#15 (30 min) animal words and describing animals (and intro questions)

• Engels
• Basisschool
• Groep 8

Today's class

• Animals warm-up-game
• Animal vocabulary
• Describing an animal 

Warm-up-game

You get one minute to look at the picture with animals on it on the next slide.

After one minute, write down as many animals as you can remember in English in two minutes. 

Don't know the word or spelling? Just write what you think. 

Good luck! 

Ready... set... write! 

You now have two minutes to write down the animals you have seen on the poster.

Write in English.

Good luck!

Let's check! 

Animal vocabulary 

You know how this works.

Study the words and sentences.

Mark the words you already totally know in green.

Mark the words you do not know yet or are not sure of yet in yellow. 

Then stick the list in your notebook.

Time left? Test yourself or a neighbour! 

Describing an animal 

Work in pairs.

One chooses an animal from the pictures.

Decribe it in English. Use words from the list.

The other one guesses the animal.

Then swap. 

Keep doing this until the time is up. 

That's it for today!

Keep studying your vocabulary, 

always a good idea! 

Asking questions in Dutch

Kan een koe vliegen?

Is een slak gevaarlijk?

Zijn zeeleeuwen vegetariërs?

Heeft een muis hoektanden?

Heeft een kat een staart?

Hebben walrussen oren?

 

Asking questions in English

Can a cow fly?

Is a snail dangerous?

Are sealions vegetarians?

Does a mouse have fangs?

Does a cat have a tail?

Do walruses have ears?

Useful questions for a game of 'what animal is it?'

Can it / the animal ... (fly / swim / climb /  make a sound/ whistle / etc.)

Is it/ the animal ... (dangerous/ big / small / a pet/ etc.)

Does it / the animal have ... (feathers / a fur / paws / wings / antlers / etc.)

Does it / the animal ... (eat meat / live in the water / sting/ etc.) 

A game of 'what animal is it?'

Work in pairs or groups of three.

Each chooses an animal.

Ask each other questions in turns to eliminate animals.

Keep asking questions until you have found the correct animal.

Let's play an example first. 

Let's play 

Can it / the animal ... (fly / swim / climb /  make a sound/ whistle / etc.)

Is it/ the animal ... (dangerous/ big / small / a pet/ etc.)

Does it / the animal have ... (feathers / a fur / paws / wings / antlers / etc.)

Does it / the animal ... (eat meat / live in the water / sting/ etc.)