Practice: sea animals and past continuous

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1. 1 · Sea animals

   Which animal has eight arms?

   It lives under the sea.

   • a) crab
   • b) octopus
   • c) starfish
   • d) seal
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   Respuesta: b) octopus

   An octopus has eight arms.

2. 2 · Sea animals

   Which one is a grey and white sea bird?

   It can fly.

   • a) seal
   • b) seagull
   • c) turtle
   • d) whale
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   Respuesta: b) seagull

   A seagull is a sea bird with wings and feathers.

3. 3 · Match

   Match each part with its animal

   Parts of the body.

   1. fins
   2. shell
   3. feathers
   4. claws

   • a) A crab has big ones
   • b) A fish uses them to swim
   • c) A turtle has a hard one
   • d) Birds have them
   Ver la solución

   Respuesta: fins → A fish uses them to swim · shell → A turtle has a hard one · feathers → Birds have them · claws → A crab has big ones

   Fins, shell, feathers and claws are parts of animal bodies.

4. 4 · Adjectives

   “Very, very small” is…

   Think of a tiny crab.

   • a) huge
   • b) tiny
   • c) slow
   • d) cute
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   Respuesta: b) tiny

   Tiny means very, very small.

5. 5 · Adjectives

   What is the opposite of “huge”?

   Big ↔ ...

   • a) slow
   • b) tiny
   • c) scary
   • d) cute
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   Respuesta: b) tiny

   Huge ↔ tiny.

6. 6 · Past continuous

   Yesterday at five o’clock I ___ swimming in the sea.

   I + was.

   • a) was
   • b) were
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   Respuesta: a) was

   With I we use was: I was swimming.

7. 7 · Past continuous

   They ___ walking on the sand.

   They + were.

   • a) was
   • b) were
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   Respuesta: b) were

   With they we use were.

8. 8 · Past continuous

   Drag the missing word

   Negative.

   He ____ looking at the crab

   Fichas: wasn't · weren't · isn't · don't

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   Respuesta: wasn't

   He wasn’t looking at the crab: was not + verb-ing.

9. 9 · Spelling

   What is the -ing form of “swim”?

   One vowel + one consonant: double it.

   • a) swiming
   • b) swimming
   • c) swimmeing
   • d) swim-ing
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   Respuesta: b) swimming

   swim → swimming (we double the m).

10. 10 · Spelling

    What is the -ing form of “take”?

    Ends in -e: drop the e.

    • a) takeing
    • b) taking
    • c) takking
    • d) tak
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    Respuesta: b) taking

    take → taking (we drop the e).