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READING 3 Look and read. Talk about the birds.

1 Listen and Two Big Birds Work with a partner.

read. TR: 7.8

Cassowary Both Ostrich
Cassowary Ostrich • lives in Australia • can live for a • lives in Africa

The cassowary is an The ostrich is an • rain forests long time • dry areas

awesome animal. It is big, awesome animal, too. It is • tall • can run fast • very tall
strong, and can live to be very big, strong, and can • makes very • can’t fly • goes without

60 years old. It lives in the live to be 50 years old. It loud noises • can kick hard water for a
long time
rain forests in Papua New lives in the Savanna and
Guinea and Australia. Sahel areas in Africa.

The cassowary can run Like the cassowary, the
really fast, but it can’t fly. ostrich can run really fast,
It can make loud noises, but it can’t fly. It can also 4 Read and write.

but it can’t sing. Watch go without water for a 1. Do cassowaries make loud noises?
out. An angry cassowary long time. And yes, it can
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2. Can an ostrich go without water for a long time?

1.5 m 2.75 m
(5 ft.) (9 ft.) 3. Where do ostriches live?

4. Can a cassowary fly?

A male ostrich can
roar like a lion.

2 Match. Connect the sentence parts. Draw lines.
5 Talk about the animals.
1. The cassowary and ostrich a. very colorful.
Work with a partner. Zebras live
2. The ostrich is b. can kick hard. in Africa.

3. The cassowary is c. very tall. camels crocodiles tigers zebras

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