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41 Bear Sentences in 4 easy steps

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41 bear sentences in 4 easy steps: verbs tense, prepositions, adverbs, and finally bear questions. Try this to improve grammar awareness! If you are an ESL student, these expressions will be especially useful for you.

The topic of bears is an interesting one. Do you know how strong a grizzly bear is? You probably assumed they are pretty strong. You’d be right, and then some! Their bite is enough to crush a bowling ball!

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Bear sentences with simple verb tenses

The first 10 of our bear sentences will use simple verb tenses. They will be things like the simple present and the simple past. These are very useful for beginner learners of English and will help strengthen grammar awareness. We will broadly go from the past through to the future.

  1. The bear lived in the cave.
  2. The grizzly bear ate those fish.
  3. The bear watched me! Yikes!
  4. A baby bear is called a bear cub.
  5. The bear cubs like to play in the field.
  6. These bears eat fish.
  7. These bears walk along the river.
  8. That bear is going to catch a fish.
  9. This polar bear is going to walk on the sea ice.
  10. The polar bear over there is going to swim.

Bear sentences with prepositions

The next 10 of our bear sentences will use English prepositions in order to enhance our grammar awareness. These are aimed at intermediate learners of English. See if you can find the prepositions in the sentences.

  1. Those bear cubs are playing in the field.
  2. Those bear cubs are sat with their mother.
  3. The grizzly bear is focusing on its prey.
  4. The prey of the bear is escaping through the trees.
  5. The bellowing of the bear could be heard throughout the forest!
  6. The brown bear walked into the wood.
  7. Those bears casually walked across the road.
  8. Can you believe that bear actually went into the cabin?
  9. The giant panda was sitting in its enclosure.
  10. Those pandas are getting through quite a lot of bamboo today!

Let’s make some phrases about bears using adverbs

The next section of our bear sentences will practice adverbs. The next stage of today’s article, aimed at improving grammar awareness will use adverbs. We use them when we want to add information to verbs. They tell us how, or the way something is done.

  1. The brown bear walked casually through the woods, without a fear in the world.
  2. The grizzly bear looked at its prey aggressively.
  3. The bear cubs played loudly in the clearing.
  4. The panda bear sat contentedly eating its food.
  5. The sloth clung languidly to the tree.
  6. Those sloths moved slowly across the tree branches.
  7. The sun bear moved quickly. I think it’s hungry.
  8. Those polar bears ran eagerly across the ice.
  9. The bear cub looked curiously at the people in the park.
  10. The Asian black bear ran suddenly because it was startled by the bells of the walkers.

Questions about polar bears for grammar awareness

Polar bears are very interesting animals because they live in extreme areas of the world. They are also considered vulnerable these days, due to climate change and other things. So, let’s make some questions about polar bears in order to practice our English conversation skills and grammar awareness. Try to answer them using full, complete English sentences.

  1. What do polar bears eat?
  2. Where do polar bears live?
  3. How big are adult polar bears?
  4. Can polar bears swim?
  5. Are polar bears able to run?
  6. Are polar bears dangerous?
  7. Can you describe the habitat of polar bears?
  8. Why are polar bears considered vulnerable?
  9. Can polar bears survive in warm areas?
  10. Are polar bears good hunters?
  11. What steps can we take to better protect the polar bear?

Bear sentences to reinforce grammar awareness

Today we have practiced 41 bear sentences + bear questions in order to build essential grammar awareness. The simple verb tenses, along with prepositions and adverbs can help you speak or write accurately. Repeat them out loud, and often. If you are struggling to remember them, I would recommend writing them out in a notebook, particularly if you are an ESL learner. Putting pen to paper is a very handy consolidating task, which many of my students have benefited from over the years.