Sharks

Level: B2+
Age: Young learners, Adults
Theme: Animal
Language: Comparatives and Superlatives

This video was used for a lesson with teenagers to describe and compare animals.

Who's fastest? Put them in order from slowest to fastest.

Olympic swimmers:

Usain Bolt:

Sharks

Dolphins:

Seals:

Watch the video to find out:

Watch again and complete these sentences (copy and paste onto ActiveInspire/powerPoint etc):

The Mako is the                                          shark in the world.

Think                                   with teeth.

The                             is packed with muscle.

The                         is sleek and streamlined.

It has a stabilizer on the side for cornering at speed.

Like all sharks, the skin is made from minuscule                                ,

But the Mako’s specially textured to minimize                              .

Here in the open ocean, their diner,                          , is quick.

To see how fast they are takes a speedboat, towing a camera.

 

The shiny housing attracts the attention of all sorts of animals.

First to follow…

                              , their top speed is 10 mph. 

Twice as fast as an                                              .

But there are faster creatures around…

A pod of common                                    arrive, their top speed is 20 mph.

With super streamlined bodies, their top speed is 20mph.

But, if the boat accelerates, they too will drop away.

 

Then at full speed,                              .  It can sprint at 30 mph.   

That’s quicker than                         .

Makos have been clocked at                       mph,

Though no-one really knows their limit.

But it’s faster than the speed boat.

  

Answers:

The Mako is the         fastest            shark in the world.

Think                torpedo                   with teeth.

The          tail             is packed with muscle.

The          body               is sleek and streamlined.

It has a stabilizer on the side for cornering at speed.

Like all sharks, the skin is made from minuscule            teeth             ,

But the Mako’s specially textured to minimize           drag                 .

Here in the open ocean, their diner,           tuna             , is quick.

To see how fast they are takes a speedboat, towing a camera.

 

The shiny housing attracts the attention of all sorts of animals.

 

First to follow…

         Seals             , their top speed is 10 mph. 

Twice as fast as an           olympic swimmer               .

But there are faster creatures around…

A pod of common        dolphins          arrive, their top speed is 20 mph.

With super streamlined bodies, their top speed is 20mph.

But, if the boat accelerates, they too will drop away.

 

Then at full speed,           a Mako           .  It can sprint at 30 mph.   

That’s quicker than       Usain Bolt      .

Makos have been clocked at            46        mph,

Though no-one really knows their limit.

But it’s faster than the speed boat.