Can you fool a jackal?
This task is about listening and recalling information.
Listen to the story and answer the questions.
Question
a) What did the crab do for the crocodile?
Searched for animals for the crocodile to eat.
Kept a lookout for danger.
Brought food for the crocodile.
Helped the crocodile find soft mud to sleep in.
Question
b) What did the crocodile do for the crab?
Protected him from danger.
Let him pick its teeth for food scraps.
Let him share a mud-hole on the river bank.
Gave him things to eat.
Question
c) Where did the crab find the jackal?
Deep in the forest.
Asleep in the sun.
Out hunting on the river bank.
Lying in the shade of a tree.
Question
d) The jackal tricked the crocodile by
getting him to move his tail.
pretending to believe the crab's story.
making him laugh.
jumping up and down in front of him.
Question
e) The crocodile thought that the jackal would help the crab because the jackal was
too clever for his own good.
a friend.
inquisitive.
hungry too.
Question
f) Why did the crab and the crocodile want the jackal to come down to the river bank?
To pay a friendly visit.
So he could help bury the crocodile.
To help them find food.
So he could be killed and eaten.
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