Animals

Simple Sentences
Todays Vocabulary
What kind of animal is this? What do you know about this animal? Use the words at the bottom
of the page to fill in the blanks.

1. This is a bear.

2. This is a _________.

His baby is a cub.

Her baby is a _________.

3. This is my __________ Sandy.

4. This is a _____________.

Sandys babies are ______.

A female is a called a ____.

5. ________ are dangerous.

6. _______ live in Australia.

Their babies are called _____.

A baby is a ________.

7. This is a _____________.

8. This is a _____________.

These animals ______.

He says ____________.

9. I have a pet __________.

10. This is a ___________.

I love my __________.

It has black and white ____.

11. I love __________.

12. This is an ______________.

They are _______.

It has a long ________.

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

bear, monkey, pandas, zebra,

cub, ooh-ooh ah-ah, calves, doe, joey,

elephant, rabbit, lion, dog,

puppies, cute, stripes, kitten, trunk

deer, kangaroos, hippos, cat

roar, bunny

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Animals
Simple Sentences
Ways to Define Animals
animal + be + animal class + with + feature
A moose is a mammal with antlers.
A crow is a bird with black feathers.
A mouse is a rodent with a long tail and sharp teeth.
A frog is an amphibian with strong legs.

Ways to Talk about Animal Characteristics

The dog is furry.

The kitten is cute.
Lions and tigers are ferocious.
My hamster is quick.

Ways to Talk about Animal Behavior

animal + verb (or animal sound)

Birds sing.
A cat says meow. OR A cat meows.
A kangaroo hops.

mammals
rodents
birds
reptiles
amphibians
fish

(whale)
(mouse)
(robin)
(snakes)
(frog)
(salmon)

Animal Features

animal + be + adjective

Dogs bark.

Animal Classes

furry
scaly
ferocious
slimy
small
large
domestic

colorful
hairy
lazy
timid
clever
quick
nocturnal

Animal Sounds and Movements

roar
peep
squeak
woof
meow
oink
cluck
neigh
growl

hop
run
graze
gallop
swim
dive
scurry
slither
hunt

Questions about Animals

What is your dogs name?
Where is your cat?
How old is the gorilla?
What are the monkeys doing?
Where do penguins live?
What do cows eat?
Do monkeys sleep at night?
Are mice playful?

When do butterflies migrate?

Why do horses neigh?
What ________________________? (Write your own questions.)
Why _________________________?
Do __________________________?
How _________________________?

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Animals
Simple Sentences
Questions and Answers
Practice asking and answering questions using complete sentences. Use the
words in brackets to help you.
1. Ellas hamster
What kind of pet does Ella have? _________________________ (hamster)
Where does Ella keep her hamster? _____________________________

(cage)

What animal family is a hamster from? __________________________ (rodent)

What is Ellas hamsters name? __________________________

(Squiggles)

2. George the gorilla

Which animal is this? __________________________________ (George the gorilla)
Was George born in the Toronto Zoo? __________________________ (No, Africa)
Is George male or female? _____________________________________
What do gorillas eat? __________________________________

(male)

(leaves and fruit)

3. Neighborhood pests
What is that awful smell? ____________________________ (skunk)
What color are skunks? _________________________________ (black with white stripe)
Do skunks sleep in the day? __________________________ (yes, nocturnal)
Where do skunks sleep? ________________________________ (underground den)

4. A Canadian symbol
_____________________________________? Yes, moose live in Canada.
_____________________________________? The plural form is moose.
_____________________________________? Those are called antlers.
_____________________________________? A baby moose is called a calf.

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Animals
Simple Sentences
Work in Pairs - Student A: Find out the missing information by making guesses.
For example: Is it a dog? Is it a reptile? Does it say meow?

Then make sentences together about all of the animals.

Animal

Habitat

Feature

Sound

beak

Class

bird

it barks,
houses, farms
woof-woof

snout

farms, woodlands

mammal

neigh

furry, whiskers

jungles

mammal

roar

trunk

ponds, swamps

mammal

ribbit

long tail

deserts, farms

mammal

hee-haw

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Animals
Simple Sentences
Work in Pairs - Student B: Find out the missing information by making guesses.
For example: Is it a dog? Is it a reptile? Does it say meow?

Then make sentences together about all of the animals.

Animal

Habitat

Feature

farms

Sound

Class

cluck

hairy

farms

mammal

oink-oink

hooves, mane

houses, farms

mammal

meow, purr

mane, ferocious

jungles

mammal

it trumpets

long tongue

jungles

amphibian

ooh-ooh ah-ah

hooves, mane,
mammal
big teeth

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Animals
Simple Sentences
What animal class are these animals from? Name each animals habitat. Make sentences with a partner.
1.

2.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

4.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

5.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

7.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

8.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

10.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

11.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

3.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

6.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

9.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

12.

