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If you want to keep fish properly, the most important piece of equipment to buy is a tank or bowl.
Our Special Friends - Animal Words and Terms
Learn easy English for talking about animals, pets, and nature. Practise simple animal words and describe what you see with clear sentences and everyday vocabulary.
1 .
'Like many people today and in the past, we keep a small group of pets in the garden. They like fresh air, and they happily eat clean waste from the kitchen. The advantage of these pets is that they supply us with eggs every day.'
What are these pets?
What are these pets?
Pigs
Cows
Chickens
Goat
2 .
Choose the best word (or words) to fill the gap.
Like us humans, pet animals have the ... ... to eat and drink, to rest and shelter, and to be loved and cared for and kept healthy.
Having pets is a good way to encourage children to take ... ... for another living creature, in good times and in bad.
Like us humans, pet animals have the ... ... to eat and drink, to rest and shelter, and to be loved and cared for and kept healthy.
Having pets is a good way to encourage children to take ... ... for another living creature, in good times and in bad.
... wrong ... / ... duty ...
... left ... / ... task ...
... right ... / ... responsibility ...
... business ... / ... job ...
Answer 3 is the only one with the right words here. Having pets should be a pleasure, but let's not pretend that it does not bring important responsibilities.
3 .
Choose the best word (or words) to fill the gap.
Our house seems to be full of cats at the moment, because last month one of the older cats had five ... ...
Our house seems to be full of cats at the moment, because last month one of the older cats had five ... ...
... catlets.
... kittens.
... puppies.
... babies.
Young (or even new-born) cats are called 'kittens'.
You could call them 'babies' (Answer 4) but we usually only use that word for humans, unless we are joking slightly.
'Puppies' (Answer 3) are the equivalent for dogs, i.e. newborn or very young ones!
You could call them 'babies' (Answer 4) but we usually only use that word for humans, unless we are joking slightly.
'Puppies' (Answer 3) are the equivalent for dogs, i.e. newborn or very young ones!
4 .
Choose the best word (or words) to fill the gap.
Many adults like to ride a horse; but smaller and younger people (in other words, children) are safer learning on a ... .
Many adults like to ride a horse; but smaller and younger people (in other words, children) are safer learning on a ... .
... puppy.
... pony.
... calf.
... sheep.
A pony is a young or small horse.
A 'calf' (Answer 3) is a young cow; and we don't think that riding sheep is likely to be a very successful idea ... though somebody has probably tried!
A 'calf' (Answer 3) is a young cow; and we don't think that riding sheep is likely to be a very successful idea ... though somebody has probably tried!
5 .
Choose the best word (or words) to fill the gap.
If you want to keep fish properly, the most important piece of equipment to buy is ...
If you want to keep fish properly, the most important piece of equipment to buy is ...
... a box.
... a pot.
... a tank or bowl.
... a tap.
A bowl is quite a small container; many people believe it would not give enough space for a fish, even if the fish is quite small too. A tank (with 'square corners') is almost certainly better.
A 'pot' (Answer 2) would normally be even smaller than a bowl: the sort of container in which you might buy jam, for instance. Or it could even be a flower-pot, or at least one made of porcelain rather than glass ~ in which case the fish wouldn't get much natural light. No kind of 'pot' is really appropriate for keeping fish.
A 'pot' (Answer 2) would normally be even smaller than a bowl: the sort of container in which you might buy jam, for instance. Or it could even be a flower-pot, or at least one made of porcelain rather than glass ~ in which case the fish wouldn't get much natural light. No kind of 'pot' is really appropriate for keeping fish.
6 .
Choose the best word (or words) to fill the gap.
If you are out walking a dog, you should always take a bag and a scoop with you in case the dog ... ...
If you are out walking a dog, you should always take a bag and a scoop with you in case the dog ... ...
... brings you a dead bird.
... leaves something behind it.
... feels sick.
... wants to go shopping.
No doubt we all know that dogs need to eat and drink, and to enjoy regular healthy exercise in the fresh air; and that they do indeed need to 'leave something behind' from time to time. Like many languages, English has plenty of other expressions to describe that. But the one we have used here should be clear enough to convey the message.
Another expression that you sometimes hear is 'Some dog has 'done its business' on the grass outside our gate.' We wonder what ways your own language might use, to refer politely to an entirely natural function. There should be no need to spend ages with your dictionary checking this; you will have plenty of other, much more important language to learn!
Another expression that you sometimes hear is 'Some dog has 'done its business' on the grass outside our gate.' We wonder what ways your own language might use, to refer politely to an entirely natural function. There should be no need to spend ages with your dictionary checking this; you will have plenty of other, much more important language to learn!
7 .
Choose the best word (or words) to fill the gap.
For any pet that may go outdoors and wander away (instead of being kept inside all the time), it's sensible to get ... ...
For any pet that may go outdoors and wander away (instead of being kept inside all the time), it's sensible to get ... ...
... a paper label with your address on it.
... a collar, and have the vet put a microchip under the animal's skin.
... your address tattooed onto the animal's leg.
... a licence from the police.
Again, all the other answers are wrong (or, at best, unhelpful).
So far as we know, it is difficult ~ and probably against the law ~ to try and put a tattoo onto an animal. Don't even think of it! (Though sooner or later, someone probably will ...)
So far as we know, it is difficult ~ and probably against the law ~ to try and put a tattoo onto an animal. Don't even think of it! (Though sooner or later, someone probably will ...)
8 .
Choose the best word (or words) to fill the gap.
One problem with household pets (much though we love them!) is that unless we .... .... regularly, they leave their ... ... all over the place, on the floor and furniture. Not to mention muddy ... ... -marks when the weather is wet!
One problem with household pets (much though we love them!) is that unless we .... .... regularly, they leave their ... ... all over the place, on the floor and furniture. Not to mention muddy ... ... -marks when the weather is wet!
... brush ... / ... hair ... / ... feet
... brush ... / ... coat ... / ... foot
... brush them ... / ... fur ... / ... paw
... brush ... / ... fur ... / ... hoof
When talking about animals, we refer to their 'fur' rather than 'hair', though we also say 'his coat is thick and black' (or whatever else it's like). The feet of cats, dogs etc. are 'paws'. ('Hoof' in Answer 4 is the hard foot such as a larger, farm animal would have.)
9 .
Choose the best word (or words) to fill the gap.
They say a dog will eat almost anything; but in my experience, they prefer ...
They say a dog will eat almost anything; but in my experience, they prefer ...
... meat, biscuits, chocolate, and a bone to chew occasionally.
... cheese and vegetables.
... fish and chips.
... bread and butter.
Answer 1 is probably the most usual.
Please don't try feeding any of these other things to a dog!
Please don't try feeding any of these other things to a dog!
10 .
Choose the best word (or words) to fill the gap.
'There are enough wild ... ... in Britain, without children taking them in and keeping them as pets!'
'There are enough wild ... ... in Britain, without children taking them in and keeping them as pets!'
... mouse and rat ...
... mouses and rats ...
... mice and rats ...
... mices and rats ...
'Mouse' has an irregular plural form, 'mice'. The spelling seems to change quite a lot in the middle, but only one sound changes.
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Some people keep a pig (since this animal, too, will eat almost anything) and eventually there will be good meat, if the people can bear to have the pig killed.
Meanwhile cows, of course ~ along with goats and possibly sheep ~ produce milk.
And we haven't mentioned rabbits ... !