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Do you think it is right to kill an animal to save a human life? Give reasons for your answer.

No, its not right to kill an animal to save a human. Everybody has their right on their lives.


Human beings have been exploiting the animals from years. For example, tigers are killed for their skin and bones.


Cows and pigs are killed for eating their flesh, etc.


Killing animals is a crime and humans should be punished for that.


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Look at these two sentences.

He tumbled backward.


It tuned its head.


The first sentence has an intransitive verb, a verb without an object. The second sentence has a transitive verb. It has a direct object. We can ask: “What did it turn?” You can answer. “Its head. It tuned its head.”


Say whether the verb in each sentence below


is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a


‘what’ question about the verb, as in the


example above. (For some verbs, the object is


a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).


(i) Jody then went to the kitchen.


(ii) The fawn wobbled after him.


(iii) You found him.


(iv) He picked it up.


(v) He dipped his fingers in the milk.


(vi) It bleated frantically and butted him.


(vii) The fawn sucked his fingers.


(viii) He lowered his fingers slowly into the milk.


(ix) It stamped its small hoofs impatiently.


(x) He held his fingers below the level of the milk.


(xi) The fawn followed him.


(xii) He walked all day.


(xiii) He stroked its sides.


(xiv) The fawn lifted its nose.


(xv) Its legs hung limply.

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Here are some words from the lesson. Working in groups, arrange them in the order in which they would appear in the dictionary.

Write down some idioms and phrasal verbs connected to these words. Use the dictionary for more idioms and phrasal verbs.







Close, draw, make, wonder, scrawny,


Parted, clearing, sweet, light, pick


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Imagine you wake up one morning and find a tiny animal on your doorstep. You want to keep it as a pet but your parents are not too happy about it. How would you persuade them to let you keep it? Discuss it in groups and present your arguments the class.

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Imagine you have a new pet that keeps you busy. Write a paragraph describing your pet, the things it does, and the way it makes you feel. Here are some words and phrases that you could use.

frisky, smart, disobedient, loyal, happy, enthusiastic, companion, sharing, friend, rolls in mud, dirties the bed, naughty, lively, playful, eats up food, hides the newspaper, drinks up milk, runs away when called, floats on the water as if dead.