标签存档: animal

Animals

Language covered

  • names of animals
  • special names for baby animals and meat of animals
  • verbs about animals
  • describing pets

New vocabulary

Farm animals: cow, ox, sheep, horse, pig, hen, rooster, dog, duck

Wild animals: elephant, snake, giraffe, cheetah, tiger, lion/lioness, bear, monkey #1

Pets: fish, tortoise, dog, cat, parrot, budgie/budgerigar

PS.

  1. 注意不要与 snack 混淆

Key structures

What can you get from a cow? We can get milk, leather, meat(beef) from a cow.

What do you call a baby cow? We call a baby cow a calf.

What can you get from a sheep? We can get wool, meat(lamb) from a sheep.

What do you call a baby sheep? We call a baby sheep a lamb.

What can you get from a pig? We can get meat(pork, bacon, ham) from a pig.

What do you call a baby pig? We call a baby pig a piglet.

What can you get from a hen? We can get eggs, meat(chicken) from a hen.

What do you call a baby hen? We call a baby hen a chick.

What do you call a baby horse? We call a baby horse a foal.

  • cat – kitty
  • dog – puppy

How does a monkey move? A monkey climbs on the trees.

How does a snake move? A snake slithers along the ground.

How fast does a cheetah run? It runs more than 100 kilometres per hour.

What’s his color? He is black and white.

Is he old or young? He is old. How old is he? He is twelve.

Does he have short hair? No, he has long hair.