1. Unit 45 Animals and insects

2. A. Pets and farm animals

3. Pets

4. a small animal with fur, four legs, a tail and claws, usually kept as a pet or for catching mice, or any member of the group of similar animals such as the lion

5. a cat Dogs, cats and horses can be microchipped. Sound : miaow/purr. He-cat or she-cat.Young one : a kitten./A pedigree cat./Neutering (spaying or castrating).Kattebak : litter box. Krabpaal : scratching post/A cat bed/a cat basket/A pet leash. Mijn kat is loops : My cat is in heat. Deworm your cat.

6. a common animal with four legs, especially kept by people as a pet or to hunt or guard things

7. a dog Sound : bark. 800 dog breeds./A mixed- breed dog or mongrel or mutt./A litter : a group of offspring./Young one : a pup/a puppy. Neutering (spaying females and castrating males) refers to the sterilization of animals . Male dog/Female dog. post/A dog bed/a dog basket/A pet leash

8. a small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a long tail

9. a mouse/two mice Sound : squeak

10. a small animal with long ears and large front teeth, which moves by jumping on its long back legs

11. a rabbit

12. a small, shiny, gold or orange fish which is often kept as a pet in a bowl or garden pool

13. a goldfish/two goldfish bowl

14. Farm animals

15. a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird which is cooked and eaten

16. a chicken Sound : cackle .Female : hen Male : rooster or cock, young male : cockerel Young : chick

17. a large female farm animal kept to produce meat and milk

18. a cow Sound : Female : cow/Male : bull (castrated : ox) Young : calf Meat : beef/veal. Dairy cow. vee : cattle.

19. an animal which is related to sheep, which usually has horns, and which lives wild on mountains or is kept on farms to provide milk, meat, wool, etc

20. a goat sound : bleat

21. a large animal with four legs which people ride on or use for carrying things or pulling vehicles

22. a horse Male horse : a stallion. Female horse : a mare. Young horse : a foal.

23. a large pink, brown or black farm animal with short legs and a curved tail, kept for its meat

24. a pig Female pig : a sow Male pig : a boar. Young pig : piglet, suckling.

25. a farm animal with thick wool, that eats grass and is kept for its wool, skin and meat

26. a sheep/two sheep Sound : bleat Male sheep : ram, buck Female sheep : ewe. Young one : lamb. Meat : young : lamb/old : mutton

27. B. Wild animals

28. a large, strong wild mammal with a thick fur coat that lives especially in colder parts of Europe, Asia and North America

29. a bear

30. a large animal with a long neck, that lives in the desert and has one or two humps (= large raised areas of flesh) on its back

31. a camel

32. a very large grey mammal which has a trunk (= long nose) with which it can pick things up

33. an elephant

34. a large African animal with a very long neck and long legs

35. a giraffe

36. a large ape that comes from western Africa

37. a gorilla

38. a large wild cat that has yellow fur with black spots on it and lives in Africa and southern Asia

39. a leopard

40. a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish brown fur which lives in Africa and southern Asia

41. a lion Sound : roar

42. an animal that lives in hot countries, has a long tail and climbs trees. They are primates (= the group of animals which are most like humans

43. a monkey

44. a large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish orange fur with black lines which lives in parts of Asia

45. a tiger

46. an African wild animal which looks like a horse, and which has black or brown and white lines on its body

47. a zebra

48. C. Insects

49. a very small insect which lives under the ground in large and well-organized social groups

50. an ant

51. a yellow and black flying insect which makes honey and can sting you

52. a bee Sound : buzz Produces honey

53. a type of insect with large often brightly coloured wings

54. a butterfly

55. a small insect with two wings

56. a fly

57. a small flying insect that bites people and animals, and sucks their blood

58. a mosquito

59. a small creature similar to an insect with eight thin legs which catches other insects in a web (= a net made from sticky threads)

60. a spider It makes a web.

61. D. In the water, in the air and on the ground

62. In the water

63. a very large sea mammal that breathes air through a hole at the top of its head

64. a dolphin

65. a sea mammal that is large, smooth and grey, with a long pointed mouth

66. a whale

67. In the air

68. a large strong bird with a curved beak which eats meat and can see very well

69. an eagle

70. On the ground

71. a small creature with a soft wet body and a round shell, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants

72. a snail

73. a reptile with a long cylindrical body and no legs

74. a snake Sound : hiss