worksheet/ English /grade 4

The Ganges River Dolphin.

A recent survey found fewer than 2,000 Ganges River Dolphins in India, so we can/must work hard to protect this species.

The Ganges River Dolphin lives in fresh water. It has got a long, thin nose and large flippers. It (1) can/must live for about 26 years. The Ganges River Dolphin (2) has to/ should swim near the bottom of the river where it (3) has to/can find small fish and crabs in the mud. It (4) can/can’t breathe under water, so it (5) can/must swim to the surface every one to two minutes.

We (6) can/can’t do lots of things to protect the Ganges River Dolphin. It prefers deep water so we (7) should/can stop taking large amounts of river water for farming. We

(8) must/mustn’t stop fishermen using nets which trap dolphins and we (9) have to/ has to stop building dams. They separate families of dolphins.

The Ganges River Dolphin (10) can/ can’t see so it uses sounds to find its food and to move around. As a result, we (11) can/should reduce noise pollution in the river so that the dolphins (12) can/should find food.

Example: must

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Write more things we can do to help animals like the Ganges River Dolphin to survive. Use a word from the box in each sentence.

must have to can should can’t  shouldn’t has to mustn’t

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4 Write a description of an animal. Use the subheadings to divide your text.

The name of my animal

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What the male looks like.

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What the female looks like.

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Where in the world your animal lives.

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What sort of home your animal lives in.

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What your animal eats.

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How your animal gets its food.

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 Find three or four letter words inside the country names.

Example: England land

1 Japan 

2 Bahrain 

3 Canada 

4 Yemen 

5 Turkey 

6 Iran 

7 Norway 

8 Kuwait 

9 Singapore 

10 United Arab Emirates 

 Write sentences using the short and long words from activity 1.

Example: England, land. England is a small country with not much land.

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  Answer the questions about yourself. Use full sentences.

Example:

 

Have you ever been to London?

 

  No, I haven’t been to London.

 

1 Have you ever been on a plane?

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2 Have you ever eaten Chinese food?

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3 Have you ever seen a turtle?

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4 Have you ever climbed a mountain?

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5 Have you ever swum in a river?

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