Animal: ________________
Class: _________________
Habitat: ________________

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Animals
Simple Sentences
Class Survey
Fill in the details about your own relationships to animals. Then walk around the class and find
out about your classmates. Have a class discussion after the charts are filled out.

Classmates

Favorite Animal

Pet? (Yes/No, If
yes, what is it?)

Least
Favorite
Animal

I am similar to a/an...
(animal)

Me

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Animals
Simple Sentences
Animals Picture Dictionary
Name the animals.

1. anteater

2. m

3. baboon

4. m

5. m

6. m

7. m

8. m

9. m

10. m

11. m

12. m

13. m

14. m

15. m

16. m

17. m

18. m

19. m

20. guinea pig

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Animals
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Animals
Name the animals.

21. m

22. m

23. m

24. m

25. m

26. m

27. m

28. m

29. m

30. m

31. m

32. m

33. m

34. puppy

35. m

36. m

37. m

38. m

39. m

40. m

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Animals
Simple Sentences
Fish, Sea Life, Reptiles
Name the creatures.

41. m

42. m

43. m

44. m

45. m

46. m

47. m

48. m

49. m

50. m

51. m

52. m

53. m

54. m

55. m

56. m

57. m

58. m

59. m

60. m

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Animals
Simple Sentences

Teachers Notes

Lesson Description: Students learn animal vocabulary through various writing and speaking activities. They also practice
question formation and learn common expressions used to talk about animals.
Page 1
2. This is a cat. Her baby is a kitten.
3. This is my dog Sandy. Sandy's babies are puppies.
4. This is a deer. A female is called a doe.
5. Hippos are dangerous. Their babies are called calves.
6. Kangaroos live in Australia. A baby is a joey.
7. This is a lion. These animals roar.
8. This is a monkey. He says ooh-ooh ah-ah.
9. I have a pet rabbit. I love my bunny.
10. This is a zebra. It has black and white stripes.
11. I love pandas. They are cute.
12. This is an elephant. It has a long trunk.

Page 4 and 5 Pair Activity

Put students in pairs. Student A has half of the
information. Student B has the other half. Students
have to guess the missing information. When the
charts are filled out, they practice making sentences
out loud. Walk around as your students are making
sentences to help with proper sentence formation.
Encourage and model proper sentence formation
for asking questions, too.

Page 2 Expressions
Go over these expressions with your students. Have your students
practice writing questions and making sentences using the
vocabulary provided.
Page 3
1. Ella's hamster
She has a hamster.
She keeps her hamster in a cage.
A hamster is a rodent.
Her hamster's name is squiggles.
2. George the gorilla
This is George the gorilla.
No, George is from Africa.
George is male.
Gorillas eat leaves and fruit.
3. Neighborhood pests
It's a skunk.
Skunks are black with a white stripe.
Yes, skunks are nocturnal.
Skunks sleep in an underground den.
4. Canadian symbol
Are moose from Canada?
What is the plural form of moose?
What are those things on a moose's head?
What is a baby moose called?
Spelling Note: This lesson shows the American spelling of
the words Colorful, Behavior, Color, Favorite, and Practice
(V). Most other English-speaking countries spell
these words this way: Colourful, Behaviour,
Colour, Favourite, and Practise (V).

Page 6 Animal Cards

After filling out the cards, you could cut these out
for a game of Who am I? Place one card on the
back of each student. Set them out into a forest,
zoo or jungle. They have to guess which
animal they are: Do I swim? Do I have four legs?
Page 7 Class Survey
Have the students fill in the information about
themselves. Then, have them complete the survey
by talking to their classmates. Have a class
discussion by asking questions to your students.
Page 8, 9, 10 Picture Dictionary
Students build their own picture dictionary. Allow
them to use dictionaries. If possible, encourage
them to use English-English dictionaries.

Dictionary Answers
1. anteater
2. armadillo
3. baboon
4. bear
5. beaver
6. bison
7. camel
8. cat
9. chimpanzee
10. chipmunk
11. deer
12. dog
13. donkey
14. elephant
15. fox
16. gerbil
17. giraffe
18. gopher
19. gorilla

20. guinea pig

21. hamster
22. hippo
23. horse
24. hyena
25. kangaroo
26. kitten
27. koala
28. leopard
29. lion
30. monkey
31. moose
32. panda
33. polar bear
34. puppy
35. rabbit
36. rhinoceros
37. skunk
38. tiger
39. wolf
40. zebra

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41. alligator
42. crocodile
43. dolphin
44. eel
45. fish
46. frog
47. iguana
48. jellyfish
49. lizard
50. lobster
51. octopus
52. seahorse
53. seal
54. shark
55. snail
56. snake
57. tortoise
58. turtle
59. walrus
60. whale

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