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|ANIMAL ALPHABET |
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|The first letter of the first line in this verse is A; the first letter of the second line is B; and so on through the alphabet. |
|The verse names 104 animals, birds, fish and insects. How many of them do you know? |
|And how many do your friends know? Have a contest! |
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|Alligator, beetle, porcupine, whale, |
|Bobolink, panther, dragon-fly, snail, |
|Crocodile, monkey, buffalo, hare, |
|Dromedary, leopard, mud turtle, bear, |
|Elephant, badger, pelican, ox, |
|Flying fish, reindeer, anaconda, fox |
|Guinea-pig, dolphin, antelope, goose, |
|Hummingbird, weasel, pickerel, moose, |
|Ibex, rhinoceros, owl, kangaroo, |
|Jackal, opossum, toad, cockatoo, |
|Kingfisher, peacock, ant-eater, bat, |
|Lisard, iguana, honeybee, rat, |
|Mockingbird, camel, grasshopper, mouse, |
|Nightingale, spider, cuttlefish, grouse, |
|Ocelot, pheasant, wolverine, auk, |
|Periwinkle, ermine, katydid, hawk, |
|Quail, hippopotamus, armadillo, moth, |
|Rattlesnake, lion, woodpecker, sloth, |
|Salamander, goldfinch, angleworm, dog, |
|Tiger, flamingo, scorpion, frog, |
|Unicorn, ostrich, nautilus, mole, |
|Viper, gorilla, basilisk, sole, |
|Whippoorwill, beaver, centipede, fawn, |
|Xeme, canary, polliwog, swan, |
|Yellow-hammer, eagle, hyena, lark, |
|Zebra, chameleon, butterfly, shark. |
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|MOTHERS AND CHILDREN |
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|Match: |
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|1.horse |
|2.frog |
|3.goose |
|4.cat |
|5.pig |
|6.bear |
|7.sheep |
|8.dog |
|9.butterfly |
|10.duck |
|11.hen |
|12.deer |
|13.lion |
|14.fish |
|15.bird |
|a tadpole |
|b gosling |
|c lamb |
|d chicken |
|e foal |
|f duckling |
|g sucking-pig/piglet |
|h bear-cub |
|i puppy |
|j caterpillar |
|k young, deer |
|l fry/young fish |
|m lion-cub |
|n chick/nestling |
|o kitten |
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|Key: (MOTHERS AND CHILDREN) |
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|1 – e |
|2 – a |
|3 – b |
|4 – o |
|5 – g |
|6 – h |
|7 – c |
|8 – i |
|9 – j |
|10 – f |
|11 – d |
|12 – k |
|13 – m |
|14 – l |
|15 - n |
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|MATCH THE NAMES |
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|Match the names for the groups of animals with the animals. Information given below can help you. |
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|1. brood of… |
|2. colony of… |
|3. flight of… |
|4. flock of.. |
|5. herd of… |
|6. pack of… |
|7. shoal of… |
|8. school of… |
|9. swarm of… |
|10. troop of… |
|ants |
|bees |
|birds |
|cattle |
|deer |
|dogs |
|fish |
|monkeys |
|sheep |
|whales |
|wolves |
|young chickens |
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|FOR YOUR INFORMATION |
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|brood – all the young birds that come from a number of eggs in a nest at one time (as a brood of chickens) |
|colony – a group of animals, plants, etc. found close together (as a colony of ants) |
|flight – a number of things or creatures moving together through the air (as a flight of swallows) |
|flock – a number of birds or animals of one kind, esp. those that feed and travel together (as a flock of wild ducks). |
|herd – a number or company of animals, esp. cattle, feeding or going about together (as a herd of cattle) |
|pack – a number of animals kept for hunting (as a pack of hounds) or of wild animals that naturally associate (as a pack of wolves) |
|a shoal – a crowd, a great number of, esp. fish |
|school – a large number of fish, swimming together = shoal (a school of mackerel) |
|swarm – a large number of moving creatures gathering closely together (as a swarm of ants) |
|troop – company of persons or animals, esp. when moving |
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|Behaving like animals |
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|Look at the drawings above. Write down the names of the animals you see. Put ‘to’ in front of each name and you have a list of verbs, the |
|meaning of which is easy to guess. Now read the sentences below and choose the most appropriate word (in the correct form) from your list to |
|fill the blank. |
|1) Mary is infuriating! She keeps on repeating how plain, stupid and incompetent she feels. Really she’s only ----- for compliments. |
|2) I admire him so much. He never gives up even though his life has been far from easy: unemployed, ----- by ill-health, a widower – but you |
|never hear him complain. |
