Dog Understands 1,022 Words (B1)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

You can teach a pet dog some words like 'sit' or 'stay'. But how many words can a dog learn?

Instructions: 

First, do the preparation task on the next slide. Then watch the video and do the exercises. Remember you can read the transcript on the last slide at any time.

Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to the numbers 1–8.

1........ elimination

2........ a puzzle

3........ meow

4........ groundbreaking

5....... a crate

6....... cloth animals

7........ a canine

8........ astounding

a. giving a feeling of great surprise

b. a container 

c. new and innovative 

d. toy animals that are made out of fabric 

e.  process of removing something

 f. a dog 

g. a problem that requires some thought, skill or cleverness to be solved 

h. the cry of a cat

1. How many years ago did John Pilley find his perfect student, Chaser?

1. 6
2. 7
3. 17
4. 70

2. How many words has Chaser the dog learned?

1. 1,002
2. 1,022
3. 1,020
4. 1,202

3. How many years of intensive training has she had?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

4. How many balls has she learned?

1. 106
2. 116
3. 117
4. 160

5. How many cloth animals has she learned?

1. 600
2. 700
3. 800
4. 500

6. How many items are on the mat?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7

Do you have a pet?
Do you think that it understands you?

Do you think that animals can understand human language?

Finally? 

If you have a pet, is your pet intelligent?

Transcript

Lesson from the British Council adapted by Susan Corrigan