Starter quiz

  • Which of the following is a statistic about basking sharks?
    • The basking shark is rarely seen in winter in the UK.
    • The basking shark has over 1,000 sharp teeth.  ✓
    • Some basking sharks migrate while others do not.
    • The basking shark is an endangered species.
  • Which of the following sentences show that the situation for pandas is improving?
    • Roads and railways criss-cross the pandas' habitat.
    • The panda population has risen to around 1,800.  ✓
    • A vast Giant Panda National Park was opened in 2020.  ✓
    • Pandas are sometimes accidentally killed by traps.
  • Which of the following are appropriate expanded noun phrases to replace 'bamboo' in a non-chronological report?
    • this big, crunchy plant
    • these thick, woody stems  ✓
    • this remarkable, fast-growing species  ✓
  • Match the nouns and adjectives to make word pairs to describe these features of pandas.
    • teeth
      ⇔
      strong ✓
    • eye markings
      ⇔
      black ✓
    • fur
      ⇔
      patterned ✓
  • Match the nouns and adjectives to make word pairs to describe these features of pandas' diet and habitat.
    • bamboo plants
      ⇔
      vast, 45-metre-high ✓
    • stems
      ⇔
      almost-indigestible ✓
    • mountains
      ⇔
      snow-covered ✓
  • Match the nouns and adjectives to make word pairs to describe these pieces of subject-specific vocabulary.
    • solitary
      ⇔
      mammals ✓
    • canines
      ⇔
      sharp ✓
    • molars
      ⇔
      smooth, wide ✓
    • indigestible
      ⇔
      bamboo stems ✓
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