Animals in English: Vocabulary, Plurals, Examples and Quiz

a living thing that can move and feel, like a dog or a bird, but not a person or a plant

What's your favorite animal?

an animal that you keep at home and look after

Do you have any pets?

a common pet with four legs that barks

I walk the dog every morning.

a small pet with soft fur that catches mice

Our cat sleeps on my bed.

a young dog

The puppy chewed my shoe.

a young cat

Our cat had four kittens.

a small animal with long ears that jumps

The rabbit is eating a carrot.

a very small pet with soft fur that lives in a cage

My little brother has a hamster called Ben.

a small orange fish that people keep in a bowl or tank

Don't forget to feed the goldfish.

a colorful bird that can copy the words people say

Their parrot can say hello.

a big farm animal that gives milk

The cows are in the field.

a large strong animal that people ride

Can you ride a horse?

a farm animal with thick wool; the plural is also sheep

There are a hundred sheep on the hill.

a farm animal with horns that can climb well

We bought goat cheese at the market.

a pink or black farm animal with a short tail and a flat nose

The pigs are playing in the mud.

a farm bird that gives us eggs; also the meat of this bird

My grandmother keeps chickens in her garden.

a male chicken; called a cockerel in British English

The rooster wakes us up at five.

a bird with a flat beak that swims on water

The kids are feeding the ducks at the lake.

an animal like a small horse with long ears

On the island, donkeys carry heavy bags.

a big wild cat from Africa; the male has long hair around his head

The lion is sleeping under a tree.

a big wild cat with orange fur and black stripes

Tigers are good swimmers.

a very big gray animal with a long nose called a trunk

Elephants drink water with their trunks.

a clever animal with a long tail that climbs trees

The monkey took a banana from the man's bag.

a big strong animal with thick fur

We saw a brown bear in the forest.

a wild animal like a big dog; the plural is wolves

You can hear wolves at night in the mountains.

a wild animal with red-brown fur and a thick tail

A fox ran across the road.

a fast animal that lives in forests; the male often has antlers, which look like branches; the plural is also deer

We saw three deer near the lake.

a very tall African animal with a long neck

Giraffes eat leaves from the tops of trees.

an African animal like a horse, with black and white stripes

No two zebras have the same stripes.

a large desert animal with one or two humps on its back

Camels can go for days without water.

an Australian animal that jumps and carries its baby in a pocket

We saw kangaroos on our trip to Australia.

a small animal with a big tail that lives in trees and eats nuts

There are lots of squirrels in the park.

a long thin animal with no legs

Some snakes are dangerous.

an animal with wings and feathers; most birds can fly

The birds are singing outside my window.

a large strong bird that hunts small animals

An eagle flew high above the mountains.

a bird with big eyes that is awake at night

I heard an owl in the garden last night.

an animal that lives and breathes in water; the plural is usually also fish

We caught three fish in the river.

a large sea fish with sharp teeth

Most sharks don't attack people.

a very large animal that lives in the sea and breathes air

We watched whales from the boat.

a clever, friendly sea animal that looks like a large gray fish

Dolphins swam next to our boat.

an animal with a hard shell that lives in or near water; one that lives only on land is often called a tortoise

The sea turtle swims back to the same beach every year.

a small green or brown animal with long back legs that lives near water and jumps

A frog jumped into the pond.

a very small animal with six legs, like a fly or an ant; often called a bug in American English

There are a lot of insects near the river.

a black and yellow insect that makes honey

A bee is flying around the flowers.

an insect with large colorful wings

A white butterfly landed on my hand.

a very small insect that lives in large groups

There are ants in the kitchen again.

a small flying insect that often comes into houses

There's a fly in my soup.

a small flying insect that bites people and drinks their blood

I got three mosquito bites last night.

a small animal with eight legs that makes webs

My sister is afraid of spiders.

a very small animal with a long tail; the plural is mice

The cat caught a mouse.

the long part at the back of an animal's body

The dog is wagging its tail.

one of the two parts of a bird or insect that it uses to fly

The bird has a broken wing.

the thick soft hair on animals like cats, dogs and bears

Our cat has very soft fur.

one of the soft light things that cover a bird's body

I found a blue feather in the park.

the foot of an animal like a dog, cat or bear

The dog put its paw on my leg.

to make the loud short sound that dogs make

The neighbor's dog barks all night.

to give food to a person or animal

Please don't feed the animals.

living in nature, not with people

Wild animals should not live in small cages.