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THE RHINO Warm up: write as many words as you can related to this animal. Read the text. The black rhinoceros weighs 20003000 pounds. Short stout limbs support its weight. The thick, dark brownish grey hide
pick up sounds. They rely on their excellent sense of smell for knowledge of their surroundings and as a method of detecting danger. The name "rhinoceros" derives from the distinctive horns on the snout. They are herbivorous, depending on plant foliage, leaves, twigs and shoots of shrubs and bushes. They use their prehensile lip to increase the amount of food per bite. They occasionally include fruit in their diet.
is almost without hair. The tail is round, ending in a bristle haired tassel. The prehensile upper lip is used for grasping the branch ends of plants. Their hearing is good and they swivel their tubular ears to
Black rhinoceros are still found in eastern and southern Africa where they inhabit the transitional zone between grassland and forest. The black rhinoceros is a highly endangered animal still poached today for its horns which are used for medicinal remedies and decorative dagger handles.
EXERCISES 1. Look for the yellow words in a dictionary. 2. Answer the questions. Where can we find wild rhinos? Why is it called rhinoceros? Which is its best sense? What is if funny about its lip?
3. Change the nouns that describe the animal into Change the nouns that describe the animal into green. green. 4. Change the adjectives related to the Change the adjectives related to the green nouns into into red. red. 5. Fill in the table with the nouns and adjectives from exercises 3 and 4 and Fill in the table with the nouns and adjectives from exercises 3 and 4 and translate them into Spanish. ADJECTIVES English
Spanish
NOUNS English
Spanish
6. Tell me if these sentences are true (T) or false (F). It is a very heavy animal. It has got short hair in all its body. Its tail hasn't got hair. It can move its ears around. They only eat plants. People kill it with daggers.
7. Write a text describing this animal.
pick up sounds. They rely on their excellent sense of smell for knowledge of their surroundings and as a method of detecting danger. The name "rhinoceros" derives from the distinctive horns on the snout. They are herbivorous, depending on plant foliage, leaves, twigs and shoots of shrubs and bushes. They use their prehensile lip to increase the amount of food per bite. They occasionally include fruit in their diet.
is almost without hair. The tail is round, ending in a bristle haired tassel. The prehensile upper lip is used for grasping the branch ends of plants. Their hearing is good and they swivel their tubular ears to
Black rhinoceros are still found in eastern and southern Africa where they inhabit the transitional zone between grassland and forest. The black rhinoceros is a highly endangered animal still poached today for its horns which are used for medicinal remedies and decorative dagger handles.
EXERCISES 1. Look for the yellow words in a dictionary. 2. Answer the questions. Where can we find wild rhinos? Why is it called rhinoceros? Which is its best sense? What is if funny about its lip?
3. Change the nouns that describe the animal into Change the nouns that describe the animal into green. green. 4. Change the adjectives related to the Change the adjectives related to the green nouns into into red. red. 5. Fill in the table with the nouns and adjectives from exercises 3 and 4 and Fill in the table with the nouns and adjectives from exercises 3 and 4 and translate them into Spanish. ADJECTIVES English
Spanish
NOUNS English
Spanish
6. Tell me if these sentences are true (T) or false (F). It is a very heavy animal. It has got short hair in all its body. Its tail hasn't got hair. It can move its ears around. They only eat plants. People kill it with daggers.
7. Write a text describing this animal.
