ENG/P/7: ANIMAL NEEDS, FREEDOM AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Rewrite these sentences beginning: Much as………………

1. Although a leopard is not friendly, it should be given water and food.
2. Even though cattle are careless, they need to be given a comfortable habitat.
3. Although a heifer is a cow, it cannot be milked.
4. Though the bulls broke the fence, they should be protected.
5. Even though they are animals, they needn’t be distressed.
6. However much goats loiter, they shouldn’t be left in captivity for long.
7. Although a dog is a domestic animal, it bites.
8. Farmers should look after their animals well even though they don’t have enough money.
9. Animals should not be beaten however much they make noise.
10. They have a right to produce even when they are wild animals.

Rewrite these sentences using: ………….needn’t have……………..

1. It was not necessary for you to poach.
2. It was not necessary for Yahaya to inseminate the cow.
3. The herdsman didn’t need to force the cattle to drink water.
4. It wasn’t necessary for the boy to run after the cows.
5. It was not necessary for Jacob to fence the animals.
6. It was not necessary for the government to close the sanctuary.
7. You shouldn’t have kicked the sheep.
8. Eve didn’t need to transport the goats in a taxi.
9. It was not necessary for us to frighten the animals.
10. Irene shouldn’t have left the goats outside.

Rewrite these sentences beginning: Whereas………………….

1. Although farmers need basic needs, they don’t give them to animals.
2. Though insemination is easy, it denies the animals their rights.
3. Even if the animals are secure, they need to be guarded.
4. Even though people feel the hunger, they don’t think likewise to the animals.
5. Although mating is natural, people laugh when they see animals mating.
6. Even when the dog was distressed, the little boy beat it seriously.
7. The Uganda Wildlife Authority has spent a lot of money on arresting poachers but poaching hasn’t stopped.
8. People want healthy animals but they don’t give them a balanced diet.
9. Although the ox was injured, it continued ploughing.
10. The farmer did not take good care of the animal but they gave him enough yields.

Use the correct form of the verb in brackets in the past perfect tense.

1. They had………………………..the cows which were on heat. (inseminate)
2. Joshua had……………………..his animals very well. (protect)
3. By the time I arrived, those stubborn boys had……………………the animals severely. (beat)
4. After I had…………………….. the trough, I went to fetch the water for animals. (empty)
5. The woman had ………………………the animals in one house. (keep)
6. My sisters had…………………………. to the Wildlife Education Centre by the time I arrived. (go)
7. Kevin had ………………………… the animals by building a fence. (secure)
8. The woman had…………………………. all the beef in the saucepan before you came in. (eat)
9. He had …………………………the stones at the byre. (throw)
10. Kassim had………………………the hole in which animal waste was put by the time I arrived. (dig)

Questions about the Poem

1. Which creatures are talking in the poem?
2. What do those creatures want according to stanza one?
3. When should they be given food?
4. What do animals need when they are thirsty?
5. What should animals be sheltered from?
6. To whom do you think the animals were talking?
7. Where do you think poaching is done?
8. Give a word or group of words with the same meaning as the underline in the poem:
9. shelter
10. daily
11. Suggest a suitable title to the poem.

Questions about the passage

1. Where did most animals live long ago?
2. Which kind of animals live near man nowadays?
3. Where can one find wild animals today?
4. Why were the needs of domestic animals met?
5. Of what use were the wild animals long ago?
6. Why do you think animal needs should be met?
7. Whose responsibility is it to take care of the animals?
8. Give a word or group of words to mean the same as the underlined in the passage.
9. decades
10. valuable
11. Suggest a suitable title to the passage.

Questions:

1. Why should the youth cry?
2. What has been done in the place of nature?
3. Write down one reason why you think nature is important.
4. Who will suffer if nature is destroyed?
5. What do the words ‘grazers’ and ‘browsers’ refer to?
6. How can you conserve the environment?
7. Who should conserve the environment?
8. List two living things that form the environment.
9. How many stanzas does the poem have?
10. Who wrote the poem?