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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

About animals

Can I say,

(a) The grasshopper has (a pair of ) feelers.

(b) The stork has a beak.

(c) The vulture is a bald bird / The vulture is bald.

The vulture has a bald head.

(d) The hornbill has a (long) bill.

(e) (i) The peacock spreads (its) fan.

(ii) The peacock spreads its feathers like/ as a fan.

(f) The rabbit's ears has many / some / a lot of fur.

(g) The fish has / have scales (on its body).
  

Top answer

(a) Grasshoppers have antennae . -- If you are going to talk biology, then you shouldn't use children's vocabulary. (b) Storks have long, strong bills.

  • (a) Grasshoppers have antennae .
  • -- If you are going to talk biology, then you shouldn't use children's vocabulary.
  • (b) Storks have long, strong bills.
  • (c) Vultures have unfeathered heads.
  • (d) Hornbills have large bills filled with air pockets, so they are very light.
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(a) Grasshoppers have antennae. -- If you are going to talk biology, then you shouldn't use children's vocabulary.

(b) Storks have long, strong bills.

(c) Vultures have unfeathered heads.

(d) Hornbills have large bills filled with air pockets, so they are very light.

(e) Male peacocks display to the females by spreading it t

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