SKILL A

Exercise 13
Feeding Time at the Zoo

It was time for the zookeepers to feed the animals. Judging from the noise, the
beasts were hungry. The lions opened their mouths and gave the people in the zoo a
frightful sample of the howl of the king of the beasts. The little monkeys squeaked as
they tumbled over each other to reach the cage bars. The monkeys shook the iron
bars fill they rattled, and parrots jumped up and down shrieking excitedly.

1. What time was it in the zoo?

a. playing time c. sleeping time
b. feeding time

2. How did the animals show that they were hungry?

a. They played. c. They made noises.
b. They quarreled.

3. Who howled?
a. the lions b. the gorillas c. the monkeys

4. What did the lions do?

a. roared b. beat on the bars c. opened their mouths

5. What was the zookeeper going to do?

a. beat the animals c. bathe the animals
b. feed the animals

6. How did the monkeys manage to reach the cage bars?

a. by jumping over each other c. by climbing over each other
b. by tumbling over each other

7. What did the little monkeys do?

a. snitched b. squeaked c. screeched

8. What did the monkeys do with the iron bars?

a. broke b. rattled c. loosened

9. Who jumped up and down?

a. dancers b. parrots c. birds

10. How did the parrots welcome the zookeeper?

a. They shouted.
b. They shrieked.
c. They squeaked.