Names of pets in English. My Favorite Animal (Stories about Animals in English). Video: “Animals in English: video trainer”

We are all, to some extent, dependent on our smaller brothers. These cute little bundles of happiness bring us joy and lift our spirits. And although not all animals can be called cute, this makes their role in the existence of planet Earth no less important. Animals in English is the basis that all students go through when studying English. So that your vocabulary does not end with dogs and cats, you need to make a little effort. C"mon!

To make it easier for you to learn the names of animals in English, we have divided them by type. For example: domestic, farm, wild and exotic animals. In this article you will find lists where animals are presented in English with transcription. We are sure that you had no idea about the existence of some of the list.

Pets

Those very favorites that many want to acquire. Most of the words below may not be new to intermediate or beginner level students, but they can be extremely relevant to beginners learning English. Also, a list of pets in English for children will be very useful. In addition, animals in English for children and adults will be easier to learn if you use the Training section, which is absolutely free for all our registered users. You can simply create a list of words called “Animals”, the translation of which you will enter there. After studying this list, English will seem a little easier to you. And to ensure that your spelling is correct, we have added a transcription to each word.

So let's get started.

Pets in English:

cat cat
kitten kitty
dog dog
puppy["pʌpɪ] puppy
hamster["hæmstə] hamster
parrot["pærət] parrot
guinea pig["ɡɪnɪ pɪɡ] guinea pig

Farm animals

Those friends who benefit us in the household are our irreplaceable helpers and breadwinners. You may already be familiar with most of the words on the list, but words like “lamb” and “kid” are less common. In English vocabulary, however, they will not be superfluous. When you are in a store abroad, now you definitely won’t be at a loss, if, of course, you want such meat.

Farm animals in English:

chicken["tʃɪkɪn] chicken
rooster["ru:stə] rooster
turkey["tɜ:kɪ] turkey
gobbler["gɔblə] turkey
goat[ɡəʊt] goat
billy goat goat
kid kid
sheep[ʃi:p] sheep
ram ram
lamb lamb
bull bull
cow cow
calf calf
horse horse
stallon["stæljən] foal
colt foal
mare mare
pig pig
sow female pig
piglet["pɪɡlɪŋ] pig
rabbit["ræbɪt] rabbit
kit rabbit, kitten
doe female (rabbit, deer, hare, goat, rat, mouse, ferret, kangaroo)
buck male (rabbit, hare, deer, antelope, sheep, goat)

Wild animals

Those that delight and frighten us are those, unfortunately or fortunately, that are not found in our country and cities, such as in Australia or Africa. But what if you happen to go on a luxury safari in Africa? It's worth improving your wildlife vocabulary to fully understand or even correct your guide.

Of course, you may never meet some animals in real life, but broadening your horizons has never harmed anyone. By the way, if you are not aware, it will be very useful to watch programs about wild animals in English. This way, you will improve your listening skills and also expand your vocabulary. Also remember that when learning new words, be it fruits, vegetables or animals, the English translation must be from a trusted source.

Wild animals in English:

crocodile["krɒkədaɪl] crocodile
deer deer
elephant["elɪfənt] elephant
elk elk
fox fox
giraffe giraffe
goat[ɡəʊt] goat
hare hare
hippopotamus hippopotamus
hyena hyena
jaguar["dʒæɡjʊə] jaguar
leopard["lɛpəd] leopard
lion["laɪən] lion
lynx lynx
marten["mɑ:tɪn] marten
mink mink
mole mole
mongoose["mɒŋɡu:s] mongoose
monkey["mʌŋki] monkey, monkey
mouse mouse
hedgehog["hedʒhɔg] hedgehog
muskrat["mʌskræt] muskrat
otter["ɒtə] otter
panda["pændə] panda
panther["pænθə] panther
polar["pəʊlə] fox arctic fox
puma["pju:mə] cougar
raccoon raccoon
rhinoceros rhinoceros
sable["seɪbl] sable
squirrel["skwɪrəl] squirrel
tiger["taɪɡə] tiger
tortoise["tɔ:təs] turtle (land)
wolf wolf
yak yak
zebra["zi:brə] zebra

Exotic animals

And these are the most unique, strange, disappearing and rare, crawling and rustling “troubles” that are phobias for many. Let them remain in your life only in your vocabulary. Although, you can have a cute turtle at home, just like a snake, but this is not an acquired taste. And, for example, you can even find a lizard in your country house. There are rumors that you can even buy a penguin for $5,000, but this must be a very carefully considered purchase.

