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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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