Calf foal duckling puppy kid

 

(a) wolf (e) dog (i) duck

(b) horse (f) cow (j) sheep

(c) pig (g) cat (k) goat

(d) fox (h) lion (l) butterfly

(m) hen

 

Ex.6. Look at the following examples of notices and fill in the names of the appropriate young animal in each case. Which words help you decide?

1 New-born................................. for sale. Pedigree spaniel.

2 Good home wanted for six..........................…..... All toms. Already house-trained. Part-Siamese. Very intelligent.

3 Come and see the brand-new polar bear..…………...... at the zoo.

4 Hadley Farm open this weekend. All children will enjoy the chance to hold the baby................................. and to stroke their soft wool.

5 Spend the weekend at Sun Park. Hundreds of new ………….. Just hatched but already able to swim happily behind their mums.

 

Ex.7. Of course, all animals have got to live somewhere. Work out which animals live where.

cows pigs

dogs bees

lions horses

tame rabbits wild rabbits

canaries most birds

 

a sty a hive

a nest a cage

a hutch a kennel

a den (or lair) a shed (or stall)

a hole (or burrow) a stable (or stall)

 

C Movements animals make

Birds fly and fish swim.

Butterflies flutter.

Kangaroos hop.

Snakes slither.

Horses trot and gallop

(galloping is faster

than trotting).

Lambs skip in the spring.

 

N.B. Fly (flew, flown) and swim (swam, swum) are the only irregular verbs here.