fill in the blanks with a describing word. 1. She had.. hair. 2. I took her some.. flowers. 3. I live in a.. house. 4. The table was. 5. She has.. eyes. C Write two adjectives to describe each of these nouns. 1. lane -,. 2. dress -,. 3. car -,. Prepositions 1. He took them home along with him. 2. Elsa was released into the wild.
D Choose the correct preposition to fill in the blank. under inside from between across onto beside towards behind up 1. I was squashed two fat men sitting on either side of me. 2. My sister sat down me and whispered a secret in my ear. 3. We walked the street to the shop on the opposite side. 4. He kicked the ball and it disappeared the table. 5. She was able to crouch down the sofa and remain hidden there. 6. She climbed the ledge below the window and pushed the window open. 7. We decided to stay the house where it was much cooler. 8. The worried mother ran the burning house where her child was asleep. 9. Quietly, she helped herself to cookies the jar on the counter. 10. He climbed the tree and stayed hidden in its leafy branches.
4 FUNCTIONS Encouraging words WORKSHEET 4 Joy trained Elsa to do things. When we try to make someone do something, we must coax, convince and encourage them. Here are some ways of doing this. That s good/great! Keep going. You re doing well. Keep at it. Well done! Keep up the good work. Come on, you can do better. Put in a little more effort. Good work! Keep it up. Try again; I m sure you can do it. A What would you say in the following situations? 1. You are teaching your younger brother to cycle. He cycles a short distance and then falls down... 2. Your hard work has paid off and your grades have improved. What does your teacher say to encourage you?.. 3. You are learning swimming. You complete a length successfully. What does your coach say?..
5 SPEECH PRACTICE /tl/ and /dz/ WORKSHEET 5 Read these words and underline the letters that make the /tl/ sound and circle those that make the /dz/ sound. clutch jump chill badge German nudge cage patch chirp chest register watch
6 WRITING Summarising WORKSHEET 6 Fill in the blanks in this paragraph using the words in the box to complete the story. shot three home six months Elsa kept attacked die zoo loved One day a game warden in the forest was by a lioness. To himself he her. She had cubs. He thought if he left them, they would so he brought them. His wife took of them. When they were old she gave two of them away to the.the third was called and she her very much. So she her.
Teacher Notes MORE READING Like the main text, the parallel text highlights the fact that creatures removed from their natural environment lose the ability to survive in it. Students are encouraged to appreciate the right of every creature to live free and in its natural habitat. STRUCTURES The structures taught in the lesson include indefinite pronouns and felt + adjectives. Pronouns A pronoun is a word that we use in place of a noun. Indefinite pronouns are words which replace nouns without specifying which noun they replace. Singular: another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something Plural: few, many, others, several Singular indefinite pronouns take singular verbs or singular personal pronouns. For more information on indefinite pronouns refer to: englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htm - 5k grammar.uoregon.edu/pronouns/indefinite.html For exercises on indefinite pronouns refer to: http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.anythin.i.htm felt + adjectives Adjectives are describing words. They describe nouns. We can use adjectives to describe how people feel. For example: Happy, sad, angry, tired, bored, great etc. The adjectives that describe feelings can be used with the verb felt. Some of these are: afraid bewildered foolish nervous excited comfortable angry bored frightened scared fine cheerful anxious confused helpless tired good happy ashamed depressed hungry jealous worried lucky awful disgusted hurt lonely brave proud embarrassed envious ill upset calm silly
WORDS IN USE Adjectives An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. In the following examples, the highlighted words are adjectives: The heart-shaped balloon floated over the treetops. Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with flowered wallpaper. The leaky boat foundered on the wine-dark sea. An ancient music box sat on the antique sideboard. The back room was filled with large, yellow rain boots. An adjective can be modified by an adverb, or by a phrase or clause functioning as an adverb. My husband knits intricately-patterned mittens. In this sentence, the adverb intricately modifies the adjective patterned. Some nouns, many pronouns, and many participle phrases can also act as adjectives. Eleanor listened to the muffled sounds of the radio hidden under her pillow. In this sentence, both the highlighted adjectives are past participles. There are different kinds of adjectives. These are: Possessive adjectives These are used to express a sense of possession. They are: my, his, her, your, our, their, its. For example: My book is an autographed copy. Demonstrative Adjectives This, that, these and those are demonstrative adjectives. For example: Those houses belong to the council. Interrogative Adjectives which, what For example: Which toy would you like? Indefinite Adjectives any, many, some, few etc. For example: Many people visit the shrine. For more information on adjectives, refer to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/adjectives/ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/adjectiv/adjectiv.htm For worksheets, refer to http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/adjectives/worksheet.shtml http://iteslj.org/cw/1/vm-adj.html http://www.manythings.org/vq/mc-adj.html (interactive quiz)
Prepositions A preposition is a word that defines, and usually comes in front of, a noun or pronoun and expresses its relation to another word or element. For example: She left before breakfast. What did you come for? (For what did you come?) The most common prepositions are: above before down near outside underneath across behind during next to over up after below for of since upon against beneath from off than with along beside in on to within among between inside onto towards without around beyond into opposite under Rule A preposition is followed by a "noun". It is never followed by a verb. "noun" includes: noun (dog, money, love) proper noun (name) (Bangkok, Mary) pronoun (you, him, us) Prepositions can be prepositions of place and time. For more exercises refer to: http://www.better-english.com/grammar/prepositions.htm http://www.world-english.org/prepositions2.htm www.world-english.org/prepositions2.htm FUNCTIONS Students learn how to encourage someone to appreciate them for the effort they are making. SPEECH PRACTICE Students are given more practice in the ch and the j sounds. WRITING Students complete the story by filling in the blanks.