|3) These twins are such a problem! They’ve reached the age when they can’t sit still for a moment. They’re always ----- about and I never |
|know what they’ll be up to next! |
|4) Isn’t Mrs. Carfax a noisy person? She’s always hanging around us, listening to what we say and interrogating us. She simply loves ----- out|
|other people’s secrets. |
|5) David – where are your manners! I know you are hungry but there’s no need |
|to ----- your food. Eat slowly. |
|6) Francis is so tiresome – he talks and talks but never says anything original. He just ----- what he heard on television the night before. |
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|Key: Behaving like animals |
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|To monkey, to dog, to fish, to ferret, to wolf, to parrot. |
|1) fishing |
|2) dogged |
|3) monkeying |
|4) ferreting |
|5) wolf |
|6) parrots |
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|IDIOMS |
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|What is an idiom? It’s a group or succession of words that must be learnt as a whole because it is difficult or impossible to understand the |
|meaning from the knowledge of the words considered separately. When a person gains an understanding of idioms and the facility to use them he |
|becomes a truly part of the English speech community. |
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|Bird Words |
|I. Match each word or phrase in the first column with the word or phrase in the second column that produces a common saying or idiom. |
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|1. a bird in the hand |
|2. birds of a feather |
|3. bird- |
|4. stool |
|5. bird’s eye |
|6. to kill two birds |
|7. silly |
|8. which came first |
|9. he eats |
|10. what’s sauce for the goose |
|11. wise old |
|12. bury one’s head in the sand |
|13. crane |
|14. dove of |
|15. the early bird |
|a. goose |
|b. peace |
|c. the chicken or the egg |
|d. is worth two in the bush |
|e. owl |
|f. one’s neck |
|g. catches the worm |
|h. pigeon |
|i. with one stone |
|j. brain |
|k. like an ostrich |
|l. like a bird |
|m. is sauce for the gander |
|n. view |
|o. flock together |
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|II. Match each word in the first column with its correct definition in the second column. |
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|1. birdie |
|2. chicken |
|3. turkey |
|4. cuckoo |
|5. duck |
|6. parrot |
|7. for the birds |
|a. foolish, or inept person |
|b. objectionable or worthless |
|c. lower the head or body to avoid collision with an object |
|d. repeat by rote |
|e. a golf score of one stroke less than par |
|f. timid; cowardly |
|g. silly, a little crazy |
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|Animal Words |
|I. Match each word or phrase in the first column with the word or phrase in the second column that produces a proverb or idiom. |
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|1. A barking dog |
|2. Never look a gift horse |
|3. Curiosity killed |
|4. Dog eat |
|5. You can’t teach an old dog |
|6. Let sleeping dogs |
|7. When the cat’s away |
|8. Let the cat |
|9. There’s more than one way |
|10. It’s raining |
|11. You may lead a horse to water |
|12. Go to |
|13. Go whole |
|14. Hold your |
|15. That’s a horse |
|a. the dogs |
|b. out of the bag |
|c. but you can’t make him drink |
|d. lie |
|e. never bites |
|f. new tricks |
|g. of a different color |
|h. horses |
|i. hog |
|j. dog |
|k. to skin a cat |
|l. in the mouth |
|m. the mice will play |
|n. cats and dogs |
|o. the cat |
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|II. Match each word in the first column with its correct definition in the second column. |
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|1. hog |
|2. buffalo |
|3. bear |
|4. mousey |
|5. catty |
|6. rat |
|7. bull |
|a. to reveal secret information |
|b. full of spite, malicious |
|c. timid, fearful |
|d. nonsense |
|e. to confuse or baffle |
|f. to take selfishly |
|g. something difficult |
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|KEY: Bird idioms. |
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|I. 1. - d II. 1. - f |
|2. - o 2. - e |
|3. - j 3. - a |
|4. - h 4. - g |
|5. - n 5. - c |
|6. - i 6. - d |
|7. - a 7. - b |
|8. - c |
|9. - l |
|10. - m |
|11. - e |
|12. - k |
|13. - f |
|14. - b |
|15. - g |
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|Animal words. |
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|I. 1. - e II. 1. -f |
|2. - l 2. -e |
|3. - o 3. - g |
|4. - j 4. - c |
|5. - f 5. - b |
|6. - d 6. - a |
|7. - m 7. - d |
|8. - b |
|9. - k |
|10. - n |
|11. - c |
|12. - a |
|13. - i |
|14. - h |
|15. - g |
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