Vocab: Horse Terms Explained Part 1 & 2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1-4

Please name at least 2 English horse terms that you know of:

In this lesson you will: 

part 1	- learn 11 (new) horse terms - watch an English youtube video in which the meaning of these words is given - translate these terms to Dutch - do a short quiz with these new horse terms that you've learnt
part 2	- start your own vocabulary file (!)

Which of these words do you know already ? 

-raise your hand if you know the meaning-

a sound horse	an unsound horse	a green broke horse
a well-broke horse	a hot horse	barn sour
buddy sour	action	bombproof horse
easy keeper	hard keeper

Exercise Time! 

First: Fill in the meanings of the terms that you KNOW. 

Second: GUESS the meanings of the rest of the words. 

You'll have 2 minutes for this exercise  

starting.... NOW 

And.. Action! 

Watch the Youtube video and listen well! 

Write down the missing information on your sheet of paper 

You'll have another 2 minutes to add information after watching the video.  

(We will watch until 3:53)

Now: Finish the Assignment

You'll have 2 more minutes to finish the assignment. 

Add all of the answers that you heard in the video. 

We'll check them in 2 minutes

Check your answers: 

-correct your answers on your sheet of paper-

a sound horse	an unsound horse	a green broke horse
a well-broke horse	a hot horse	barn sour
buddy sour	action	bombproof horse
easy keeper	hard keeper

A horse that moves comfortably, with no lameness

A high level of training / easy to ride horse

Very reactive / excitable / high temperament

An inexperienced horse

A horse that has some lameness (this is noticable in the way it moves)

A horse that wants to go back to the barn

A horse that is unflappable (unreactive, calm)

A term that is used how/where the horse is moving:

- Front end action

- High end action

A horse that wants to be with the other horses. 

Doesn’t take a lot of feed to maintain a healthy weight. 

The horse takes a lot of feed or extra maintenance to maintain the correct body weight. 

Up next: a quiz about the words you've just learned. 

--> Take one last look at your sheet of paper..

--> Put away your sheet of paper with the answers. 

--> Grab your phone or log into the right screen for the quiz

Make sure to score as many points as you can

Good luck! 

1: What kind of horse moves comfortably?

1. a sound horse
2. an unsound horse
3. easy keeper
4. hard keeper

2: A horse that has a lot of riding experience is called ....

1. a green horse
2. a red horse
3. a bombproof horse
4. a well-broke horse

3: A horse that has no riding experience is called ...

1. a broken horse
2. a green broke horse
3. a green horse
4. a bombproof horse

4: Which of these terms have to do with maintaining / feeding a horse?

1. a hot horse
2. a barn sour horse
3. easy keeper
4. hard keeper

5: What do you call this? to .... a horse (if you don't know the English term, use the Dutch term)

6: A horse that wants to stay with its friends is called a:

1. field sour horse
2. buddy sour horse
3. barn sour horse
4. well-broke horse

7: A horse that doesn't require a lot of feed / maintenance to maintain a healthy weight:

1. fat horse
2. skinny keeper
3. hard keeper
4. easy keeper

8 A horse that needs lots of maintenance/feed to maintain the correct body weight:

1. hard keeper
2. fat keeper
3. skinny keeper
4. maintainer

9 A horse that has some lameness (when it moves):

1. sound horse
2. lame horse
3. unsound horse
4. hot horse

10: a very reactive horse is also called:

1. excitable
2. high temperament
3. hot horse
4. buddy sour

11: A horse that doesn't like going out into the field but goes back inside:

1. barn sour
2. buddy sour
3. sun sour
4. well-broke

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It's time for Part Two: 

"- start your own vocabulary file (!)"

Start your Personal  Vocabulary  List

- Open a word document that you name 

"Personal Vocabulary List" with your name in the title

- insert a table like this: 

#

English word

Dutch Translation

(meaning in English)

Add the words that you've learned today! 

then: save your file on you laptop

in future lessons: update this file when you encounter new words 

At the end of the year you'll hand in this list and it'll be graded.

End of lesson

We'll continue to add words to the Personal Vocabulary List during lessons. 

You can also do it on your own!