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Exercises

Match the verb with the sound. The first example has been done.
1 hoot meow
2 bleat 1 toowit toowoo
3 bark oink
4 grunt cockadoodledoo
5 mew woof
6 crow baa

Complete the following text, putting the appropriate missing verbs into the correct form.
It is not really all that peaceful out in the country. Yesterday I was woken at dawn when
the cock started ................................. (1). The calves soon began ............................. (2)
and this woke the dogs who ....................... ... ..... (3) until the horses started
................................. (4). Lots of hens ................................. (5) right outside my
window and so I got up. I tripped over the cat who was lying in the sun at the front door
but she didn't even stop ................................. (6).

Which of the adjectives in D would you be pleased to be called?

Most of the sound verbs in A and all the movement verbs in B can also be used to describe
sounds and movements made by humans. Mark the following statements true or false.
1 If someone growls at you, they are probably in a bad mood.
2 If someone croaks, they probably have a sore throat.
3 If someone hoots, they are probably very unhappy.
4 If someone is caterwauling, they are singing very sweetly.
5 If someone barks at you, they sound rather angry or abrupt.
6 If someone grunts when you ask something, they are showing a lot of interest in what you
have said.

.5 Illustrate the meaning of the words below by writing sentences (about people rather than
animals).
Example: 1 skip The little girl loves skipping with her new rope.
2 fly 3 swim 4 slither 5 hop 6 trot 7 gallop

.6 Look at the following examples of notices and fill in the names of the appropriate young
animal in each case. Which words help you decide?
1 New-born ................................. for sale. Pedigree spaniel.
2 Good home wanted for six .................................. All toms. Already house-trained. Part-
Siamese. Very intelligent.
3 Come and see the brand-new polar bear ................................. at the zoo.
4 Hadley Farm open this weekend. All children will enjoy the chance to hold the baby
................................. and to stroke their soft wool.
5 Spend the weekend at Sun Park. Hundreds of new .................................. Just hatched
but already able to swim happily behind their mums.

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