Ant test 7.6.06

Forschung und Entwicklung
Einführung von Englisch auf der Primarstufe
Test: Reading and Understanding
Ants – Fascinating Insects
Name des Schülers / der Schülerin: ____________________________
Aufgabe 1: Lies die folgende Fabel und beantworte die Fragen 1-8. Schreibe auf die
gepunkteten Linien oder kreuze die richtige Antwort an
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Antwort.
A fable
The ant and the grasshopper
It is a summer day. The grasshopper is singing and playing music. He is happy. Then he sees
an ant that is very busy. The ant is collecting food for the winter.
«Stop and talk to me», says the grasshopper. «We can sing songs and dance for a while.»
«Oh no», says the ant. «Winter is coming. I’m collecting food for winter. I think you should
prepare for winter too.»
«I don’t want to collect food now», says the grasshopper. «Winter is a long time off. Look
how warm and sunny it is! And there is enough food right now.» So the grasshopper goes on
dancing and singing and playing music and the ant goes on working.
Then winter comes. It is cold and there is snow on the
ground. There is no food and the grasshopper is very hungry.
So he goes to the ant’s house and asks: «Can I have some
fruit or maybe a little corn, please? I am so hungry, please
help me!»
«You danced last summer», says the ant. «You can go on
dancing.» And the ant closes the door and gives him no food.
Questions
1. Which two animals play an important role in the text? (Welche beiden Tiere spielen eine
wichtige Rolle in dem Text?)
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2. Why is the ant so busy? (Weshalb ist die Ameise so beschäftigt?)
Because he wants to play with the grasshopper.
Because he likes working.
Because he is preparing for the winter.
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3. What is the grasshopper doing while the ant is working? (Was macht die Heuschrecke,
während die Ameise arbeitet?)
The grasshopper is singing and playing music.
The grasshopper was collecting food for the winter.
The grasshopper is sleeping.
4. The grasshopper goes to the ant’s house; what does he want? (Die Heuschrecke geht zum
Haus der Ameise; was will sie von der Ameise?)
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5. In which season does the story start and in which season does it end? (In welcher Jahreszeit
beginnt die Geschichte und in welcher endet sie?)
It starts in winter and ends in summer.
It starts in summer and ends in winter.
The story starts in autumn and ends in spring.
6. What does the ant do when the grasshopper comes to his house and asks him for food?
(Was macht die Ameise als die Heuschrecke zu ihrem Haus kommt und nach Essen fragt?)
The ant gives him some fruit and some corn.
The ant gives him no fruit and no corn.
The ant gives him some fruit but no corn.
7. Before the ant closes the door he says to the grasshopper… (Bevor die Ameise die Tür
schliesst, sagt sie zur Heuschrecke... )
“You danced last summer. You can go on dancing.”
“I’m collecting food for winter. I think you should prepare for winter too.”
“Winter is a long time off.”
8. Which sentence is true? (Welcher Satz ist richtig?)
The ant is friendly to the grasshopper.
The ant is not friendly to the grasshopper.
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Aufgabe 2: Lies den folgenden Text und beantworte die Fragen 1-8. Schreibe auf die
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What are ants?
Ants are small insects. I’m sure you have seen them in your garden.
They are between about 2mm and 25mm long.
Ants live together in a big group called a colony. In one colony there
are more than thousand ants. Each colony makes a nest. In the nest
there is a queen ant and many workers. The ant’s body is made up of three parts: The head,
the middle part, called the thorax and the abdomen. Like all insects, ants also have six legs.
The legs of the ant are very strong and they can run very fast. Ants are very strong insects.
They can carry up to 100 times their own weight. Ants have two eyes but they cannot see very
well. They have feelers for seeing, touching and smelling.
Most ants like sweet things. They eat fruit and even biscuits or jam. They also eat seeds,
worms, caterpillars and other insects.
Questions
1. How big can an ant grow? (Wie gross wird eine Ameise?)
from two up to twenty-five millimetres
from 2m up to 25m
from two centimetres up to twenty-five centimetres.
2. What is a group of ants called? (Wie nennt man eine Gruppe Ameisen?)
a family
a colony
a nest
3. Which two types of ants live in a nest? (Welche zwei Ameisentypen leben in einem Nest?)
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4. How many ants live in one colony? (Wie viele Ameisen leben in einer Kolonie?)
more than 100
more than 1000
exact 100 ants
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5. The ant’s body is made up of 3 parts. Label them. (Der Körper der Ameise besteht aus 3
Teilen, beschrifte sie.)
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6. What does an ant like to eat? (Was isst eine Ameise gerne?)
An ant likes to eat flowers.
An ant loves to eat sweet things, and it also likes seeds.
An ant likes to eat sweet things, but it doesn’t eat any other insects.
7. How much weight is an ant able to carry? (Wie viel Gewicht kann eine Ameise tragen?)
It can carry twice its own weight
An ant can carry up to a hundred times its weight
Ants can carry more than a hundred times their own weight
8. Which sentence is true? (Welcher Satz ist richtig?)
Ants are not very strong.
Ants are not very fast.
Ants cannot see very well with their eyes.
Ants have noses for smelling.
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Aufgabe 3: Lies den folgenden Text und beantworte die Fragen 1-8. Schreibe auf die
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Antwort.
The nest
Ants live in a large nest with ants of the
same species. An ant colony is able to
construct a nest of about four metres’
depth. Such a nest has many small
chambers, most of them filled with
stocks of food. The other chambers are
for the larvae, for the eggs and for the
waste. Far under the earth’s surface,
there is a chamber just for the queen ant.
Colonies are made up of three types of
ants: The queen, male and female
workers. Usually, there is a single queen
per colony. She is larger than the other
ants and has wings during the first part
of her life. The queen is the founder of a new colony and is responsible for laying eggs to
produce new ants to keep the colony in existence.
The survival of the colony depends on the workers. These are the ants we usually see.
Workers bring food into the nest, are responsible for housekeeping, digging, cleaning and
feeding each other and defending the colony against enemies.
Questions
1. How big can a nest be? (Wie gross kann ein Nest sein?)
It can be about 2 metres deep
It can be about 4 metres wide
It can be about 4 metres deep
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2. In an ant hill there are many different types of chambers. What do the ants use them for?
(In einem Ameisenhügel befinden sich verschiedene Arten von Zimmern. Für was brauchen
die Ameisen diese Zimmer?)
Most of the chambers are used for the waste which the ants produce.
The chambers are just for the eggs and the larvae of the ants.
Most of them are filled with food.
3. What is the home of an ant colony called? (Wie nennt man das Zuhause einer AmeisenKolonie?)
nest
house
castle
4. How does a queen differ from the other ants? (Wie unterscheidet sich die Königin von
anderen Ameisen?)
She is a different colour.
She is not an ant.
She is larger than the other ants.
5. There a three types of ants living in a nest. What are they called? (Es leben 3 verschiedene
Arten von Ameisen in einem Nest. Wie heissen sie?)
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6. What is the queen’s job? (Was ist die Aufgabe der Königin?)
She has to bring food into the nest.
She has to lay eggs to produce new ants.
The queen has to defend the colony.
7. Which type of ant do we usually see? (Welche Art Ameise sehen wir meistens?)
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8. The workers of a colony are very busy. What do they do? (Die Arbeiter einer Kolonie sind
sehr fleissig. Was machen sie?)
They look after the colony and keep the nest clean.
They look for a new queen.
They eat the colony’s enemies.
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