Ocean Animal Taboo

1.

Ocean
Animal
Taboo

2.

How to Play:
1) Cut out and laminate all cards.
2) Either the teacher or student takes a
card from the pile.
3) Read the sentences on the card one at
a time.
4) Students try to guess the animal after
every sentence is read. Students
should answer in complete sentences
i.e. It’s a ___.
5) The student who answers correctly
gets a point and keeps the card.

3.

1) It is not a fish.
2) It has long arms
(tentacles).
3) It can sting you.
4) It has no brain.
5) It is hard to see in
water.
1)
2)
3)
4)
<Squid>
<Jellyfish>
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
It can touch with its tail.
It has four fins.
It likes to eat shrimp.
It is very small.
It can change color.
<Seahorse>
It can see in the dark.
It has eight arms.
It likes to eat shrimp.
It has big eyes.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
It can swim backwards.
It has long legs.
It has no skeleton.
It lives in a school.
Many animals like to eat
it.
<Shrimp>

4.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
It only lives in saltwater.
It has five arms.
It likes to eat meat.
It is colorful.
It can regrow its arms.
<Starfish>
1) It can swim.
2) It is not the best swimmer.
3) It likes to eat plants and
animals.
4) It is colorful.
5) It is very smart.
<Angelfish>
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
It looks like Nemo.
It is small.
It likes to eat meat.
It is colorful.
It has a hard beak.
<Clownfish>
1) It has no brain.
2) It has no eyes, ears, or
nose.
3) It has a pearl sometimes.
4) It has gills.
5) It is delicious.
<Clam>

5.

1) It has ink.
2) It has eight arms
(tentacles).
3) It has a hard beak.
4) It has no skeleton.
5) It has three hearts.
<Octopus>
1)
2)
3)
4)
1) It is colorful.
2) Many plants and
animals live here.
3) It likes warm water.
4) It eats plankton.
1)
2)
3)
4)
<Coral>
It never stops moving.
It has no bones.
It likes to eat meat.
It has a baby called a
pup.
5) It can hear very well.
<Shark>
It can swim very fast.
It has no teeth.
It likes to eat at night.
It has a long bill.
<Swordfish>

6.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
It can swim.
It has flippers.
It moves slowly.
It is green or brown.
It has a hard shell.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
<Turtle>
1) It can walk sideways.
2) It has ten legs.
3) It likes to eat meat
and plants.
4) It is red.
5) It has claws.
<Crab>
It can jump high.
It has a blowhole.
It likes to eat meat.
It is grey.
It is very smart.
<Dolphin>
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
It can sting you.
It has no bones.
It can’t see well.
It has fins.
It has a mouth
underneath.
<Sting Ray>

7.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
It can sing.
It has a blowhole.
It is very large.
It is a mammal.
It lives in a pod.
<Whale>
1) It gets food from the
sun.
2) Many people and
animals eat it.
3) It is green, black,
brown, or red.
<Seaweed>