Teacher Notes

Vocabulary to revise/teach
• General: numbers, colours
• Verbs: eat, run, swim
• Adjectives: big, dangerous, furry, long, small, spikey
• Nouns: antlers, beak, claws, flippers, grass, hump, legs, neck, tail, tusks

Suggested activities:
• Cut-up the animal names. See if students can match them to the correct animals on the map. Get them
researching on the internet or reading books to find out about animals they don’t know!
• Copy and cut up the descriptions. Read out the clues one by one. Students guess the animal. The student
with the correct answer can place the description next to the correct animal on the map.
• Ask students to place more animals on the map – they can draw them or use pictures.
• Follow-up: Model sentences like the above, e.g. It is ___________ . It has ___________ legs. Ask students to
write three sentences about an animal then describe to small groups who try to guess the animal.

Answers

It is sm ll. It is bl ck nd white.
It h s tail. It c n swim.
It lives in North Americ . It lives in Ant rctic .
CHIPMUNK PENGUIN

It is big. It is long.
It is bl ck nd white. It is d ngerous.
It e ts gr ss. It lives in South Americ .
PANDA SNAKE (ANACONDA)

It is big. It is bl ck nd white.
It h s tusks. It c n run.
It is grey. It lives in Afric .
ELEPHANT ZEBRA

It h s ntlers. It is sm ll.
It is brown. It h s two legs.
It lives in North Americ and Europe. It h s a long be k.
DEER BIRD (KIWI)

It h s four legs. It h s flippers.

It h s cl ws. It c n swim.
It lives in South Americ . It lives in Ant rctic .
ARMADILLO SEAL

It is brown. It h s four legs.

It h s four legs. It h s a long t il.
It h s a hump. It is red.
CAMEL (RED) SQUIRREL

It is furry. It is bl ck nd white.
It is grey. It h s four legs.
It lives in Austr li . It lies in North Americ .
KOALA RACCOON

It h s four legs. It is sm ll.

It h s a long neck. It is spikey.
It lives in Afric . It lives in Europe.
GIRAFFE HEDGEHOG

Downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/resources © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2016

Animal M p Word C rds

chipmunk gir ffe

penguin p nd

r coon ko l

squirrel eleph nt

deer rm dillo

se l bird

sn ke hedgehog

p nd zebr
Downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/resources © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2016
Anim l Descriptions

It is sm ll. It is bl ck nd white.
It h s t il. It c n swim.
It lives in North Americ . It lives in Ant rctic .

It is big. It is long.
It is bl ck nd white. It is d ngerous.
It e ts gr ss. It lives in South Americ .

It is big. It is bl ck nd white.
It h s tusks. It c n run.
It is grey. It lives in Afric .

It h s ntlers. It is sm ll.
It is brown. It h s two legs.
It lives in North Americ and Europe. It h s a long be k.

It h s four legs. It h s flippers.

It h s cl ws. It c n swim.
It lives in South Americ . It lives in Ant rctic .

It is brown. It h s four legs.

It h s four legs. It h s a long t il.
It h s a hump. It is red.

It is furry. It is bl ck nd white.
It is grey. It h s four legs.
It lives in Austr li . It lives in North Americ .

It h s four legs. It is sm ll.

It h s a long neck. It is spikey.
It lives in Afric . It lives in Europe.

Downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/resources © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2016

Anim l Picture C rds

Downloaded from www.macmillanyounglearners.com/resources © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2016