Questions and Answers.

Exercise 3. THE MEXICAN “PARROT”

Students will answer the short questions from the text, and then they can be answered orally in class.

1. Where do parrots belong?

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2. Name a specific place where parrots still exist.

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3. Where does the parrot have a high price?

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4. What are the fundamental characteristics of the parrot?

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5. What can a parrot do?

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THE MEXICAN “PARROT”

Exercise 4. Change the text to the past tense.

The Mexican “Parrot” (1) ____________ (is) in extinction,

it (2) ____________ (is) a beautiful

bird that (3) _______________ (belong)

to the tropical forests of the American Continent,

like those that (4) ______________ (exist)

in the Southeast of Mexico.

The parrot (5) ______________ (is) an animal in extinction that has

(6) _______________ (suffer) an unjust international traffic due to the

high value it (7) _______________ (can) obtain in the black market.

The fundamental characteristics of the bird (8) _______________ (is) its

attractive appearance and its capacity to learn and to imitate a wide variety

of complex sounds; the parrots repeat words that are (9) ______________

(use) frequently by the inhabitants of certain regions of the Mexican country

where these animals are (10) _______________ (keep) as pets.