Today you’ll learn advanced 8 vocabulary to speak and write about animals.
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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 Speaking and Writing as well.
8 Animal Vocabulary for IELTS
The wild- nature
Domesticated- living in a house with people
Anthropomorphize- putting human characteristics onto animals
Fur- animal hair
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?
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