Vocabulary Worksheets

Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 7. Nouns and verbs (birds)

Read the passage about birds. Then complete the sentences on the next page.

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Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Birds have wings, feathers, and beaks. They dont have teeth. They have strong bones and strong hearts. They breathe through tiny air sacs, like lungs. Most birds fly. They have powerful muscles that move their wings. However, some birds dont fly. For example, ostriches dont fly, but they run very fast.

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Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Penguins spend most of their lives in the water, but they dont fly. Penguins are excellent swimmers, and they also walk on ice. Birds have sharp eyes to find food. They see the food easily. Then they use their beaks and their claws to get their food: insects, worms, small animals, fish, fruit, and berries.

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Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Birds that fly spread pollen from one flower to another. The pollen makes new plants. In this way birds are important: they contribute to making new plant life.

air sac = a part inside a plant or animal that is shaped like a bag and contains liquid or air

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Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

lungs = the organs that you breathe with pollen = a fine powder in flowers. The wind, birds and insects carry it to other flowers. The pollen then produces seeds.

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Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

Worksheet 7, page 2
Complete the sentences. Check all possible completions.
1. All birds have _______.

wings

teeth

hearts
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feathers

2. Some birds dont _______.

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Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

fly fast arms

breathe icy legs

eat strong hearts

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see excellent hair

3. Powerful means _______.

4. People have muscles in their _______.

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Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

5. Ostriches _______.

walk on ice spread pollen swim fast run fast

6. Birds _______

eat insects spread pollen

spread insects have good

eyes

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Vocabulary Worksheets
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6: Nouns and Pronouns

7. _______ are birds.

Ostriches flowers

Penguins

insects worms
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muscles bones

8. _______ are plants.

lungs

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