ZEBRAS AND STRIPES

Master verb tenses with zebras! Practice present simple and progressive.

Fill in Present Simple and Present Progressive. Pay attention to time expressions Zebras and Stripes (פסים)I ) Dr. Tim Caro often studies (study) interesting subjects at the University of California. This time he studies (study) the color of animals. He says (say), "Most animals are (be) brown or gray. This is (be) very boring. But zebras, with their black and white stripes, are (be) more interesting."Today, most scientists are planning (plan) to conduct (לערוך) a research to prove that zebras have stripes to keep flies(זבובים) away. This is (be) good for the zebras because flies usually bite (bite) most animals but they don't bite (not bite) zebras.II ) What is (be) important in the zebras' stripes? Every month Dr. Caro goes (go) to a special farm for horses and zebras to find an answer to this question. He films (film) flies trying to bite the animals. Look! He is filming (film) the files now. The flies are biting (bite) the horses, but they aren't biting (not bite) the zebras. So, Dr. Caro is putting (put) coats (מעיל) with black and white stripes on some of the horses. mazingly, the flies aren't trying(not try) to bite the horses with the stripes. This proves that the stripes really keep flies away.III) So, every time you go (go) to places where there are (be) lots of flies, it is (be) a good idea to wear clothes with stripes :-) What do we learn about Dr. Caro in paragraph I? Why he studies the colors of animals. Why he thinks zebras are interesting. Why he believes flies like to bite animals. According to scientists, why do zebras have stripes? To have flies. To keep flies away. because flies usually bite. What is the reason that Dr. Caro goes to the farm? (paragraph II) To take care of the horses and zebras To make a film about the farm. To answer the question about zebras. How does Dr. Caro know that the scientists are right? He sees that (–). (paragraph II) the flies bite all the zebras the flies don't bite the horses the flies bite only the animals without stripes