Exotic animals in English:

hissing cockroach hissing cockroach
triton["trʌɪt(ə)n] tritone
piranha piranha
scorpion["skɔ:pɪən] scorpio
salamander["saləmandə] salamander
chameleon chameleon
tarantula tarantula
green iguana green iguana
tamandua ant-eater
flying squirrel["flaɪɪŋ "skwɪr(ə)l] flying squirrel
kinkajou["kɪŋkədʒu:] kinkajou (chain-tailed bear)
Chanterelle Fennec[ʃæntə"rel "fɛnɛk] fennec fox, African fox
skunk skunk
capybara capybara, capybara
hermit crab["hɜ:mɪt kræb] hermit crab
bush baby galago (prosimian)
alligator["alɪɡeɪtə] alligator
crocodile["krɒkədʌɪl] crocodile
emu["i:mju:] emu
ostrich["ɒstrɪtʃ] ostrich
penguin["pɛŋɡwɪn] penguin
snake snake
tortoise["tɔ:təs] turtle
lizard lizard
chinchilla chinchilla
kangaroo kangaroo

Conclusion

Any animal, like a person, has the right to a happy existence in this world. Make the decision to buy a pet consciously; do not leave your beloved kittens at home alone for days. Even wild animals are of great benefit to flora and fauna; it is important to love and protect nature.

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Subject “Animals”- one of the first ones encountered when learning English. Today we will look at the names of domestic animals, wild animals, groups of animals (such as a flock) in English, and also learn how animals “speak” in English. All words are given with transcription and translation.

Pet names in English

Note:

1. words mouse – mice, not mice.
2. Word sheep in the plural too sheep(the shapes are the same).

Wild animals in English

Note: word deer in the plural too deer the shapes are the same.

Groups of animals in English

In addition to the names of individual animals, there are names of groups of animals. In Russian we say a flock of sheep, a flock of wolves, but not a herd of wolves and a flock of sheep. Here is what groups of animals are called in English with a rough translation (rough because the exact one depends on the context):

As you can see, some words are similar to Russian, some are very different: we also say “ant colony”, but we don’t say “rabbit colony”. What amused me most was that a group of kittens, puppies and other youngsters is called litter - literally, scattered things, garbage, disorder.

What do animals say in English? Song for children

Another interesting topic regarding animals is how their “speech” is conveyed in English. For example, we say that a bird chirps “tweet-tweet” and a pig grunts “oink-oink,” but an Englishman will say that the bird chirps “tweet-tweet” and the pig grunts “oink, oink.”

Here we need to highlight two groups of words:

• Onomatopoeias like “quack-quack”, “oink-oink”.
• Verbs that name the process of “speech” itself, for example: quack, grunt.

Onomatopoeia is well demonstrated in this nursery rhyme:

And here is a list of some, let's say, verbs of speech. In brackets are the names of animals and birds to which these actions may relate.

Now let’s look at what animals these “verbs of speech” refer to:

• growl– bears, tigers, lions
• squeak– rodents (mice, chinchillas, etc.), rabbits
• scream- monkey
• roar– lions, bears
• cluck- Chicken
• moo– cows
• chirp– crickets, cicadas
• bleat– goats, sheep
• bark- dogs
• howl– dogs, wolves
• quack– ducks
• hiss– snakes
• tweet- birds
• meow, purr– cats

I will give examples with some verbs:

Can you hear the dogs barking? Go, check the backyard. - Do you hear, dogs? bark? Go check out the backyard.

Whose cat is meowing ouside for like an hour? – Whose cat is this for about an hour? meows on the street?

The mouse sqeaked and hide under the pillow. - Mouse squeaked and hid under the pillow.

My neighbor's dog howls like a wolf every night. – My neighbor’s dog howls like a wolf every night.

When studying English, it is impossible to ignore such a topic as animals. Animals are mentioned in ordinary daily conversations, films are made and books are written about them, and animals are often the heroes of common expressions and jokes.

In English, all animal names are neuter and can be replaced by the pronoun it.

The whale is in the sea- Whale in the sea.
It is in the sea- He's at sea.

