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Birds / The Mysterious Egg Worksheet 1

Read and match.
1 a This bird has got red and 3
blue feathers. It lives in
trees. It eats fruit.

b This bird has got brown

feathers. It lives in Africa.
an ostrich It eats grass and lizards. a woodpecker

2 c This bird has got black 4

and white feathers. It
lives in a nest. It eats fish.

d This bird has got red, black

and white feathers. It lives
a parrot in trees. It eats insects. a stork

Write.
1
This bird has got brown and white
feathers. It lives .
It eats .
an owl
2
This bird

a puffin
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Birds / The Mysterious Egg Worksheet 2

Who does it in the story? Write the names.

the robber Vicky the zoo Dad the mother Bobby

keeper flamingo

1 The robber steals a flamingo’s egg from the zoo.

2 finds the egg in the park.
3 puts the egg in a box.
4 sees the mother flamingo in the newspaper.
5 puts the egg in the flamingo’s nest.
6 sits on the egg.

Choose and write 4 sentences about the picture.

Dad hasn’t got a book. Dad has got a book.
It’s 10 o’clock. It’s 5 o’clock.
The egg is in the box. The egg is behind the box.
Bobby is wearing glasses. Bobby is wearing a scarf.

1 _____________________________.

2 _____________________________.

3 _____________________________.

4 _____________________________.
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Birds / The Mysterious Egg
Worksheet 1
Read and match.
1b, 2a, 3d, 4c

Write.
This bird has got brown and white feathers. It lives
in trees. It eats meat.

This bird has got black and white feathers. It lives

on rocks by the sea. It eats fish.

Worksheet 2
Who does it in the story? Write the names.
1 The robber steals a flamingo’s egg from the zoo.
2 Vicky finds the egg in the park.
3 Dad puts the egg in a box.
4 Bobby sees the mother flamingo in the
newspaper.
5 The zoo keeper puts the egg in the flamingo’s
nest.
6 The mother flamingo sits on the egg.

Choose and write 4 sentences about the picture.

1 Dad has got a book.
2 It’s 5 o’clock.
3 The egg is in the box.
4 Bobby is wearing glasses.

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