Language Focus

Circle the correct words. 

Snowy owls live in the Arctic. It's not 1. (easy / easily) to find food there, but these 2. (beautiful / beautifully) birds are very 3. (good / well) hunters. They wait for their prey 4. (more patient / more patiently) than other species. They sit 5. (quiet / quietly) and wait until they see a mouse, a rabbit, or another small animal. Then they move in 6. (quick / quickly). Snowy owls also hear 7. (well / better) than other birds. This is important when they are trying to find food under the snow.

Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in parentheses. Then listen and check your answers. 

Maya: What are you reading, Stig?

Stig: Oh, it's a book about elephants. Did you know elephants can communicate (1) ____ (easy) with other elephants up to eight kilometers away?

They make a (2) ___ (loud) sound with their trunk.

Maya: So they have a (3) ___ (good) sense of hearing?

Stig: Yeah, but their eyesight is (4) ___ (bad). I also learned that they don't run. They just walk (5) ___ (quick).

Maya: I know something interesting about elephants.

Stig: What's that?

Maya: They swim (6) ___ (good). I saw a video of it. It was (7) ___ (beautiful).