Oxford Progressive English Worksheet
Oxford Progressive English Worksheet
1- Comprehension. 10
Ducks at a Distance
Puddle Ducks:
Puddle ducks are typically birds of fresh, shallow marshes and rivers rather than of large
lakes and bays. They are good divers, but usually feed by dabbling or tipping rather than
submerging. The colored wing patch, is generally bright, and often a telltale field mark. Any
duck feeding in croplands will likely be a puddle duck, for most of this group are sure-
footed and can walk and run well on land. Their diet is mostly vegetable and grain-fed
mallards or pintails or acorn-fattened wood ducks are highly regarded as food.
Pintail:
These ducks use all four flyways, but are most plentiful in the west. They are extremely
graceful and fast fliers, fond of zig-zagging from great heights before leveling off to land. The
long neck and tail make them appear longer than mallards, but in body size and weight they
are smaller. They are agile on land and often feed in grain fields.
Wood Duck:
Found in all flyways; most numerous in the Atlantic and Mississippi flyways and fewest in
the Central. They are early migrants; most of them have left the northern States by mid-
November. Frequents wooded streams and ponds; perches in trees. Flies through thick
timber with speed and ease and often feeds on acorns, berries, and grapes on the forest
floors. Flight is swift and direct; flocks are usually small. In the air, their wings make a
rustling, swishing sound.
Snow Geese:
Two races of snow geese are recognized: greater snows along the Atlantic Coast, and
lesser snows elsewhere on the continent. Blue geese are a color phase of the lesser snow.
3. Describe Pintail?
1-Submerging
2-Agile
8. Geese is a:
a-Singular noun
b-Plural noun
Fiction
Non fiction
Biography
1.Bizarre
2.Ecstatic
3.Dodge
4.Severe
5.Wrath
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