Reading Worksheet & Team Game

Animal Riddles 4
Can you find out what I am?

I have pincers. I am a mammal. I live in South America.

I am expensive food. I can swim very well. I am long and fat.
I live in the sea. Killer whales eat me. I eat small animals.
I am red when cooked. My babies are killed for I have no legs.
fur.

I live in South America. I am grey. I can fly.

I have black spots. I live in the trees. I am red and black.
I eat other animals. I eat eucalyptus leaves. I am very small.
I look like a leopard. I am a small, cute bear. I have six legs.

I live in Africa. I lay eggs. I live in Africa.

I am big and grey. I have a hard shell. I sleep in a nest.
I eat grass and leaves. I am slow. I am big and black.
I have a horn on my I live on land or in the I am an ape.
nose. water.

I’m a small, brown bird. I live in Australia. I live in cold places.

I can’t fly. I am brown. I eat seals.
I lay small eggs. I can hop, I am white.
People eat my eggs or I keep my babies in a Climate change is killing
me. pouch. me.

I live in North America. I am a big lizard. Don’t touch me, I sting!

I eat grass. I eat other animals. I have many tentacles.
I have antlers. I can be dangerous. I live in the sea.
I am bigger than a deer. Komodo(Indonesia)is my I am transparent and
home. soft.

I have six legs. I am a six-legged pest. I can fly.

Some can fly. I have long antennae. I lay eggs.
Some collect dung. I live in the house. You can eat me.
There are 300,000+ I can run very fast. I quack.
kinds.

I live in Africa. I live on the farm. I live in Australia.

I can climb trees. I can’t fly. I am a reptile.
I am an ape. I am a fat bird. I eat insects, spiders.
I look human. You eat me for Xmas. I have frills around my
neck.

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 Reading Worksheet & Team Game
Team 1 Team 2 Team 3

I have pincers. I am a mammal. I live in South America.

I am expensive food. I can swim very well. I am long and fat.
I live in the sea. Killer whales eat me. I eat small animals.
I am red when cooked. My babies are killed for fur. I have no legs.

I live in South America. I am grey. I can fly.

I have black spots. I live in the trees. I am red and black.
I eat other animals. I eat eucalyptus leaves. I am very small.
I look like a leopard. I am a small, cute bear. I have six legs.

I live in Africa. I lay eggs. I live in Africa.

I am big and grey. I have a hard shell. I sleep in a nest.
I eat grass and leaves. I am slow. I am big and black.
I have a horn on my nose. I live on land or in the water. I am an ape.

I’m a small, brown bird. I live in Australia. I live in cold places.

I can’t fly. I am brown. I eat seals.
I lay small eggs. I can hop, I am white.
People eat my eggs or me. I keep my babies in a pouch. Climate change is killing me.

I live in North America. I am a big lizard. Don’t touch me, I sting!

I eat grass. I eat other animals. I have many tentacles.
I have antlers. I can be dangerous. I live in the sea.
I am bigger than a deer. Komodo (Indonesia) is my home. I am transparent and soft.

I have six legs. I am a six-legged pest. I can fly.

Some can fly. I have long antennae. I lay eggs.
Some collect dung. I live in the house. You can eat me.
There are 300,000+ kinds. I can run very fast. I quack.

I live in Africa. I live on the farm. I live in Australia.

I can climb trees. I can’t fly. I am a reptile.
I am an ape. I am a fat bird. I eat insects, spiders.
I look human. You eat me for Xmas. I have frills around my neck.

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Answer Key & Instructions Team Game

 The first page can be used as an individual worksheet (reading and writing
focus). Help with spelling or vocabulary if necessary.

 The second page can be used as a competitive team game (reading, speaking,
pronunciation and listening focus).
o Divide the class into 2 or 3 teams.
o One team reads out their clues slowly and clearly - one by one - of one
of their cards. Don’t let them show their card to other teams.
o Other teams listen and try to guess the animal. ONLY ONE GUESS IS
ALLOWED, so teams have to work together and not guess too quickly.
o If all the clues are exhausted, teams could show the pictures.
o Teams score one point per correct answer.
o These rules can be adapted or used creatively. Enjoy.

 After the game, students can choose an animal and write their own clue
cards.

lobster seal anaconda

jaguar koala ladybird (BrE)

ladybug (AmE)

rhino(ceros) turtle gorilla

quail kangaroo polar bear

moose Komodo jellyfish

dragon

beetle cockroach duck

chimpanzee turkey frilled lizard

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