English workbook

Year 2

Birds in

your garden

*Parents, there are two different texts and

question sets. Choose the text that is

suitable for your child.

Text 1

Questions 1- Multi choice

1. What colour is a Robin’s breast? Tick one brown red black

2. Why do Herons live near ponds? Tick one they like to swim they eat fish they like to look at ponds

3. What does a female Blackbird look like? Tick one black with an orange beak dark brown with an orange beak dark brown with a brown beak

4. Robins have? Tick two short legs long legs short tail long tail

Questions 2- complete the sentences.

1. Blue Tits live ____________________________________________

2. Jackdaws like to ____________________________________________

3. Robins eat _________________________________________________

4. Blue Tits eat ________________________________________________

Questions 3- answer the questions.

1. Where do Herons build nest? _____________________________________

2. What colour is the female Blackbird? _________________________________________________________

Text 2

Questions 1- Multi choice

1. What colour is a Robin’s breast? Tick one brown red black

2. Why do Herons live near ponds? Tick one they like to swim they eat fish they like to look at ponds

3. What does a female Blackbird look like? Tick one black with an orange beak dark brown with an orange beak dark brown with a brown beak

4. Robins have? Tick two short legs long legs short tail long tail

Questions 2- complete the sentences.

1. Blue Tits live ____________________________________________

2. Jackdaws like to ____________________________________________

3. Robins eat _________________________________________________

Questions 3- answer the questions.

1. Why are Robins noticeable? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Why are Jackdaws noticeable? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What do Blue Tits do in the winter? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Blackbirds are described as solitary. What does this mean? ____________________________________________________________________________

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5. If you have a pond in your garden, which bird would you need to watch out for? Explain why. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Which words are used to describe the Blue Tit? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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