Describing Animals
Animals can be different in size, colour, shape and appearance. We can use describing words to tell more about them.
For example, we can say big elephant instead of only saying elephant.
Learning Objectives
- Learn simple words used to describe animals.
- Describe animals using size words.
- Describe animals using appearance words.
- Use describing words with animal names.
Describing Animal Size
We can use big, small, large and tiny to describe animals.
small mouse
large horse
tiny ant
Describing Animal Appearance
We can use words such as soft, furry, long and short to describe animals.
furry cat
long snake
short-tailed dog
Describing Animal Movement
Some describing words can tell us how an animal moves.
slow turtle
quick rabbit
The words fast, slow and quick tell us more about the animals.
Simple Examples
The rabbit is small.
The cat is soft.
The horse is fast.
Common Mistakes
- Do not use the animal's name as the describing word.
- Elephant names an animal; big describes it.
- Do not confuse an action word with a describing word.
- Look for the word that tells us what the animal is like.
Practice
1. Find the describing word: The elephant is big.
2. Find the describing word: The rabbit is small.
3. Choose a describing word for a turtle: slow / jump.
4. Choose a describing word for a rabbit: small / run.
5. Write two describing words for an animal.
Try It Yourself
Choose your favourite animal and describe it using two or three describing words.
Example: small, soft, white rabbit.
Quick Revision
- Animals can be described using many different words.
- Big, small, soft, furry, fast and slow are describing words.
- Describing words give us more information about an animal.
Next Step
In the next lesson, you will learn how to describe things.