Today you’ll learn band score 8 IELTS vocabulary for animals.
The topic of animals is broad, to be sure, but you may meet it on your next exam.
There could be an article from a science journal on your Reading Exam, or a lecture on an endangered species in Listening Section 4, for instance.
Alternatively, questions about animal rights and uses pop up in IELTS Speaking and Writing as well.
8+ Animal Vocabulary for IELTS
The wild– nature
Domesticated– living in a house with people (such as pets)
Anthropomorphize– putting human characteristics onto animals
Fur– animal hair
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Feathers– long special hair on a bird
Hooves– animal feet, like horses and goats
Reptiles– animals that are cold-blooded, with scales
Mammals– animals that are warm-blooded, with hair
Amphibians– animals that can live in the water and on land, no scales
Battery farming– industrial practice of putting lots of animals in rows of small cages
Specimen– research subject
Guinea pig– idiom for anything that is experimented on
Your assignment:
Choose an animal.
Research it to answer these questions: Where does it live? Is it native to the area? What is it used for? What are its characteristics?
Also, if you are learning English with your children, watch the cartoon Wild Kratts!
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