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Unit 1: Animals | Vocabulary | A2
Animals which live in their natural environment or habitat are said to be wild. Animals which have become friends with man, work alongside us or keep us company are tame animals. We refer to some of these tame animals as pets or domestic animals.
e.g. A lion in the jungle is wild or lives in the wild. A lion in a circus is tame or has been tamed.
EXERCISE 1
Wild or tame?
Decide these animals are wild or tame:
| A. A pet cat B. A goldfish in a bowl C. A bear living in the mountains D. A fox living in a fores E. A farm horse F. A pack of wolves |
Wild: _________________ .
Tame: ________________ .
Can you think of any more animals, wild or tame?
EXERCISE 2
Another word for animal is creature. Some creatures live only on land while others live in the sea and some can fly.
Put the creatures below into the correct box, according to whether they are land, sea or air creatures:
elephant dolphin pigeon pig seagull panda eagle mosquito
tuna horse lion cow kangaroo octopus bee shark
| LAND | SEA | AIR |
EXERCISE 3
Choose the following animals with their young; for example, a baby sheep is called a lamb.
| 1. goat | A. piglet |
| 2. horse | B. calf |
| 3. pig | C. chick |
| 4. bear | D. foal |
| 5. chicken | E. kid |
| 6. cow | F. cub |
EXERCISE 4
Complete the boxes by writing the plural forms of these creatures:
| Singular | monkey | mouse | sheep | wolf | goose | fly | hippo | mosquito |
| Plural |
EXERCISE 5
Now complete this word puzzle using the clues given.
| 1 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 8 | |||||
| 3 | 9 | |||||
| 4 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
ACROSS
1. A kind of meat we get from a pig (The English often have ... and eggs for breakfast.)
2. Bees get very _______ if you disturb them.
3. An animal with a very long neck
4. An animal which breathes air, has fur/hair and warm blood is called a _______.
5. Another kind of meat from a pig
6. Most birds can do this.
DOWN
7. Another word for creature ________.
8. A male sheep is called a _________.
9. The cheetah can run very _________.
10. Crabs, lobsters and shrimps are all kinds of fish.
EXERCISE 6
Some animals have become very famous from stories for children in books, cartoons and even films.
Can you find the correct picture to go with these animal characters?
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : ____
2. Lassie : ____
3. Tom and Jerry : ____
4. Count Duckula : ____
5. The Pink Panther : ____
6. Bugs Bunny : ____
7. Mickey Mouse : ____
8. Snoopy : ____
