What do these idioms and expressions mean?

· Eat someone alive

· Eat one’s heart out

· Eat like a bird

· Eat like a horse

· Eat someone out of house and home

· Eat one’s words

· Have someone eating out of one’s hand

· I’ll eat my hat

· What’s eating you?

 

Find these phrasal verbs in the dictionary and write the definitions with the examples down:

· Eat something away -

· Eat into -

· Eat someone up -

· Eat something up -

 

 

Match the ways of drinking to their meanings:

1. Drain

2. Sip

3. Swig

4. Swill

5. Slurp

6. Sup

 

a.  Drink (something) greedily or in large quantities.

b.  Drink in large draughts.

c.  Drink or eat (something) with a loud sucking noise.

d.  Drink the entire contents of (a glass or other container)

e. Take (drink or liquid food) by sips or spoonfuls.

f.  Drink (something) by taking small mouthfuls.

 

Fill in the gaps with the words above, using an appropriate form:

1.  He ______ noisily from a wine glass

2.  The stranger _____ his glass of beer

3.  They whiled away their evening _____ pints of bitter

4.  I sat _____ coffee

5.  She _____ up her soup delightedly

6. Dave _____ the wine in five gulps

 

 

What do these idioms and expressions mean?

· Drink and drive

· Drink deep

· Drink someone’s health

· Drink(a toast) to

· Drink someone under the table

· Drive someone to drink

· I’ll drink to that

· In drink

· Drink and dial

 

Find the synonyms for DRUNK:

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Zoological terms

 

Match the zoological terms with their meanings:

 

1. Endothermic                                      a. active at night

2. Ectothermic                                       b. passing the winter in a lethargic and  

                                                                  low-metabolic state

3. Diurnal                                                c. two-footed

4. Nocturnal                                           d. having handlike feet

5. Bioluminescent                                 e. warm-blooded

6. Hibernating                                        f. four-footed

7. Aestivating                                         g. cold-blooded

8. Bicrural                                               h. passing the summer in a lethargic   

                                                                  and low-metabolic state                                             

9. Biped, bipedal                                    i. having arms

10.  Quadruped, tetrapod                      j. many-footed

11.  Polyped, polypod                             k. active during daylight

12.  Apodal, apodan, apodous               l. having no feet

13.  Pedimanous, pedimane                 m. having nails or claws 

14.  Brachiate                                            n. two-handed

15.  Bimanous                                           o. two-legged

16.  Unguiculate                                       p. having feathered feet

17.  Plumiped                                           q. emitting light  

 

Choose diurnal or nocturnal:

 

1. Sparrow      __________

2. Lion              __________

3. Zebra           __________

4. Owl              __________

5. Butterfly      __________

6. Cockroach   __________

7. Fox                __________

8. Tiger             __________

9. Giraffe          __________

10.  Badger         __________

11.  Snail             __________

12.  Hedgehog    __________

 

 

Choose hibernating or aestivating:

 

1. Hamster     __________

2. Lizard          __________

3. Bat               __________

4. Frog             __________

5. Hedgehog   __________

6. Bear             __________

7. Crocodile    __________

8. Bees             __________

9. Snail             __________

10. Tortoise       __________

 

Study animal families:

 

 

Match:

 

Word choice:

Word search:

 

Word scramble:

 

Spelling bee:

 

 

Animals	Sounds
Apes	gibber
Bats	screech
Bears	growl
Bees	hum and buzz
Birds	chirrup, chirp, twitter, tweet, sing, whistle
Calves	bleat
Camels	grunt
Cats	mew, purr, meow, hiss, yowl
Cattle	moo, low, bawl (calf), bellow (bull)
Chicks	cheep
Chickens	cluck, cackle
Cocks	crow
Cows	low, moo
Crickets	chirp, creak
Crows	caw
Deers	bell
Dogs	bark
Dolphins	click
Donkeys	bray
Doves	coo
Ducks	quack
Eagles	scream
Elephants	trumpet, roar, toot
Fish	blub
Flies	buzz, hum
Foxes	bark, yelp, simper
Frogs	croak
Giraffes	bleat
Goats	bleat
Geese	cackle, quack
Grasshoppers	chirp
Hamsters	squeak
Hares	squeak
Hens	cackle, cluck
Humans	whisper, whistle, cry, scream, sing, talk
Hogs	grunt
Horses	neigh, snort, whinny, nicker
Hummingbirds	hum
Hyenas	laugh, scream
Jackals	howl
Kangaroos	chortle
Koalas	scream, bellow, wail
Lambs	bleat
Larks	sing, warble
Lions	roar, growl
Mice	squeak and squeal
Monkeys	chatter, gibber, whoop, screech
Mosquitoes	whine
Nightingales	pipe, sing, warble
Ostriches	chirp, bark, hiss, low hum
Owls	hoot, scream, screech, shriek
Oxen	bellow, low
Parrots	talk, screech, squawk
Peacocks	scream
Pigs	snort, grunt, squeal, oink
Pigeons	coo
Rabbits	squeak, drum
Rats	squeak
Ravens	croak
Rhinoceros	bellow
Rooster	crow
Seagulls	scream, squawk
Seals	bark
Sheep	bleat
Snakes	hiss
Tigers	growl, roar
Turkeys	gobble
Vultures	scream
Whales	sing
Wolves	howl, cry, yell
Zebras	whinny

 

Fill in the gaps:

 

Dog goes "_____"
Cat goes "______"
Bird goes "_____"
And mouse goes "______"
Cow goes "_____"
Frog goes "_____"
And the elephant goes "_____"
Ducks say "______"
And fish go "_______"
And the seal goes "______”

But there's one sound
That no one knows
What does the fox say?

 

 

Fill in the correct word/phrase: puppy fat, bookworm, wild goose chase, whale of time, frog in my throat, fly on the wall.

 

1. Could I have a glass of water, please? I’ve got a _________.

2. Julie knows all about the latest books on the market. She’s a real _______.

3. The documents weren’t where you said they’d be. Did you send me on a _____________?

4. I’d like to be a _________ when Jane announces her engagement to her parents.

5. My son’s getting very chubby but the doctor said not to worry as it’s only __________.

6. The children were having ___________ at the party and didn’t want to leave.

 

 

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