WEEK 7

• understand the text about the bat
• review Present Simple Tense and comparison of adjectives
• be able to write about animals using the model
• find information about animals on the Internet and use it in their essay (more able pupils)

Hi,

1.Do you know bats? Very interesting animals, you know.

a)-Read the text on page 68 in your books. If you don't know all the words, try page 94 in your workbooks.
  -Listen to number 10 on your audio cassette.
  -Now listen to number 11 and say what is wrong.
b)-Can you complete the zoo notice about the vampire bat? Of course you can.
   -There are two more bats on page 36 in your workbooks. Complete the descriptions, please.
   -How about your zoo notice? Write and send it to me, please.

2. Are you afraid of vampires? I don't believe there are any. But...

-Read the dialogue on page 69.
-Write the answers to reporter's questions.
-Are you a good reporter? Interview Count Dracula and I expect your text on Wednesday.

3. Do you remember how we compare animals? Click and try this exercise, please.
 

4. For those more adventurous:

Check the links and write about the animal you like best.
 

See you next Wednesday

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KEY:
 1. a)The vampire bat doesn't sleep in old buildings. It sleeps in caves.
It doesn't sleep at night. It sleeps by day.
It doesn't look for food in the morning. It looks for food at night.
It doesn't eat fruit. It drinks blood.
It doesn't cut a large hole in an animal's head. It cuts a small hole in an animal's leg.
It doesn't eat the animal's brain. It drinks its blood.
It doesn't fly back to its building before midnight. It flies to its cave before morning.

1. b)bat, America, sleeps, cave, looks, night, eat, drinks, has, sharp, cuts, hole, blood, flies

The flying fox
The flying fox lives in Africa and Australia. By day it sleeps in caves. In the evening it looks for food. It eats fruit.

The long-eared bat
The long-eared bat lives in Europe. By day it sleeps in old buildings and trees. At night it looks for food. It eats insects.

2. It lives in the castle on the hill.
It looks for food at night.
It doesn't eat. It drinks human blood.
It cuts a hole in the neck.
It goes back before morning.
It sleeps in a coffin by day.
I'm going to the castle.
We must kill the vampire before dark.

By Romana Ivačič
Last updated: 31-8-2000

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