Daily Oral Language & Vocabulary Activities
Directions: By following your teacher’s directions, and using your language and vocabulary skills, complete each assignment below. A dictionary will be necessary.
Assignments #1-3:
-Fix the Mistakes:
older mail gorillas is called silverbacks
-Combine the Sentences:
Mountain gorillas are vegetarians. They eat wild celery. They eat bamboo shoots. They eat thistles.
-Vocabulary: apathetic
If gorillas are apathetic toward other gorillas, it means
1) they care a lot about them.
2) they want to fight them.
3) they care little about them.
4) they have been offended by that gorilla.
Assignments #4-6:
-Fix the Mistakes:
We seen the massive gorilla rests peacefully with his wait on his nuckles.
-Combine the Sentences:
The female gorillas are smaller than males. They weigh half as much.
-Vocabulary: probed
The gorilla probed the forest for approaching predators.
The best meaning of the word probed is
1) searched carefully
2) jumped around in panic
3) dug around in the dirt
4) pulled trees from the ground
Assignments #7-9:
-Fix the Mistakes:
male gorillas also has large canine teeth brow ridges and sagittal crests
-Combine the Sentences:
Their main enemies are human poachers. Leopards may sometimes eat the young.
-Vocabulary: inquisitive
The gorilla appeared inquisitive as he stared at the young girl.
The best meaning of the word inquisitive is
1) sad
2) tired
3) angry
4) curious
Assignments #10-12:
-Fix the Mistakes:
We watched too female gorillas build a ground nest for they’re family.
-Combine the Sentences:
The gorilla beat his chest. The onlookers were scared. The onlookers screamed.
-Vocabulary: colossal
The gorilla’s hands seemed colossal compared to mine.
The best meaning of the word colossal is:
1) tiny
2) huge
3) wrinkled
4) sensitive
Assignments #13-15:
-Fix the Mistakes:
As the other zoo workers watched nervously Allison approached the gorillas territory carefully.
-Combine the Sentences:
The baby gorillas played with the tennis balls. They played all morning. The ball kept them busy.
-Vocabulary: dominant
The male gorilla was clearly the dominant member of the family.
The best meaning of the word dominant is:
1) tiny
2) leading
3) wrinkled
4) sensitive
Assignments #16-18:
-Fix the Mistakes:
If you already didn’t know mountain gorillas live mostly in rwanda the congo and uganda.
-Combine the Sentences:
The mother carries the babies. She may use her arms. She may use her back.
-Vocabulary: lineage
The gorilla’s lineage showed that his father had originally come from a large zoo in Africa.
The best meaning of the word lineage is:
1) family history
2) future
3) nutritional information
4) habitat
Assignments #19-21:
-Fix the Mistakes:
Did the silverback gorilla kills the leopard or just scares it away
-Combine the Sentences:
The gorilla walked on all fours. He walked proudly. The ground shook.
-Vocabulary: endure
The conservationist had to endure the difficulties of living on his own in the mountains of Rwanda.
The best meaning of the word endure is:
1) suffer through
2) be happy about
3) complain about
4) give up on
Assignments #22-24:
-Fix the Mistakes:
didn’t your teacher learn you nothing about gorillas
-Combine the Sentences:
The veterinarian checked the gorilla. The gorilla was grumpy. The gorilla was uncooperative.
-Vocabulary: daunting
Approaching the thick, glass window to the zoo’s gorilla habitat was a very daunting experience.
The best meaning of the word daunting is:
1) heroic
2) exciting
3) scary
4) boring
Assignments #25-27:
-Fix the Mistakes:
the books title was gorillas in the mist
-Combine the Sentences:
The gorilla roared when he woke up. It was loud. It frightened everyone nearby.
-Vocabulary: menacing
While charging at her enemy, the gorilla’s face appeared very menacing.
The best meaning of the word menacing is:
1) approachable
2) terrified
3) friendly
4) threatening
Assignmetns #28-30:
-Fix the Mistakes:
If left in the wild gorillas may live more then forty year.
-Combine the Sentences:
Chimpanzees are excitable. Gorillas are rather quiet.
-Vocabulary: advocacy
While thinking about advocacy, the students decided to have a bake sale to raise money for the zoo.
The best meaning of the word advocacy is:
1) supporting a cause
2) creating opportunity
3) believing in justice
4) putting down enemies
