English For Today chapter 9: Animals and Birds

Animals and Birds

Lesson 1: Their living places

A. Look at picture and answer the following questions.

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Description: A forest scene with a tree on the left and a green parrot perched on a branch. A black crow is flying, and a monkey hangs from a rope beside a large tree on the right. A deer grazes at the lower left, a white dog sits in front, a tiger stands in the centre and a cow stands on the right.

1. What do you see in the picture?
2. How many animals and birds are there?
3. Which animal and bird do you like the most?

B. Match the picture with the name.

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Description: Eight pictures in two columns: left column a monkey hanging from a rope, a dog sitting, and a deer; right column a cow, a parrot, a crow and a tiger.

tiger dog monkey cow deer parrot crow

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C. Listen to the names of the animals and the birds, point to the right pictures and say the names.

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Description: Seven pictures of animal homes: a dog beside a doghouse; cows in a thatched cowshed; a monkey in a tree; a parrot in a tree hole; a tiger at the mouth of a lair in a rock; a crow flying above a nest; a deer standing beside a forest tree.

D. Look at the pictures in section C. Listen, say and read after your teacher.

A dog lives in a kennel or doghouse. A cow lives in a shed or a cowshed. A monkey lives in a tree. A parrot lives in a nest or a tree hole. A tiger lives in a lair. A crow lives in a nest. A deer lives in a forest.

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E. Read the words and match them with the right pictures. One is done for you.

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Description: Six pictures in two columns: a deer by a tree, a tiger at a cave, a crow over a nest on the left; a parrot in a tree hole, a monkey in a tree, a dog by a doghouse, and cows in a cowshed on the right. A line joins "a cow" to the cowshed picture.

a crow a monkey a cow a parrot a deer a dog a tiger

F. Read each of the following sentences and say true or false. If false, give the right answer.

1. The monkey lives in a tree hole.
2. The cow lives in a forest.
3. The crow lives in a nest.
4. The parrot lives in a tree.

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Lesson 2: Their food

A. Look, listen and say after teacher.

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Labels: meat; grass; fruits, nuts, etc.; fruits.; meat; grains, insects, etc.; grass, leaves, etc. Description: Seven boxed rows. Each row has a picture of an animal or bird on the left and a food word with food pictures on the right: a dog and meat; a cow and grass; a faint grey animal and fruits, nuts, etc.; a parrot and fruits; a tiger and meat; a crow and grains, insects, etc.; a deer and grass, leaves, etc.

B. Group work: Make seven meaningful sentences and read them aloud.

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C. Read each of the following sentences and say true or false. If false, give the right answer.

1. A tiger eats grass.
2. A parrot eats ants.
3. A monkey eats apples.
4. A deer eats leaves.
5. A cow eats meat.

D. Pairwork: Write the sentences about the living place and the food of the following animals and birds. One is done for you.

1. A hen: A hen lives in a hen house. It eats rice, insects, etc.
2. A goat:
3. A cat:
4. A crow:
5. A lion:
6. A duck:

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Lesson 3: Domestic animals and birds

A. Look, listen, say, and then read after teacher.

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Description: A village house with a staircase at its front on the left; a hen sits on a nest with eggs in a shallow box in the lower left. A cow stands in the centre-right while a woman milks it, and two cows graze in the field at the back.

A cow is a domestic animal. A hen is a domestic bird. We keep them in our houses. The cow gives us milk. We drink milk. The hen lays eggs for us. We eat eggs.

B. Ask and answer the following questions in pairs.

1. What kind of animal is the cow?
2. What does it give us?
3. What kind of bird is the hen?
4. What does it give us?

C. Write the missing words in the blanks from the box.

animal | house | lives | lays | eggs

A hen is a domestic ____. It lives in our . It _____ on grains and insects. It _____ eggs. We eat.

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D. Group work. Write the names of the domestic animals and birds you know.

E. Put full stops and question marks in the blanks. Read them aloud in your group.

Orpa has a pet animal ……. It is a cat ……. Its name is Nini ……. Have you any pet animal ……. Do you love it ……. What is its name …….

F. Now write 5 sentences about your favourite bird or animal.

…………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………

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Lesson 4: A rhyme

A. Look at the picture. Discuss in groups and answer the questions.

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Description: A night scene with stars and a crescent moon. A cat plays a fiddle on the left, a cow jumps over the moon in the upper centre, a spoon and a dish walk along a path in the middle, and a little dog lies laughing on the right.

1. What do you see in the picture?
2. What is the cat doing?
3. Where is the cow jumping?

B. Listen to and recite the rhyme with teacher.

Hey Diddle, Diddle

Hey diddle, diddle The cat, and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

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C. Chain drill. Say each line by turns after teacher.

D. Recite the whole rhyme. Act out the activities from the rhyme such as play the fiddle, jump, laugh, run etc.

E. Draw a picture of your favourite animal or bird. Colour it and display it in the class.

F. Name-game in chain drill. Divide into groups of 4/5. Say the name of an animal or bird each by turns. If you fail to say a name in time or if you repeat any name, you will be out of the game and another group member will continue. The student who will survive to the last will be the winner.