PRE-ACTIVITY CHAPTER 7

Study the spelling and meaning of each word. These words are used in today’s
story. Match each word with its definition.
b
_______1. Menace
a. group
a
_______2. Pack
b. danger
d or threat
_______3. Prey
c. an animal raised
c in Australia

_______4. Sheep
d. something hunted
f
_______5. Tamed e. similar to a wild dog
e
_______6. Wolf f. not wild

READ the story carefully and remember the details.

One of the greatest enemies of sheep in Australia is a wild dog known as the
Australian dingo. The dingo’s face is similar to that of the wolf. It howls like a wolf, hunts
in a pack, and seems to kill for the sake of killing.

The dingoes are menace because they prey on sheep. They hunt the sheep by night.
They run silently through the grass and drive the sheep into a cul-de-sac. Now that the
sheep are trapped, they are easy prey. Being expert killers, the dingoes aim at their
throats. The Australian lose lunge sums of money each year on their sheep.

It is considered fair game to kill this wild dogs by shooting them, trapping them, or by
baiting them with poisoned meat. Hire wire fences surround thousands of a cres of
sheep grazing land. These fences keep the wild dingoes away from sheep.

If caught when puppies’ dingoes can be tarred. They can be trained to be loyal and
faithful companions. Sometimes the tarred dingoes help guard their masters, sheep
against wild dingoes.
 A. FILL IN THE BLANKS using the information in today’s story.

1. The dingoes drive the sheep into a cul-de-sac to trap them.

2. In Australia, it is considered air game to kill the wild dingoes.

3. The dingoes’ face is similar to that of a wolf.

4. Dingoes can be trained to be loyal and faithful companions.

5. These fences keep the wild dingoes away from the sheep.

B. Re-read the story and write the answer to the questions.

1. What is one of the greatest enemies of the Australian sheep?
Answer:
One of the greatest enemies of sheep in Australia is a wild dog known as the
Australian dingo.
2. Where does a dingo aim when it kills sheep?
Answer:
The dingoes aim at their throats.
3. What can keep a wild dingo away from the sheep?
Answer:
The fences keep the wild dingo away from the sheep.
4. Would you like to tame a wild dingo? Why or why not?
Answer:
I would not tame a dingo in my house because they must be in the wild, and I am also
afraid that when they are starving, they will obey their instincts and turn me into their
meal. I'd rather tame a domesticated animal like a cat or a puppy than a dingo because
the welfare of my family and the residents in my neighborhood is my top priority.