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English Quiz - Young Animals (Questions)

Learn the names of young animals. From calves and lambs to ducklings and kittens, this quiz helps you match baby animals to their grown-up families.

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Fascinating Fact:

With feathers, young animals are chicks for chickens and ducklings for ducks.

In KS1 English, children learn special words for young animals, such as calf, lamb and foal. Knowing these names helps with reading stories, building vocabulary and writing about animals clearly.

Key Terms

  • Young animal: A baby animal, such as a kitten, puppy or chick.
  • Adult: A fully grown animal, like a cat, dog or hen.
  • Offspring: The babies or young of a person or animal.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are young animals called in KS1 English?

In KS1 English, young animals have special names. For example, a baby cow is a calf, a baby sheep is a lamb and a baby cat is a kitten.

How can children remember the names of baby animals?

Children can match pictures to words, sort cards into adult and baby pairs and use simple rhymes or games to help young animal names stick in their memory.

Why do children learn words for young animals in KS1?

They learn these words to build stronger vocabulary, understand animal stories more easily and describe animals accurately when speaking, reading and writing.

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1. Which word does not refer to a young person?
[ ] children
[ ] babies
[ ] toddlers
[ ] lambs
2. What do we call a baby cat?
[ ] cat
[ ] kitten
[ ] puppy
[ ] chick
3. What do we call a baby cow?
[ ] cow
[ ] baby
[ ] calf
[ ] cub
4. What do we call a baby dog?
[ ] pug
[ ] puppy
[ ] doggy
[ ] diggy
5. What do we call a baby hen?
[ ] chick
[ ] cub
[ ] lamb
[ ] duckling
6. What do we call a baby tiger?
[ ] eaglet
[ ] kid
[ ] chick
[ ] cub
7. What do we call a baby bear?
[ ] bear
[ ] cub
[ ] lamb
[ ] puppy
8. What do we call a baby sheep?
[ ] sheeping
[ ] sheeps
[ ] lamb
[ ] cub
9. What do we call a baby deer?
[ ] doe
[ ] deer
[ ] bambi
[ ] fawn
10. What do we call a baby rabbit?
[ ] bunny
[ ] kitten
[ ] puppy
[ ] calf
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English Quiz - Young Animals (Answers)
1. Which word does not refer to a young person?
[ ] children
[ ] babies
[ ] toddlers
[x] lambs
We could also say kids, boys and girls. When boys and girls grow up, we call them teens or women and men.
2. What do we call a baby cat?
[ ] cat
[x] kitten
[ ] puppy
[ ] chick
Kittens' eyes only begin to open after eight days.
3. What do we call a baby cow?
[ ] cow
[ ] baby
[x] calf
[ ] cub
If there is one, we say calf but if there are two, we say calves.
4. What do we call a baby dog?
[ ] pug
[x] puppy
[ ] doggy
[ ] diggy
Like kittens, it takes around nine days for them to open their eyes.
5. What do we call a baby hen?
[x] chick
[ ] cub
[ ] lamb
[ ] duckling
A chick can be used to describe any young bird that has been hatched from an egg. Although there are exceptions, like ducks who have baby ducklings - not chicks.
6. What do we call a baby tiger?
[ ] eaglet
[ ] kid
[ ] chick
[x] cub
Cubs leave their mothers when they are around two years old.
7. What do we call a baby bear?
[ ] bear
[x] cub
[ ] lamb
[ ] puppy
Like tiger cubs, bear cubs usually leave their mothers at around the age of two and have to look after themselves.
8. What do we call a baby sheep?
[ ] sheeping
[ ] sheeps
[x] lamb
[ ] cub
Sheep and lambs eat grass and like to stay in herds.
9. What do we call a baby deer?
[ ] doe
[ ] deer
[ ] bambi
[x] fawn
Bambi is the name of a popular story and Disney movie about a baby deer, or fawn.
10. What do we call a baby rabbit?
[ ] bunny
[x] kitten
[ ] puppy
[ ] calf
A bunny is actually considered to be a cute way to say rabbit - mainly used by children. A baby rabbit is called a kitten or kit.
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