Snakes

10/10/2020 5:44:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • There are over 3,000 different species of snakes, making them the second-largest group of reptiles after lizards. 
  • Thanks to their flexible jaws, snakes can eat preys that are bigger than them.
  • Snakes can grow very long, which means they have hundreds of ribs.

Let's explore more about this animal!

FACT: Snakes hear using vibrations in their jawbones.

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

  • How is a snake if it is dry and smooth?
  • What do snakes use to feel sounds?
If a snake is dry and smooth, it is _____
  • sick.
  • sleeping.
  • healthy.
Snakes feel sounds with their _____
  • ears.
  • bodies.
  • tongues.

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

Snakes

Have you ever held a snake? Did you think it would feel slimy?

Snakes are not . If they are healthy, they are dry and smooth. Their bodies are covered with . Even their eyes are covered with see-through scales instead of eyelids.

Snakes can swim, climb a tree, along ropes, and slither along the ground. The Western Whip Snake is one of the fastest snakes. It can travel up to three miles an hour.

Snakes are , and most snakes sleep through the winter. All snakes swallow their food whole and shed their skin when it gets too tight.

Snakes don't hear, but they feel sounds with their bodies. Snakes taste and smell with their .

What do you a snake thinks we feel like?

Read the text and answer the question.

Snakes

A snake is shedding its skin. Image: petcoach.co

Have you ever held a snake? Did you think it would feel slimy?

Snakes are not slimy. If they are healthy, they are dry and smooth. Their bodies are covered with scales. Even their eyes are covered with see-through scales instead of eyelids.

Snakes can swim, climb a tree, crawl along ropes, and slither along the ground. The Western Whip Snake is one of the fastest snakes. It can travel up to three miles an hour.

Snakes are cold-blooded, and most snakes sleep through the winter. All snakes swallow their food whole and shed their skin when it gets too tight.

Snakes don't hear, but they feel sounds with their bodies. Snakes taste and smell with their tongues.

What do you suppose a snake thinks we feel like?

Source: Reading Comprehension Grade 2

Snakes have see-through scales over their eyes _____

  • because scales make them more beautiful.
  • because scales cover their bodies.
  • so they can see better with scales.
  • so they look more scary to human.

What is true about the Western Whip Snake?

  • It is the fastest among all kinds of snakes in the world.
  • Its fastest speed can be three miles an hour.
  • Its eyes are covered with eyelids.
  • It becomes slimy when it is healthy.
Why do snakes shed their skin?
  • To get rid of a skin that's too small
  • To protect themselves
  • To change colors so they can blend in
  • To keep them from getting sick
What kind of story is this?
  • poem
  • true story
  • fairy tale
  • fiction

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

  1. Snakes are not .
  2. Snakes are , and most snakes sleep through the winter.
  3. Their bodies are covered with .
  4. Snakes taste and smell with their .
  5. What do you a snake thinks we feel like?
  6. Snakes can swim, climb a tree, along ropes, and slither along the ground.

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

  1. His feet slipped in the mud.
  2. Snakes and lizards are animals.
  3. It's very rude to stick your out at people.
  4. The beast was a dragon, with great purple and green .
  5. Do you that Gillian will marry him?
  6. The child across the floor.