Answer — Exercise 5
7.3 - Perfect pets?·New Total English Advanced - Students' Book
Question
Find mistakes in six of the sentences and correct them.
Answer
- Pet rabbits usually live for approximately eight years, but a small minority live longer.
- Hamsters can give birth to as many as 20 offspring at a time.
- A large majority of domestic parrots are able to repeat human speech.
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- Koala bears spend virtually all of their lives asleep: 18 hours a day.
- Horses usually die at around 20 or 25, but can live a great deal longer.
- Tortoises can live to well over 100 years, a great deal longer than humans.
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