Answers 1 MORE READING WORKSHEET 1 A. 1. George Adamson was a wildlife warden who worked in Kenya. 2. He brought them home because he knew they would die if he left them there without their mother. 3. The cubs were called The Big One, Lustica and Elsa. 4. Joy fed them a mixture of milk powder and cod liver oil. 5. Joy kept Elsa because she was the smallest of the litter and Joy loved her. 6. Joy felt Elsa was a truly free spirit and should live in her natural world. B. Complete the following sentences. 1. Conservationists are people who try to protect the natural world. 2. To protect himself, George Adamson was forced to shoot the lioness. 3. The first two days the cubs did not eat because they were missing their mother. 4. The two bigger cubs were given away to the Rotterdam zoo. 5. To show Joy her cubs Elsa had to swim across crocodile-infested waters. 2 STRUCTURES WORKSHEET 2 A Match Column A to Column B to complete the sentences. Column A Column B 1. He did not see a. anyone who looked suspicious. 2. Our aunt gave b. something nice to each of us. 3. The old couple want c. someone who will help them. 4. The teacher asked d. everyone present to fill the form. 5. They could hear e. nothing because of the noise. 6. I told him f. everything I knew about it.
B. Fill in the blanks with someone/something, everyone/everything or no one 1. He sold everything he owned and moved to another city. 2. No one knows where he is; he seems to have disappeared. 3. Can someone help me lay the table? 4. She wanted him to do something to improve the situation. 5. I ve asked everyone to write their names in the register so we know how many people attended. C 1. After her roommate left Rita was all alone and felt lonely. 2. I hadn t eaten all day and by evening I felt hungry. 3. The little girl was crying and we felt sorry for her. 4. He felt frightened to think that ghosts really existed. 5. The teacher felt responsible for the safety of the students. 6. We felt tired after we had walked all day to reach the next village. 7. The villagers felt ashamed that no one had helped the old couple. 8. She felt helpless because she could do nothing while the thieves stole everything. 3 WORDS IN USE WORKSHEET 3 A Elsa Joy 1. childlike gentle 2. playful patient 3. naughty kind 4. loyal loving 5. happy hardworking B No fixed response. Likely answers given 1. She had black/curly/thick hair. 2. I took her some lovely/beautiful flowers. 3. I live in a large/small house. 4. The table was large/small/round/square. 5. She has blue/weak/large/droopy eyes.
D 1. I was squashed between two fat men sitting on either side of me. 2. My sister sat down beside me and whispered a secret in my ear. 3. We walked across the street to the shop on the opposite side. 4. He kicked the ball and it disappeared under the table. 5. She was able to crouch down behind the sofa and remain hidden there. 6. She climbed onto the ledge under the window and pushed the window open. 7. We decided to stay inside the house where it was much cooler. 8. The worried mother ran towards the burning house where her child was asleep. 9. Quietly, she helped herself to cookies from the jar on the counter. 10. He climbed up the tree and stayed hidden in its leafy branches. 4 FUNCTIONS WORKSHEET 4 Likely answers: 1. You re doing well. Keep at it. 2. Good work! Keep it up. 3. Well done! Keep up the good work. 6 WRITING WORKSHEET 6 One day a game warden in the forest was attacked by a lioness. To save himself, he shot her. She had three cubs. He thought if he left them, they would die, so he brought them home. His wife took care of them. When they were six months old, she gave two of them away to the zoo. The third was called Elsa and she loved her very much. So she kept her.