All About Penguins
Penguins are birds, but they can't fly, and some of them live in warm places.
- A1 level
- 139 words
- about 2 min
- 4 questions
are birds, but they can't fly. They have , and they use them to swim. They swim very well! They spend a lot of time in the water. In the sea, they find fish and other to eat.
all penguins live in the of the world. Some live in very cold places, with a lot of ice and snow. But some live in warm places, too.
There are many of penguins. Some are small, and some are big. Most of them are black and white.
are the biggest. They live in Antarctica, and it is very, very cold there. In winter, they stand very . This keeps them warm.
Penguins live together in big . Some groups have many, many birds! Would you like to see them one day?
Key words in this text
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- penguinsnoun
sea birds that can't fly but can swim very well
- wingsnoun
the two parts of a bird's body that most birds use to fly
- sea animalsphrase
animals that live in the sea, like fish
- almostadverb
very nearly; "almost all" means not all, but very close to all
- southernadjective
in the south
- halfnoun
one of two parts of the same size
- kindsnoun
types; groups of animals or things that are the same in some way
- emperor penguinsnoun
the biggest kind of penguin
- close togetherphrase
very near to each other
- groupsnoun
a number of animals or people together
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