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Unit 2 Story 1 Remember the story. Read and circle. 1 Sheila wants to play / a race. 2 Sheila always loses / wins races. 3 Wally / Olly agrees to have a race. 4 Sharks are slower / faster than walruses. 5 Sheila stops to have lunch / a rest. 6 Wally / Olly is shouting and cheering. 7 Wally / Sheila chases after Olly. 8 Sheila / Wally is the winner.

2 Write words from the story. fast

faster

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funny

nearer happy

scarier

hungrier

3 Draw yourself as a sea animal in the race. Write.

‘This is me in the race. I’m a I’m the winner!

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is a scary fish!

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Unit 2 Vocabulary and grammar 2 1 Read and circle. 1 A shark has got dark / light skin.

3 A pelican has got light /dark feathers.

2 A walrus is thin / fat.

4 A swordfish is thin / fat.

2 Write. 1 An albatross isn’t dark, it’s 2 A seal isn’t thin, it’s

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4 Read and write the answers.

1 Who’s got the thinnest body?

†he sea horse haš got the thinnest body.

2 Who’s got the biggest beak? 3 Who’s got the longest tail? 4 Who’s got the hardest shell?

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Unit 2 Cross-curricular

Learn more

1 Read and write. viviparous  reproduce oviparous Animals (1)

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 . This means that the babies are born from eggs.

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 . This means the babies are born alive.

An octopus is oviparous but a sea lion is viviparous. Human beings are viviparous.

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1 The reproduction of an octopus 1 The mother octopus lays lots of eggs. 2 Tiny larvae come out of the eggs.

The reproduction of a sea lion 1 The baby sea lion forms inside its mother. 2 It grows for 11 months.

3 The larvae grow and change.

3 The baby sea lion is born on land.

4 The larvae become adults.

4 The baby lives on its mother’s milk for 6 months to 1 year.

3 Read. Write viviparous or oviparous. 1 These animals are born alive.

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