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Connect the Grammar to Writing

1 READ & NOTICE THE GRAmmAR.

A Do you know any interesting looking animals? Tell a partner about an animal you think is
interesting. Then read the text.

The Yellow-Tailed Woolly Monkey

The yellow-tailed woolly monkey is a very
rare animal. It has thick brown fur and white
hair around its mouth. The monkey is named
for the bright yellow fur underneath its long,
curled tail. These monkeys live in a small area Yellow-tailed woolly
in the high mountains of Peru. With their long monkey, Alto Mayo,
Amazonas, Peru
arms and legs and powerful tail, they move
quickly through the forests.

Unfortunately, these monkeys have lost a
lot of their natural habitat. Farms and cattle
ranches are some of the reasons for this.
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People are now working hard to protect these
amazing animals.

1 ranch: a large farm used for keeping animals

GrAMMAr FOcUs
In the text in exercise A, the writer uses adjectives and adverbs to describe a rare
kind of monkey.
Adjectives: It has thick brown fur and white hair around its mouth.
Nouns as adjectives: Farms and cattle ranches are some of the reasons for this.
Adverbs of manner: . . . they move quickly through the forests.
Adverbs of degree: The yellow-tailed woolly monkey is a very rare animal.

B Read the text in exercise A again. Underline the adjectives and circle the adverbs of manner
and degree. Then work with a partner and compare your answers.

C Complete the chart with information about the woolly monkey from exercise A. Write
adjectives or adverbs and the words they describe.

Appearance thick brown fur,

Habitat (where it lives) small area,

Movements or Behavior

174 Adjectives And Adverbs
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