Australia’s animal world Match the correct parts and use the relative pronouns who/that and which/that to make defining relative clauses. 1. Australia is a continent A make them look like teddy bears. 2. So it has many animals B carry their young in pouches. 3. The animals are an attraction for tourists C has been an island for 50 million years. 4. They love to see marsupials like kangaroos D try to hold them! 5. Koalas are also popular, with sweet faces E travel down under to visit Oz. 6. But watch out! Those koalas bite people F are not found anywhere else in the world. The Tasmanian devil Link the sentences with non-defining relative clauses. Use who or which and add a comma. Example: The Tasmanian devil is the symbol of the island of Tasmania. It could die out soon. The Tasmanian devil, which could die out soon, is the symbol of the island of Tasmania. 1. Australians are proud of their special animals. They are worried about the situation. 2. The Tasmanian devils have recently been reintroduced to New South Wales with a small breeding population. They are often killed by a form of cancer. 3. The cancer attacks their faces. It is highly contagious. 4. Australian scientists have little hope. They have been doing research into the problem. 5. The animals love to fight and bite. They pass the cancer on to each other. Relative pronoun (which/that, whose) or contact clause? Complete the sentences. 1. A law was introduced in 1997 gives protection to sharks. It is the great white shark swimmers worry about most. 2. The platypus is a strange animal long nose helps it to feel its way in the water. Its young develop in eggs it lays near lakes and rivers. 3. Dingoes are wild dogs live in the outback. They are hated by farmers sheep they kill. 4. Exotic birds you only see in zoos in Europe fly around wild in Australia. The laughing kookaburra gets its name from the sound it makes. 5. Australia has large crocodiles teeth are strong and dangerous. But there are also small spiders like the red-back can easily kill you, too. 2 3 4 127 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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