Superlatives- Animal Dimensions Guessing Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Superlative adjectives and numbers to describe extreme animals
Lesson Plan Content:
Superlative animals dimensions guessing
Comparative and superlative/ Pronouncing numbers
Take a card and ask a question about one dimension on that card, giving the superlative sentence but not the name of the animal, e.g. “It’s the largest animal to have ever lived. How heavy is it?” Give hints like “Much longer” and “A little wider” until exactly the right answer is guessed. See if your partners can then guess the name of the animal, then do the same with other dimensions of the same animal.
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The largest animal to have ever lived – the blue whale
190 tonnes 3340 cm long
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The largest living land animal – African bush elephant
1070 cm long 396 cm high
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Tallest living land animal – giraffe
580 cm tall 2000 kg
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The largest living land carnivore – polar bear
310 cm long 1002 kg
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The largest flying mammal – Giant golden-crowned flying fox (bat)
55 cm long 180 cm wide
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The largest marsupial – red kangaroo
91 kg 218 cm tall
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The heaviest primate (monkey or ape) – gorilla
194 cm tall 266 kg
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The longest venomous snake – king cobra
570 cm long 13 kg
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The largest living lizard – Komodo dragon
313 cm long 166 kg
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The longest animal to ever live on land – diplodocus (dinosaur)
25 m long
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The largest living bird – ostrich
280 cm high 156 kg
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The largest bird of prey – Eurasian black vulture
14 kg 120 cm long 310 cm wide
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The heaviest insect – Goliath beetle
100 g 12 cm long 25 cm wide (wingspan)
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The longest insect – stick insect
57 cm long
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The heaviest snake – green anaconda
250 kg 8 m long
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The longest snake – reticulated python
10 m long 158 kg
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The smallest lizard – gecko
16 mm long
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The smallest bird – bee hummingbird
1.8 g 5 cm long Its nest is 3 cm wide
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The smallest mammal – Kitti’s Hog-nosed bat
4 cm long 2 g
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