Piper

Sandpiper: The kind of birds that appear on the video.

1. Answer the questions about the video.

A. What are the characters of the video?
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B. What’s the little bird’s problem?
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C. What does he discover?
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D. How does the video end?
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2. Now, tell the story of the video orally. Look at the useful vocabulary below.

BEACH – HUNGRY – MUSSELS (mejillones) AND LITTLE CRABS – A WAVE

- TO HAVE A FEAR OF / TO BE AFRAID OF / TO BE SCARED OF –
DISCOVER/FIND OUT THAT … - BURY HIMSELF IN THE SAND – LEARN
(THAT HE CAN…) FROM SOMEBODY - OVERCOME A FEAR

3. Vocabulary. Complete the sentences with the correct word.

Adjectives: - to be afraid of something Adjective: something/someone is scary

- to be scared of something Verb: to fear something/someone
- to be afraid there is bad news Noun: a fear of something

a. I prefer travelling by train. I have a ________ of flying.

b. I don’t like graveyards. They are ___________.
c. I’m really ____________ of the neighbour’s dog. It seems very aggressive!
d. I have to confess something: I ______ clowns. They are very _________.
e. She can’t be ___________ of cockroaches. I saw her kill one with her bare
hands!
f. I’m sorry sir, but I’m ____________ the doctor can’t see you today.
 4. Write the verbs in the proper tense in these sentences about the video.

A. Piper is a little bird which _________ (live) on the beach.

B. The older birds _________ (eat) mussels near the sea, because they ___________
(learn) how to take care of the sea.
C. Piper ________ (expect) them to feed him right in the peak, but they _________ (not
help) him.
D. Piper ____________ (look) for food when the first wave _________ (hit) him.
E. When you ________ (see) bubbles on the shore, it _______ (mean) that a mussel
_____________ (hide) below the sand.
F. The older birds _________ (know) when the sea ___________ (come) with a wave, but
Piper ____________ (still/learn).
G. Then, Piper _________ (not want) to _________ (go) back to the sea because the last
wave _________ (knock) him off.
H. Piper _________ (follow) the little crabs and _________ (see) that they _________
(hide) under the sand when they _________ (see) that a wave __________ (come).
I. At the end, Piper’s very happy because he __________ (learn) to look for his own food.
J. ________ you _______ (swim)? When _______ you _______ (learn)? _________ you
____________ (ever/swim) at the sea?
K. What _______ you ________ (would/do) if you _______ (see) someone _________
(shout) for help far into the sea? _______ you ________ (look) for the lifeguard or
_______ you _________ (dive) in to save them?
I. At the end, Piper could avoid _________ (be) hit by the wave because he ___________
(learn) from watching the crabs. What things _________ you ________ (learn) from
_________ (watch) other people?
J. While Piper was on land, the other birds ________________ (eat) on the shore. He
__________ (not want) to go because the wave ___________ (hit) him bad. Nobody
___________ (teach) him how to protect himself.
K. Do you think Piper _____________ (teach) the younger birds how to feed in the future?
Do you think he __________ (eat) the crabs that helped him?
I. ________ (be) you the youngest brother? What ______ (be) it like for you when you
_______ (be) a little child? ______ someone in your family ______ (teach) you important
things?