Vocabulary 20 points

1 Circle the animal that doesn’t belong. Explain your answer. (3 points)
1. fly • mosquito • worm
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2. fox • wolf • rat
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3. cow • giraffe • sheep
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4. rabbit • snake • crocodile
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5. lion • gorilla • tiger
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6. goldfish • salamander • frog
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2 Write the animal according to the description. (4 points)

1. A tarantula is one type of this animal. It’s got eight legs. ……………………
2. It’s got wings and it can fly. It’s a mammal. ……………………
3. It’s a tiny hard-working insect. It’s usually black but it can be red. ……………………
4. It’s an insect with beautiful, colourful wings. ……………………
5. It’s a popular domesticated animal. People enjoy riding on it. ……………………
6. This big fish has got many big teeth. It’s often dangerous. ……………………
7. This huge mammal lives in the ocean. It’s bigger than a cow. ……………………
8. This reptile is like a short snake but it has got four feet. ……………………

3 Fill in the adjectives according to their definitions. (3 points)

1. …………………… is good-looking, like a baby animal.
2. …………………… means very big.
3. …………………… means very small.
4. …………………… is the opposite of domesticated.
5. …………………… is a synonym for usual.
6. …………………… means extraordinary.

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4 The words in bold are in the wrong sentences.
Write them next to the correct sentence. (5 points)
1. Insects can live on land and in water, like frogs. ……………………
2. The elephant is a reptile like the crocodile. ……………………
3. Rats are the biggest cat in the animal kingdom. ……………………
4. Be careful! The Indian cobra is a colourful snake. ……………………
5. People experiment on tigers in laboratories. ……………………
6. A lizard has got eight legs. ……………………
7. We get eggs from dangerous chickens. ……………………
8. Many amphibians can fly. ……………………
9. The spider is the heaviest land mammal. ……………………
10. In the Amazon jungle, there are many domesticated parrots. ……………………

5 INTRO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Complete the text with the words below.

There are more words than you need. (5 points)
mountains horses valley hard-working dangerous cows
forest go home go skiing go to bed lazy chickens weak
My grandparents are 1. …………………… people. They live on a farm near
the Pyrenees 2. …………………… . The farm is in a 3. ……………………
and it’s very beautiful. My brother and I often visit them at weekends. In summer,
we ride the 4. …………………… and help milk the 5. …………………… .
At night, we watch TV and we usually 6. …………………… late. We also
have picnics in the 7. …………………… but we must be careful because there
are some 8. …………………… animals there. In the winter, there is a lot of
snow, so we 9. …………………… . At the end of the weekend, we don’t want
to 10. …………………… !

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 Grammar 30 points
1 Complete the sentences with to be and the comparative or superlative form
of the adjectives below. (8 points)
fat adventurous hot interesting strong good dangerous colourful
1. Mosquitoes can give people malaria. They ……………………………… spiders.
2. You must watch TV at 6.00! Animal Planet ……………………………… documentary
about animals on the Discovery Channel.
3. That black mouse never stops eating. It ……………………………… all the other mice.
4. Some of the Brazilian parrots ……………………………… birds in the world.
5. A weightlifter must ……………………………… many other types of athletes.
6. Jim wants to go to the jungle. Ellie prefers the beach. Jim ………………………………
Ellie.
7. This summer the temperatures are over 40ºC. It ……………………………… summer
in fifty years.
8. Some people like the film, but I prefer the book. In my opinion, the book
……………………………… the film.

2 Look at the fact file about two chimpanzees. Then write sentences about them
with (not) as … as and suitable adjectives. (5 points)
Lucy (female) Ricky (male)
age: 7 years 7 years
height: 1 metre 1.2 metres
weight: 25 kilos 32 kilos
colour: black black
activities: play with other play with other
chimpanzees chimpanzees

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets (8 points)
1. Twins Meg and Bella both weigh 18.2 kilos. Meg is ………………………………
(heavy) Bella.
2. Lionel Messi is one of ……………………………… (good) football players in the
world.
3. A dog is ……………………………… (dangerous) a wolf.
4. Algeria is more than 2.38 million square kilometres. It’s ………………………………
(big) country in Africa.
5. Parrots are ……………………………… (colourful) than bats.
6. A giraffe is ……………………………… (tall) an elephant.
7. Black is ……………………………… (dark) colour of all.
8. A zebra runs at 64 kilometres an hour. A horse can run at 80 kilometres an hour.
The zebra is ……………………………… (fast) the horse.

4 Complete the text with the words or phrases below.

INTRO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
There are more words than you need. (9 points)
have got is becoming swim can’t an are as
than these there are never aren’t more
Scuba diving with sharks 1. …………………… a very popular activity. Diving is
more adventurous than ordinary water sports, and diving with sharks is more exciting
2.
…………………… ordinary diving. It is 3. …………………… amazing experience!
People often dive with sand tiger sharks. 4. …………………… sharks are bigger than
ordinary fish and they 5. …………………… many teeth – but don’t worry – they
6.
…………………… eat people. Sand tiger sharks are shyer than other fish, so you
can 7. …………………… near them. They 8. …………………… as friendly as dolphins
so you 9. …………………… play with them but you can enjoy watching them.

Writing 10 points
Write a report about an imaginary animal. Include the type of animal, its size and colour,
where it lives, what it eats and some other interesting facts.