But in the case when it is necessary to indicate the gender of an animal or indicate its special place, you can use the pronouns he or she.

This is my wombat. She is two years old- This is my wombat. She is two years old.

We have prepared for you a list of the most common wild and domestic animals and a table of how the animals themselves “speak” in English.

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Pets

Forest animals

Wild animals

How animals say in English

Animal names for children

It is much easier for a child to learn the names of animals in English with the help of songs and poems, especially when they are accompanied by visuals. On the Internet you can find many cartoons and short videos about domestic and wild animals and the sounds they make. We have made a small selection of such videos for you.

It is impossible to imagine learning English without learning the names of animals. After familiarizing yourself with a minimum of vocabulary and the simplest grammatical structures, you need to move on to short texts in which the presence of animals as characters is highly desirable. When we teach animals in English for children, the traditional set includes approximately equal numbers of domestic and wild fauna. It is better to start memorizing with one-syllable words, gradually moving to two- and three-syllable names.

Animal names in English

At the very beginning of training, it is acceptable for animals in English to be learned with pronunciation in Russian, that is, with Russian transcription. It is strongly recommended that, in parallel with memorizing words, you learn English transcription signs, without knowledge of which it will be impossible to work with any dictionary.

Domestic animals

Cat - Cat

Cow - Cow

Dog - Dog

Duck - Duck

Donkey - Donkey

Goat - Goat

Goose - Goose (goose)

Hamster - Hamster (hamste)

Chicken - Hen

Horse - Horse (hos)

Mouse - Mouse (mouse)

Pig - Pig (pig)

Rabbit - Rabbit

Sheep - Sheep (thorn) [ʃ I:p]

Having gone to the section animals in English with a translation into Russian, it is very important to explain to the child that the British not only call animals “not our way,” but also hear most of the sounds they make differently from us. For example, an English dog barks "bow-bow" or "woof-woof", the chicken clucks "cluck-cluck", the mouse squeaks "squeak-squeak" and the sheep bleats "baa-baa".

It's helpful to introduce these sounds with sentences like these:

• The pig on the farm goes “oink-oink”.
• The horse on the field goes “neigh-neigh”.
• The cow on the meadow says “moo-moo”.

Children notice that native speakers hear some animals in a very unique way, and, for example, the mooing of a cow or the meowing of a cat is reproduced approximately equally by our speech apparatus.

It is also useful to compose dialogues with approximately the following content:

• - What does the cat on the roof say?
• It says “miaow”.

Or a little more complicated:

• - Does the duck in the pool say “oink-oink”?
• No, it isn't. The duck says “quack-quack”.

Wild animals

Bear - Bear (bee)

Crocodile - Crocodile (crocodile)

Deer - Deer

Elephant - Elephant

Giraffe - Giraffe (giraffe)

Fox - Fox (fox)

Koala - Koala (kouale)

Leopard - Leopard (laped)

Monkey - Monkey (monkey)

Ostrich - Ostrich [ɔstritʃ]

Panda - Panda (panda)

Snake - Snake (snake)

Turtle - Tortoise (totes)

Keith - Whale

Zebra - Zebra (zebra)

He, she or it?

When learning the names of wild animals, there is no particular need to reproduce sounds, perhaps with the exception of snakes (hiss). It should be noted that in everyday situations and in real life pronouns he And she are not used in relation to animals. In most cases, you need to use a pronoun it, which is used when referring to inanimate objects. For example:

This is a crocodile. It is green long and fierce.

In fairy tales and some stories, animals are personified and “rewarded” with the pronouns he or she. There is also one very interesting feature in the English language: when you are told about any animal that has a nickname or name (in fairy tales), it is “introduced” as follows:

John, the Cat
Gray, the Horse
Martin, the Bear.

Smart as a monkey

Just like in the Russian language, animals from the British or Americans are endowed with qualities that are inherent in some people. In some cases, these comparisons coincide with ours, when they say about a person that he has the strength and endurance of a horse. For example:

Dick was strong as a horse and he could easily make fifteen kilometers on foot.

On the other hand, when we teach animals in English to children, they need to be taught that we and native English speakers have differences in mentality, and therefore we perceive many realities of life differently. In the field of the animal world, this is especially pronounced in relation to wolves and monkeys. Yes, in some fairy tales we treat the wolf with disdain, but we will never compare a man with a wolf in the following way:

"He's stupid as a wolf", and English-speaking people do this: "Brian's as stupid as a wolf".

