WHAT YOUR PET IS TRYING

TO TELL YOU
Exercise 1. Answer the questions.

Which animals make the best pets? Why?

What are the major problems of having pets?
Do you think pet owners are often similar to their pets?

Cats and dogs are the most common types of pets.

What are some unusual or exotic pets that you have heard of?
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Some pets and pet owners seem to talk to each other.

Do you think people and their pets can communicate? If yes, how do they do that?
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Exercise 2. Look at the verbs from the article. What do they mean?
Use a dictionary to help you.

lick soothe pluck out tuck in itch rule out yawn

arch bug out pull back wiggle wag

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

Then read the article and check your answers.

Dogs wiggle and wag their bodies when...

Birds pluck out their feathers when...
Dogs tuck their tails in when...
Cats lick you to show...
Dogs bug out when...
Dogs yawn when...

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