What Eyebrows Do For You

10/10/2020 5:36:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • Among all the mammals, we, human beings, are granted with eyebrows visible on the forehead which help to express our feelings.
  • Eyebrows are a multi-purpose part of human body - they do everything!

Let's explore these special features of us - human beings!

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Listen and choose the correct answer.

  • If some drops of water run down from your head, your eyebrows will ____.
  • Which of the following is NOT true?

If some drops of water run down from your head, your eyebrows will _____

  • turn them into moisture.
  • make them continue dripping down.
  • help to move them to the side.

Which of the following is NOT true?

  • Thanks to eyebrows, our lives might be protected from hungry animals.
  • Eyebrows are different when we have different feelings.
  • Eyebrows cannot show how we feel.

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

What Eyebrows Do For You

Why do we have ? No one is completely sure, but we do know a few things that eyebrows do for us.

Eyebrows might help keep sweat and rain out of our eyes. If drips down our foreheads, the shape of our brows helps move it to the side.

Eyebrows also help us show . When we are angry, happy, or sad, our eyebrows usually look different. This helps others know how we are feeling.

Eyebrows might also help save our lives from hungry animals, like tigers! Big cats usually stop hunting if they can tell their prey is watching them. Our eyebrows might a hunting animal into thinking our eyes are open while we sleep. If they think we are watching, the predator might !

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What Eyebrows Do For You

Why do we have eyebrows? No one is completely sure, but we do know a few things that eyebrows do for us.

Eyebrows might help keep sweat and rain out of our eyes. If moisture drips down our foreheads, the shape of our brows helps move it to the side.

Eyebrows also help us show emotions. When we are angry, happy, or sad, our eyebrows usually look different. This helps others know how we are feeling.

Eyebrows might also help save our lives from hungry animals, like tigers! Big cats usually stop hunting if they can tell their prey is watching them. Our eyebrows might trick a hunting animal into thinking our eyes are open while we sleep. If they think we are watching, the predator might give up! 

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
  • Eyebrows keep moisture away from our eyes.
  • Eyebrows don't change very much over the time.
  • Eyebrows might save our lives from predators.
According to the passage, why do humans have eyebrows?
  • This is because humans have feelings to show.
  • The reasons still remain uncertain.
  • The main reason is that eyebrows help humans a lot.
How might eyebrows help save our lives from predators?
  • Eyebrows make predators believe we are watching them while sleeping.
  • Eyebrows cannot help us to avoid the predators.
  • Predators see how we feel and then go away.
Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.
  1. Why do we have ?
  2. If drips down our foreheads, the shape of our brows helps move it to the side.
  3. Eyebrows also help us show .
  4. Our eyebrows might a hunting animal into thinking our eyes are open while we sleep.
  5. If they think we are watching, the predator might !

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

  1. He playing football after breaking his hand.
  2. Ellen looked at me with a raised .
  3. The light rain left on the ground.
  4. When my grandparents came to this country, they felt many different .
  5. They me into paying twice what this car is worth.