English · 3rd secondary · First Term

Marine Life

About this lesson

This unit focuses on marine life, covering reading texts about coral reefs and deep-sea creatures, listening to a podcast about whales, and discussing environmental conservation. Students learn vocabulary related to marine ecosystems, idioms, and figurative language. They also practice using different types of adjectives, including participles and compound adjectives, and write a short story with a three-part structure. The unit includes speaking activities on eco-friendly tourism and expressing complaints.

Main topics in this lesson

  • Coral reefs and their importance
  • Threats to marine life (pollution, climate change, overfishing)
  • Whale conservation and human-made dangers
  • Deep-sea creatures and adaptations
  • Environmental awareness and protection
  • Storytelling and narrative structure

Key terms and vocabulary

  • coral reef
  • marine ecosystem
  • bleaching
  • fragile
  • vivid
  • erosion
  • thrive
  • endangered
  • conservation
  • compound adjectives
  • idioms
  • figurative language
  • podcast
  • whales
  • drones
  • non-invasive
  • entangled
  • hazardous
  • dedicated
  • haunting
  • struggle
  • disrupt
  • magnificent
  • glow-producing
  • awe-inspiring
  • mind-blowing
  • organized
  • hatching
  • literally
  • figuratively
  • detect
  • underestimate
  • in deep water
  • a stitch in time saves nine
  • a thing of the past

Questions and answers on Marine Life - practice and revision

Multiple choice questions on this lesson in English for 3rd secondary, First Term, with practice exercises for revision and exam preparation.

1

The unit describes deep-sea creatures with compound adjectives such as 'glow-producing' and 'awe-inspiring'. Which sentence uses a compound adjective correctly?

  • 1 The glow-producing fish lit up the dark water.
  • 2 The fish glow producing in the dark water.
  • 3 The fish glows producing the dark water.
  • 4 The fish is glow and producing in water.
2

The unit says 'a stitch in time saves nine' about protecting the sea early. Which sentence shows the same meaning of acting early to stop a problem?

  • 1 Cleaning the reef now stops more damage later.
  • 2 The reef is a thing of the past.
  • 3 The diver is in deep water.
  • 4 The coral is fragile and vivid.
3

The podcast about whales described the danger of fishing nets that trap the animals. Which sentence uses a participle as an adjective in the same way as the unit?

  • 1 The entangled whale struggled to swim free.
  • 2 The whale swims near the surface.
  • 3 The whale is a magnificent creature.
  • 4 The whale swims quickly and quietly.
4

A whale was caught in a fishing net and could not swim away. Which word from the unit describes the whale in this situation?

  • 1 entangled
  • 2 dedicated
  • 3 thriving
  • 4 organized
5

Sara said the coral reef was so beautiful that it was hard to believe: "The reef is ______!" Which word from the unit completes her sentence?

  • 1 mind-blowing
  • 2 entangled
  • 3 hazardous
  • 4 fragile
6

The divers found a sea animal that produces its own light in the dark water. Which compound adjective from the unit best describes this animal?

  • 1 glow-producing
  • 2 non-invasive
  • 3 eco-friendly
  • 4 awe-inspiring

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