Even more curious is the attitude of the British towards monkeys. If we say that a person is as smart as a monkey, most likely he will take this as an insult, but among native speakers this is literally the highest praise:

“Tracy has finished her school with honors - she’s as clever as a monkey”.

As a rule, such transfers of human characters onto animals can be found in fables in literature. The characters there are usually various animals. Reading fables in English is one of the ways to expand your vocabulary; there you will find many names of animals, words that describe character and behavior. At the end of each fable there is usually a moral stated. From these final sentences, which characterize different life situations, you can take a lot of useful things to enrich your speech.

On the educational site, in addition to short funny stories, interesting stories and fairy tales, English fables are also used to learn English. On our website, a user with any initial level of knowledge will find suitable educational material for himself.

Without knowing at least basic “animal” vocabulary, a foreigner in a conversation with an English-speaking interlocutor risks missing a significant part of the information. The topic of animals in English, like the weather, is a kind of life preserver that you can resort to if the conversation has reached a dead end. When you find yourself visiting someone you don’t know well, you can easily win him over if you start asking about pets. And you can make acquaintance with an interesting person in the park by talking about the dog walking with him.

Children and adults enthusiastically learn the names of animals in English. It is easier for kids to remember the names of animals than abstract things. One of the first questions that children ask in foreign language lessons is how do you say “animals” in English?

Pets in English

As a rule, students can answer the question of what pets are called in English after the very first lessons. Children begin their acquaintance with this topic by learning songs and rhymes about cats and dogs. And adults learn to talk about their pets and briefly describe them. It is common for English-speaking people to divide all the animals that are usually kept in the house into those that bring real benefits to humans (cow, sheep, ram), and indoor animals created for entertainment. The first are called domestic animals, the second - pet. At the first stage of learning a language, it will be enough to learn the names of the very animals that a person gets not for benefit, but as friends:

1. dog - dog
2. puppy ["pʌpɪ] - puppy
3. cat - cat, cat
4. kitten - kitten
5. parrot ["pærət] - parrot
6. hamster ["hæmstə] - hamster
7. chinchilla [ʧɪnˈʧɪlə] - chinchilla
8. guinea pig ["ɡɪnɪ pɪɡ] - guinea pig
9. mouse - mouse
10. rat - rat

Farm animals

After you have mastered the names of our smaller brothers from the pets group, you can begin to study domestic animals, that is, domestic animals that give us meat, milk, and wool. Here, as in Russian, the same animal, depending on the genus, and often age, is called differently. For example, a horse is horse, but a mare will already be mare, a stallion will be stallion [ˈstæljən], and a foal will be colt. However, to begin with, it is enough to remember the word horse. Below is a list of animals with translation. We classify all these animals as domestic or farm animals.

• chicken ["tʃɪkɪn] - chicken
• rooster ["ru:stə] - rooster
• cow - cow
• bull - bull
• pig - pig
• piglet ["pɪɡlɪt] - piglet
• turkey ["tɜ:kɪ] - turkey
• sheep [ʃi:p] - sheep
• ram - ram
• lamb - lamb
• horse - horse
• rabbit ["ræbɪt] - rabbit
• goat - goat
• donkey [ˈdɒŋki] - donkey

You will often come across the names of these animals in everyday life. After all, the British and Americans, just like Russian speakers, tend to use the names of farm animals in comparative characteristics in relation to people, as well as in various sayings and idioms.

Wild animals

The word "beasts" in English sounds like animals. Accordingly, native speakers call wild animals wild animals. This category of animals includes individuals whose natural habitat is forests, jungles, savannas, ponds, etc. Most of us encounter these animals only in zoos and circuses. But even if your plans do not include a safari, the names of some well-known wild and exotic animals in English are worth remembering, if only just to make your speech more figurative. Otherwise, how can you tell your interlocutor that your boss is as powerful as a lion, but your colleague has the wisdom of a snake?

