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TASK

A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called
a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long, and very
strong back legs and a tail. These are used for sitting up and for jumping. Kangaroos have been
known to make forward jumps of over eight metres, and leap across fences more than three
metres high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometres per hour.
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red Kangaroo. Adult grow
to a length of 1.60 metres and weigh over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pouch
on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into
this pouch where it spends its fi rst fi ve months of life.

Taken from Peter Haddock Ltd., Ref.083

Answer the questions based on the text in Activity 3. Do it in pairs.
1. Are kangaroos and wallabies indigenous animals of Australia?
2. What does the word "these" in paragraph 2 refer to?
3. What do people call the largest kangaroos?
4. Where do you find the pouch of the female kangaroo?
5. What does the word "it" in sentence ... it crawls at once ... refer to?
6. Can you fi nd the sentence considered the defi nition of a kangaroo? State it.
7. Which sentences tell you about the description of the kangaroo's appearance?