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8. Answer the question: "Whose babies are these?" Make up sentences according to the example:

Example:

  1. A cub is a fox's baby.

  2. Cubs are bear's babies.

cub, calf, kid, gosling, duckling, chicken (chick), piglet, lamb, puppy

9. Match collective nouns in a with the names of animals in b.

Example: a flock of birds

A B

swarm wolves

pack sheep

herd bees

flock deer

pride cattle

lions

10. Match A and В together to complete the similes. Translate them into Russian and make up sentences of your own to illustrate them.

Example 1: as gentle as a lamb — кроткий как овечка. As soon as we took the dog out of the box, she was as gentle as a lamb, and she let us carry her home.

А В

busy a horse

sick a bat

strong a dog

quiet a fox

proud a pig

fat an ass

happy a mouse

obstinate a bee

blind a lark

cunning a peacock

Example 2: runs like a deer — бегает как олень (очень быстро).

My friend Nick is the quickest runner in the group, he runs like a deer.

A B

swims a bee

sings a bird

eats a horse

is shaking a fish

sleeps a leaf

has eyes a log

flies around a hawk

goes around a bull in a china shop

11. Complete the sentences below with the following names of animals, using plural forms where necessary. Translate the sentences into Russian. Remember animal idioms.

birds, pig, hen, crocodile, bull, lion, fish, stag

  1. As I had to go to London on business, I decided to kill two ... with one stone and visit my old school as well.

  2. Although he had only known her for two weeks he decided to take the ... by the horns and ask her to marry him.

  3. You're upset now, but you'll soon forget her; after all, there are plenty more ... in the sea.

  4. Mary is about to be married so she invited her girl­friends to her ... party.

  5. Don't be fooled. She's not sad at all: they're just... tears.

  6. When their grandmother died, Steve and his sister got the ...'s share of her money.

  7. We are going to a ... party tonight. David's getting mar­ried on Saturday.

  8. That's the last time I invite Steve for a meal. He really made a ... of himself last night (= ate much).

Dogs

  1. Answer the questions:

- Do you or your friends have a dog?

-Do you (your friends) know how to treat your (their) dog?

Read the text , using the Vocabulary