Wild and exotic animals with transcription and translation

Insects and reptiles

The chance of meeting a wild or exotic animal for the average Russian, as well as for an avid traveler, is relatively small. But each of us can encounter an insect, and in some areas a reptile, at any moment. And these meetings are not always pleasant. Therefore, knowing the names of dangerous insects and reptiles in English is no less important than the international SOS alarm. In case of unwanted encounters with insects and reptiles while traveling to exotic countries, you can warn about the danger.

So, the short list of names of insects and reptiles in English, which everyone should familiarize themselves with, looks like this:

1. Fly - fly
2. Spider - spider
3. Bee - bee
4. Scorpion - scorpion
5. Wasp - wasp
6. Mosquito - mosquito, mosquito
7. Beetle - beetle
8. Crocodile - crocodile
9. Turtle - turtle
10. Snake - snake
11. Rattlesnake - rattlesnake
12. Cobra - cobra
13. Dinosaur - dinosaur

Of course, you are unlikely to encounter the latter anywhere. But knowing the English name of this terrible reptile, you can always discuss Jurassic Park.

Birds

In order to completely conquer others with your knowledge about animals in English, in addition to the above words, you should supplement your vocabulary with at least a few names of birds. And the word bird alone is clearly not enough here.

We have already mentioned some domestic birds above, but now we will give a short list of wild birds:

• sparrow ["spærəʋ] - sparrow
• raven ["reɪvən] - raven
• penguin ["peŋwɪn] - penguin
• swallow ["swɔləu] - swallow
• dove - dove
• swan - swan
• eagle ["iːgl] - eagle
• owl - owl
• crane [ʹkreın] - crane
• bullfinch [ˊbulfɪntʃ] - bullfinch
• magpie ["mægpaɪ] - magpie

Groups of animals in English

Now we understand perfectly how to name one animal in English. But what if there are several of these animals? In Russian, different groups of animals have their own names. For example, wolves gather in packs, snakes form a nest, etc. In English everything is similar.

So, if we have a group of kittens or puppies in front of us, then we use the word litter[ˈlɪtə], which can be translated as “brood” or “litter.” Lions form a pride ( pride), snakes - nest ( nest). A school of fish in English sounds like school .

Fans of TV series and films about werewolves may know that a pack of wolves, like dogs, is called pack, but a flock of birds - flock. Groups of cattle, pigs, sheep and goats form a herd - herd, but ants and rabbits, in the understanding of English-speaking people, are colonies ( colony[ˈkɒləni]). And finally, a swarm of insects (butterflies, bees, flies) in English is called swarm .

What do wild and domestic animals “talk” about in English?

When learning English, it is important to understand that animals in this language are not animated. Animals in English correspond to the pronoun it. An exception to this rule are fairy tales, where animals, as a rule, are given some human traits. Many fairy-tale animals have names, and the pronouns he (he) and she (she) are used to them. The same applies to pets. People often think of pets in the home as family members or friends, so we also use he and she pronouns when referring to them.

The topic “animals in English” will be more interesting for children if you tell them how, in the understanding of residents of English-speaking countries, pets “talk”. In Russian, a cat meows, that is, it makes the sound “meow”. In English this verb corresponds to the word meow. Bears, tigers and lions roar ( growl). The clucking of a chicken in English is expressed by a verb cluck. The English hear a dog barking as " bow-bow" or " woof-woof", sheep bleating - " baa-baa", mouse squeaking - " squeak-squeak" And the rooster in English in the morning does not crow “crow”, but “ cock-a-doodle-doo" A horse's neighing is heard by children in the UK as " neigh-neigh", pigs make a sound " oink-oink", owls - " hoot", and the birds - " chirp».

And here is a list of verbs that will help you characterize the actions of certain animals:

• squeak - squeak (rodents and rabbits);
• moo - moo (cows);
• scream - scream (monkey);
• roar - roar, growl (bears and lions);
• chirp [ʧɜːp] - chirp (cicadas and crickets);
• purr - purr (cats);
• tweet - tweet (birds);
• hiss - hiss (snakes);
• quack - quack (ducks);
• howl - howl (wolves and dogs);
• bleat - bleat (sheep, goats);
• bark - bark (dogs).

Simple ways to remember animal names in English

For children, animals in English are always an interesting topic. Kids easily remember the names of animals with the help of pictures, all kinds of cartoons, simple songs and poems. Animals appear in many children's fairy tales, which are useful to read not only for children, but also for adults learning English.