Reading Worksheet & Team Game Animal Riddles Can you find out what I am? I have a long nose I live in the forest I eat ants I’m 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 I’m 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 I’m a mammal I live in the water I have a duck’s 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 South America Camels are my cousins I’m domesticated I live in the house I’m active at night I eat insects I’m bigger than an alpaca I can walk on the ceiling I’m a bird I can’t fly I’m from New Zealand A fruit has the same name I live in Africa I live in a big family I’m pretty nosey I can climb trees I eat insects I have a long tongue I can change colour I live in Africa I have black spots I am a predator No one runs faster than me I live in America I look like a robber I like garbage I’m also called wash bear I ran run very fast I can’t fly I’m a bird My eggs are huge I run very fast I live in Africa Lions eat me I’m similar to a deer I am a mammal I live in the ocean I eat seals and fish I’m also called orca I’m a sea bird I eat fish I can swim and fly I keep fish in my beak I have six legs I have pairs of wings I live near the water I have a long body I hunt small animals I sometimes eat fish I’m a bird of prey I’m the symbol of the USA I’m a reptile I live near the sea My address: Galapagos I’m ugly and eat plants I can stand on my hind legs More worksheets available on www.ISLcollective.com Author: PhilipR Team Team 2& Team Game Reading Worksheet Team I have a long nose I live in the forest I eat ants I’m 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 I’m 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 I’m a mammal I live in the water I have a duck’s 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 South America Camels are my cousins I’m domesticated I live in the house I’m active at night I eat insects I’m bigger than an alpaca LLAMA I can walk on the ceiling I’m a bird I can’t fly I’m from New Zealand A fruit has the same name KIWI I live in Africa I live in a big family I’m 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 Africa I have black spots I am a predator No one runs faster than me CHEETAH I live in America I look like a robber I like garbage I’m also called wash bear RACCOON I ran run very fast I can’t fly I’m a bird My eggs are huge OSTRICH I run very fast I live in Africa Lions eat me I’m similar to a deer ANTELOPE I am a mammal I live in the ocean I eat seals and fish I’m also called orca KILLER WHALE I’m a sea bird I eat fish I can swim and fly I keep fish in my beak PELICAN I have six legs I have pairs of wings I live near the water I have a long body DRAGONFLY I hunt small animals I sometimes eat fish I’m a bird of prey I’m the symbol of the USA EAGLE I’m a reptile I live near the sea My address: Galapagos I’m ugly and eat plants IGUANA Don’t show this to other teams! Give more clues if necessary Don’t show this to other teams! Give more clues if necessary More worksheets available on www.ISLcollective.com GECKO Don’t show this to other teams! 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 or 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 More worksheets available on www.ISLcollective.com Author: PhilipR