Animals
1. Do you like animals?
2. Do you have a pet?
3. Do you want to have a new pet? Why or why not?
4. Have you ever had pets in your house? What pets did you have?
5. What’s your favourite animal and why?
6. Do you know any famous animals? What are they famous for?
7. What’s your favourite movie or TV series in which animals act? Tell us the story of it.
8. Tell us about the most interesting animals you’ve seen or heard about.
Related Words: domestic animals, wild animals, fish tank, pet, cat, dog, budgie, parrot, hamster, lion, tiger, fish, goldfish, horse, kitten, wolf, fox, rabbit, duck, owl, eagle, chicken, bear, pigeon, seagull
EXAMPLE ANSWERS: Animals
1. Yes, I love animals.
2. We have three cats. Cingöz, Pelo and Boncuk
3. No, we don’t. Because our cats are very energetic and demanding.
4. I have had a lot of animals in my house. I have had a lot of cats, 2 dogs, birds and fish.
5. My favourite animal is a cat. Because they are very funny and they relieve me on stressful days.
6. Lessie was a very famous dog. I watched the Lessie TV series when I was a child. She was very helpful and brave. She was a hero
7. My favourite movies about animals are Planet Ape, Hachiko and The Red Dog. Planet Ape is a film about Caesar the monkey. It is very exciting. Hochiko is a film about a teacher and his dog in Japan. Red Dog is an Australian film. It’s about a friendly dog and Australian mine workers.
8. We had a cat named Kuyruksuz about 5-6 years ago at Spoken Cafe. She was aggressive but funny. She was fat and ugly. But we loved her. She got lost during the COVID pandemic.
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session
Some owners of dogs may have trouble believing this, but dogs can learn to recognise a vocabulary of about 165 words. Unsurprisingly, dogs respond best to short words, as well as words with hard consonants like “t” or “r,” which may explain why they can hear “treat” from three rooms away. If you want to try to expand your dog’s vocabulary, be consistent—for example, always call a meal “dinner” instead of breakfast, lunch, or supper. And don’t believe the myth: Old dogs can learn words just as well as young dogs.
READ/SPEAK
Do you like dogs? Why/why not? Have you ever had a dog, or do you have a dog? If yes, tell us more about your dog.
Used to tell someone to stop and consider their decision or opinion about something carefully:
“Just hold your horses, Bill! Let’s think about this for a moment.”
LEARN THE IDIOM AND SPEAK
When did you last get very angry? What made you angry?