Week 5 home learning

Guess What it Says?

• mill1on
• another           one thing
• least

Complete the text using these words.

achievement exciting exhausting go

horse learnt play ride speak try
 

I’ve always enjoyed doing (

1) exciting things.

I learnt to (

2) a bicycle when I was

three and a (

3) when I was four. I’ve

been on adventure holidays so I’ve ridden a motorbike

and been kite-surfing. It was (

4) – you

know, really tiring. My greatest (

5) was

when I (

6) to speak German. It was

really difficult but now my German’s quite good.

Next, I’d like to (

7) skiing again or

(

8) bungee jumping for the first time. Oh,

and learn to (

9) the piano, of course. And

I haven’t learnt to (

10) Chinese yet, but

I’m going to start soon. There are so many things I want

to do!

Shark Cloze   Fill in the blanks with the words in the boxes.
Sharks: Basic Facts
rows	fish		gills			scales			fins
Sharks are _____________________. They have _____________________ to help them breathe and _____________________ to help them swim. They have _____________________ on their skin and _____________________ of teeth in their mouths.
Sharks Pups
birth	eggs		ashore			pups			mermaid
Shark babies are called _____________________. Some sharks give _____________________ to live pups. Other sharks lay _____________________  in hard cases. Sometimes these egg cases wash _____________________. If people find them on the beach, they call them _____________________ purses.
Monsters of the Sea?
attacks	mistake		harmless			afraid			vicious
Many people are _____________________ of sharks. They think sharks are _____________________ monsters. But in truth, shark _____________________ are very rare. Most sharks are _____________________. Often when sharks do attack, they _____________________ people for seals or other prey.
Endangered Animals
breed		endangered			soup			overfishing
				Many sharks are _____________________ because of _____________________.That means they are close to becoming extinct. In some countries, people use the shark fins to make _____________________. Sharks _____________________ very slowly so it takes a long time for some species to increase their numbers.

Writing:
Create  an acrostic poem for each of the seasons (summer,autumn,winter,spring)