Reading Worksheet & Team Game

Animal Riddles 3
Can you find out what I am?
I have a long nose.
I live in the forest.
I eat ants.
Im also called a tapir.

I live near the water.

I have a long, flat tail.
I have sharp teeth.
I build dams.

I live in the desert.

I am dangerous.
I have six legs.
I sting.

Im a sea mammal.
I am bigger than a seal.
I am big and heavy.
I have long tusks.

I am very small.
I bite at night.
I transfer malaria.
I eat blood.

Im a mammal.
I live in the water.
I have a ducks bill.
I lay eggs.

I live in the garden.

I eat vegetables.
I am very slow.
I carry my house on my back.

I live in .
Camels are my cousins.
Im domesticated.

I live in the house.

Im active at night.
I eat insects.

Im bigger than an alpaca.

I can walk on the ceiling.

Im a bird.
I cant fly.
Im from .
A fruit has the same name.

I live in .
I live in a big family.
Im pretty nosey.
I can stand on my hind legs.

I can climb trees.

I eat insects.
I have a long tongue.
I can change colour.

I live in .
I have black spots.
I am a predator.
No one runs faster than me.

I live in .
I look like a robber.
I like garbage.
Im also called wash bear.

I ran run very fast.

I cant fly.
Im a bird.
My eggs are huge.

I run very fast.

I live in .
Lions eat me.
Im similar to a deer.

I am a mammal.
I live in the ocean.
I eat seals and fish.
Im also called orca.

Im a sea bird.
I eat fish.
I can swim and fly.
I keep fish in my beak.

I have six legs.

I have 2 pairs of wings.
I live near the water.
I have a long body.

I hunt small animals.

I sometimes eat fish.
Im a bird of prey.
Im the symbol of the .

Im a reptile.
I live near the sea.
My address: Galapagos.
Im ugly and eat plants.

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Team 2& Team Game

Reading Worksheet

Team 3

I have a long nose.

I live in the forest.
I eat ants.
Im also called a tapir.
ANTEATER

I live near the water.

I have a long, flat tail.
I have sharp teeth.
I build dams.
BEAVER

I live in the desert.

I am dangerous.
I have six legs.
I sting.
SCORPION

Im a sea mammal.
I am bigger than a seal.
I am big and heavy.
I have long tusks.
WALRUS

I am very small.
I bite at night.
I transfer malaria.
I eat blood.
MOSQUITO

Im a mammal.
I live in the water.
I have a ducks bill.
I lay eggs.
PLATYPUS

I live in the garden.

I eat vegetables.
I am very slow.
I carry my house on my back.
SNAIL

I live in .
Camels are my cousins.
Im domesticated.

I live in the house.

Im active at night.
I eat insects.

Im bigger than an alpaca.

LLAMA

I can walk on the ceiling.

Im a bird.
I cant fly.
Im from .
A fruit has the same name.
KIWI

I live in .
I live in a big family.
Im pretty nosey.
I can stand on my hind legs.
MEERKAT

I can climb trees.

I eat insects.
I have a long tongue.
I can change colour.
CHAMELEON

I live in .
I have black spots.
I am a predator.
No one runs faster than me.
CHEETAH

I live in .
I look like a robber.
I like garbage.
Im also called wash bear.
RACCOON

I ran run very fast.

I cant fly.
Im a bird.
My eggs are huge.
OSTRICH

I run very fast.

I live in .
Lions eat me.
Im similar to a deer.
ANTELOPE

I am a mammal.
I live in the ocean.
I eat seals and fish.
Im also called orca.
KILLER WHALE

Im a sea bird.
I eat fish.
I can swim and fly.
I keep fish in my beak.
PELICAN

I have six legs.

I have 2 pairs of wings.
I live near the water.
I have a long body.
DRAGONFLY

I hunt small animals.

I sometimes eat fish.
Im a bird of prey.
Im the symbol of the .
EAGLE

Im a reptile.
I live near the sea.
My address: Galapagos.
Im ugly and eat plants.
IGUANA

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Give more clues if necessary.

Dont show this to other teams!

Give more clues if necessary.

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GECKO

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Give more clues if necessary.

Author: PhilipR

Reading Worksheet & Team Game

Answer Key & Instructions Team Game

The first page can be used as an individual worksheet (reading and writing
focus). Help with spelling or vocabulary if necessary.

The second page can be used as a competitive team game (reading, speaking,
pronunciation and listening focus).
o Divide the class into 2 or 3 teams.
o One team reads out the clues slowly and clearly - one by one - on one
of their cards. Don
o Other teams listen and try to guess the animal. ONLY ONE GUESS IS
ALLOWED, so teams have to work together and not guess too quickly.
o If all the clues are exhausted, teams could show the pictures.
o Teams score one point per correct answer.
o These rules can be adapted or used creatively. Enjoy.

After the game, students can choose an animal and write their own clue
cards.

anteater

beaver

scorpion

walrus

mosquito

platypus

snail

llama

gecko

kiwi

meerkat

chameleon

cheetah

raccoon

ostrich

antelope

killer whale

pelican

dragonfly

eagle

iguana

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