LISTENING ACTIVITIES B1 LLAMAS

 

Total score is 5 out of 5 (100%)

 

 

to force out liquid from the mouth TO SPIT

soft, thick hair that grows on the bodies of animals like sheep WOOL

to cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal TO SHEAR 

to pass the tongue over a surface TO LICK

to make a continuous sound with the lips closed TO HUM

 

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Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)

 

 

1. Llamas, alpacas, vicuñas and guanacos are all related to camels.

True

2. Llamas are the smallest of the four.

False

3. Llamas only spit at humans if you treat them badly.

True

4. Alpacas look as if they are sad.

False

5. Alpaca wool is good for clothes.

True

6. Vicuña wool is very expensive.

True

7. Vicuñas eat cacti.

False

8. Llamas and alpacas can't live in the UK.

False

 

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Total score is 12 out of 12 (100%)

 

1. Llamas and alpacas are both domesticated animals and vicuñas and guanacos are WILD

 

2. Llamas are very sociable animals and live together in groups, in HERDS

.

3. They respond well to being trained and they are usually GENTLE

and CURIOUS 

.

4. The alpaca is famous for its wool, which is SOFTER

and WARMER

than sheep's wool.

5. Vicuñas can only be shorn of their wool every THREE

years.

6. Guanacos are capable of surviving at over 4,000 METERS

in the Andes.

7. Llamas hum when they ARE RELAXED

, or the opposite, feeling STRESSED

.

8. Sometimes farmers use llama to protect sheep and hens from animals that might attack them, like DOGS

or FOXES

.