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Ruru Vocabulary Worksheet

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Ruru Vocabulary Worksheet

Read the short passage, then solve the vocabulary challenges. Use clues in the passage and your knowledge of how words work.
Ruru, also called morepork, are native birds of Aotearoa New Zealand. They often live in forests and can be heard calling after dark. Ruru are nocturnal, which means they are active at night. They hunt insects, worms and small animals; these animals are their prey. Ruru may choose a protected spot in a tree or a similar place for nesting. Protecting native forest helps provide food and shelter for ruru.

Word detective

Use the passage to answer each question. Each question is worth one mark.

1.Which word means that a bird belongs naturally to a place?
  • native
  • prey
  • sheltered
  • active
2.What does nocturnal mean? Choose the best meaning.
  • active during the night
  • living in a hollow tree
  • eating only plants
  • belonging to New Zealand
3.In the passage, what does prey mean?
4.Name one place where the passage says a ruru may nest.

Match and investigate

Connect each vocabulary word to its meaning. Then use the clues to explore how words fit together.

5.Match each word with its meaning.
  • forest
  • nocturnal
  • prey
  • native
  • active at night
  • a place with many trees
  • an animal hunted for food
  • belonging naturally to a place
6.Complete the sentence with a vocabulary word: Ruru hunt insects and worms, so these creatures are their .
7.True or false: If an animal is nocturnal, it is usually active during the day.
TrueFalse

Use the words

Show what you understand by using the vocabulary in new sentences.

8.Rewrite this sentence using nocturnal: “Ruru are active at night.”
9.Write a sentence that uses both native and forest correctly.
10.A ruru hears movement in the forest after dark. Write one sentence predicting what it might do, and include the word prey.

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  • Ruru Vocabulary Worksheet, page 1 of 2: Word detective

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  • Ruru Vocabulary Worksheet, page 2 of 2: Match and investigate, Use the words

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