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History &
                                                                                                                                       7           Echo the Mother Elephant
                                                                                                                                      Social Studies
                                             Sentence Practice
                                                                                                                                      Families

                 Match the sentence parts and write the sentences.                                                                                                  Vocabulary Practice


                 1.  Swan babies can’t                                            of the eggs.
                                                                                                                                           Write the correct words for the definitions.

                 2.  Seahorse fathers take care                                   special pouches.
                                                                                                                                                  leader                        front                        weak

                                                                                                                                                  hurt                          move                         join
                 3.  They keep them in                                            fly for a few months.


                 4.  These animal families                                        are different.                                                         Word                              Definition


                                                                                                                                           1.              join               to come together or put together
                 1.    Swan babies can’t fly for a few months.

                                                                                                                                           2.            leader               someone making decisions for a group
                 2.    Seahorse fathers take care of the eggs.

                                                                                                                                           3.             front               the first part facing forward, not the back
                 3.    They keep them in special pouches.
                                                                                                                                           4.             move                to take yourself to a different place
                 4.    These animal families are different.
                                                                                                                                           5.             weak                not strong



                                                                                                                                           6.             hurt                to have a cut or broken bone
                 Unscramble the sentences.

                 1.  ( their babies / in swan families, / both parents / care for / . )

                      In swan families, both parents care for their babies.


                 2.  ( sometimes carry them / their parents / on their backs / . )
                                                                                                                                           Write the best words to complete the sentences.
                       Their parents sometimes carry them on their backs.
                                                                                                                                                  legs               soon                special               life
                 3.  ( for almost / don’t open / cheetah cubs’ eyes / two weeks / . )


                      Cheetah cubs’ eyes don’t open for almost two weeks.                                                                  1.  My mom wants to get my dad a            special      gift.

                 4.  ( healthy babies / the eggs / thanks to them / become / . )
                                                                                                                                           2.   Carter’s pet cat has a good         life      .
                      The eggs become healthy babies thanks to them.
                                                                                                                                           3.  Bugs have six         legs      , but spiders have eight.
                 5.  ( all the parents / their babies / love / . )


                      All the parents love their babies.                                                                                   4.    Lunch will be ready       soon       .


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