APIEThe Gentle Giant
Giant pandas
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Set a timer for 8 minutes and have learners read the text once.
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Read the story "The Gentle Giant" carefully.
Answer the 8 questions below from number 1 to 8.
🐼 The Gentle Giant
⏱️ 8-minute readGiant pandas are lovely animals. They live in the high mountains of China. Bamboo is almost all of their food. A giant panda eats bamboo for more than 10 hours every day! Today, more than 1,800 giant pandas live in the wild. A newborn panda cub is very small. It weighs about 100 grams.
A giant panda sitting in a bamboo forest, high mountains of China, realistic, bright, nature photography styleWords to Know
| Word | Meaning (A1) | Example |
|---|---|---|
| bamboo | A tall green plant that pandas eat | Pandas love fresh bamboo. |
| mountain | Very high land | Pandas live in high mountains. |
| wild | Nature, not a zoo | Pandas live free in the wild. |
| cub | A baby bear or baby panda | The mother panda holds her cub. |
| weigh | How heavy something is | A tiny cub does not weigh much. |
Practice Questions
Answer all 8 questions based on "The Gentle Giant".
Giant pandas live in the mountains of China.
Giant pandas eat bamboo for only two hours every day.
A newborn panda is very big.
What is almost all of a giant panda's food?
How many giant pandas live in the wild today?
How much does a newborn panda weigh?
A giant panda eats bamboo for more than ____ hours every day.
A baby panda is called a ____ .
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