A Cupboard That is Alive

10/10/2020 3:44:00 PM

Do you know?

Just like people, honey ants also store their food, but in alive cupboards.
Such alive cupboards are storage honey ants.

Let's explore this!

FACT: Honey ant is one of the few edible ants in the world.

Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

According to the audio, where do people store their food?
After being stuffed full of nectar, what happens to the storage ants?

According to the audio, where do people store their food?

in fridges
in drawers
in cupboards

After being stuffed full of nectar, what happens to the storage ants?

Their heads become bigger.
Their bellies become bigger.
Their legs become bigger.

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

A Cupboard That is Alive

People 3.1 their food in 3.2. They keep it there until they need it. There are ants that store food, too. Where do the ants keep their food? They store it in a cupboard that is alive!

The ants are called honey ants. Worker honey ants bring food to 3.3 honey ants. The worker ants stuff the storage ants full of nectar. The storage ants’ bellies 3.4. Their 3.5 get as big as grapes. They get so big that the ants can’t move.

Sometimes ants from other nests will try to steal the storage ants. They want their nectar! Sometimes other animals break open the ant nests. They want to eat the storage ants because they taste so sweet.

Read and answer the following questions.

A Cupboard That is Alive

*Worker honey ants bring food to storage ants. Image: en.wikipedia.org*

People store their food in cupboards. They keep it there until they need it. There are ants that store food, too. Where do the ants keep their food? They store it in a cupboard that is alive!

The ants are called honey ants. Worker honey ants bring food to storage honey ants. The worker ants stuff the storage ants full of nectar. The storage ants’ bellies swell up. Their bellies get as big as grapes. They get so big that the ants can’t move.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Non-fiction Reading Grade 2

When you store something, you _____.

put it away for later use
slice it into pieces
cook it at high temperature
melt it in the microwave

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

what the worker ants do
why the storage ants get stolen
where the honey ants can be found
how big the storage ants can get

According to the passage, the alive cupboards are _____.

queen honey ants
worker honeybees
storage honey ants
worker honey ants

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

People 7.1 their food in 7.2.
Worker honey ants bring food to 7.3 honey ants.
The storage ants’ bellies 7.4.
Their 7.5 get as big as grapes.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

Squirrels 8.1 nuts for the winter.
He fell asleep with a full 8.2 and a happy heart.
I found these apples going moldy in the 8.3.
The new wine is pumped into 8.4 tanks.
My arm 8.5 where I was stung by a bee.