Mountain Gorillas
Children are playing on the grass. Their mothers and fathers are eating food and watching them. Is this a family having a picnic in the park?
No, it's a group of Mountain Gorillas in a forest in Africa.
Gorillas live in groups in the forest. Mountain Gorillas live in forests in the mountains. Mountain gorillas are the biggest kind of gorilla.
They have long hair which keeps them warm in the cold mountains.
Mountain Gorillas eat plants and they eat them most of the day. They get up early in the morning and start eating. When it is very hot, the gorillas sleep a little, and then they get up and eat till it gets dark. Some Mountain Gorillas eat 18 kilograms of plants in one day! At the end of the day, the gorillas build nests to sleep in. They sleep on the grass or in the trees.
The forests are the Mountain Gorillas' home and food, but people are cutting down the forests. Many Mountain Gorillas die when people cut down forests. There are only about 500 Mountain Gorillas in the world today. Twenty years ago, there were about 15.000 Mountain Gorillas. We must protect the forests, so we can protect the gorillas.
1. Read the text and answer.
a. Where are these Mountain Gorillas?
b. How do Gorillas live?
c. Do they have short hair?
d. What do they eat?
e. What does your mum/dad/sister/brother drink and eat in the morning?
f. What time do they get up?
g. What time does your mother get up?
h. Where do they sleep?
i. What do people do with the forests?
j. Why do Gorillas die?
k. How many Gorillas are there in the world?
l. Are they few or a lot?
2. Match the sentences.
1.Mountain Gorillas live .... a. the gorillas and the forests.
2.They are .... b. the largest gorillas.
3.They have .... c. in forests
4.They eat .... d. very long hair
5.They sleep .... e. plants
6.Today there are ... f. in nests
7. We must protect .... g. 500 Mountain Gorillas
When ? What the Gorillas Do?
1. early in the morning eat plants
2. when it gets hot ............................................
3. at the end of the day .............................................
4. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box
warm, protect, worried, barks, wag, wrong, forests,
in danger, member, skin, safely, symbol
warm, protect, worried, barks, wag, wrong, forests,
in danger, member, skin, safely, symbol
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1. The water isn't hot and it isn't cold. It's .............................. .
2. My dog likes to ....................his tail every time he sees me.
3. Many animals are ............................!They need our help!
4. The dove is the................................ of peace.
5. Why do people need to..................................koalas today?
6. There are people who cut down the trees in the......................
7. Their dog always ..................................... at night. I can't sleep.
8. My mother is always ................................about me, when I get home late.
9. Guide dogs help blind people walk .......................across the street.
10. Chameleons can change the color of their .................. when they are in danger.
11. The boy is a ............................... of a basketball club.
12. There is something .........................with my cat! It doesn't want to eat.
5. Circle the correct word.
1. Do / Does the sharks live the sea?
2. Do / Does the koalas live in Australia?
3. Do / Does the kangaroo keep its baby in its pocket?
4. Do / Does the lions live in Africa?
5. Do / Does a guide dog help blind people?
6. Do / Does the vet check the animals if they are healthy?
7. Do / Does the giraffe eat leaves?
8. Do / Does the panda live in China?
6. Fill in don't and doesn't.
1. We ..................... know which animals are in danger.
2. The panda ..................... live in Israel.
3. My cousin .................... have any pets.
4. I ........................ like spiders.
5. Leopards ...................... change their color when they get angry.
6. A koala bear....................... keep its baby in the nests.
7. Penguins ........................ live in India.
8. A giraffe ........................ eat fish .
