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Joy English · Level B2 · Biologyjoy-english.com

How bats find food

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Follow an explanation of how an animal sense works.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

echo
A sound that comes back after hitting a surface.
insect
A small animal with six legs.
bounce
To hit a surface and move away from it.

Answer key

  1. Most bats hunt at night, when it is too dark to see.“Too dark to see” — “to” is weak.
  2. Instead, they produce high-pitched calls.“High-pitched” can be written with or without a hyphen.
  3. The sound bounces off objects and returns as an echo.The final z sound of “bounces” runs into “off”.
  4. From the echo, a bat can tell the size and position of an insect.The stress in “position” is on “si”.
  5. This allows them to catch insects in complete darkness.The stress in “complete” is on “plete”.

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