ANIMAL VOCAB
UNIT 1 AND 2 VOCAB
PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT/PAST SIMPLE VS PRESENT/PAST CONTINUOUS
FUTURE VERB TENSES
100

This animal body part helps birds fly.

WING

100

You do this when you carry your bag and walk long distances.

BACKPACKING

100

This tense uses “have/has + past participle” and connects the past with the present

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

100

This tense describes habits and general facts like “I study English on Mondays.”

PRESENT SIMPLE

100

This future tense is used for plans or intentions you have decided before speaking.

BE GOING TO

200

An elephant uses this long body part to pick things up.

TRUNK

200

A traditional story with magic, kings, or talking animals.

FAIRY TALE

200

This tense describes a finished action at a specific time like “yesterday” or “in 2020.”

PAST SIMPLE

200

This tense uses “was/were + verb-ing” for an action in progress in the past.

PAST CONTINUOUS

200

We use this future tense for promises, instant decisions, or predictions based on opinion.

"WILL"

300

A sharp animal body part used to catch or hold prey.

CLAW

300

This word means how fast or slow the music is.

TEMPO

300

Fill-in-the-blank and tell me what tense is being used: “I ____ my friend last night.” (see)

“I SAW my friend last night.” - PAST SIMPLE

300

CORRECT THE MISTAKE: He is driving to work yesterday.

He DROVE to work yesterday.

300

“Look at those dark clouds! It ______ (rain) soon.”

“Look at those dark clouds! It IS GOING TO RAIN soon.”

400

This word describes animals that are in danger of disappearing forever.

ENDANGERED

400

This is the main actor or actress in a movie.

LEAD ROLE

400

Correct this sentence: "I have seen that movie yesterday."

I SAW that movie yesterday.

400

Fill-in-the-blank and tell me what tense is being used: “I ____ my homework at 8 p.m. last night.” (do)

“I WAS DOING my homework at 8 p.m. last night.” - PAST CONTINUOUS

400

“They ______ (travel) to Spain next summer. They already bought tickets.”

“They ARE GOING TO TRAVEL to Spain next summer. They already bought tickets.”

500

Long hairs on a cat’s face that help it feel things.

WHISKERS

500

This previews a movie with exciting clips, and this provides the music heard throughout the film.


Hint: This answer is two of your vocab words.

TRAILER AND SOUNDTRACK

500

Fill-in-the-blank and tell me what tense is being used: “They ____ in this house since 2015.” (live)

“They HAVE LIVED in this house since 2015.” - PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

500

Fill-in-the-blank and tell me what tense is being used: “Yesterday I ___ (walk) home when I ___ (see) my friend. We ___ (talk) for an hour.”

“Yesterday I WAS WALKING home when I SAW my friend. We TALKED for an hour.”

Past Continuous → Past Simple → Past Simple

500

Fill-in-the-blank: "Look at those dark clouds! It ______ (rain) soon. I ______ (bring) an umbrella just in case. My class ______ (start) at 10 a.m., so I need to leave early."

"Look at those dark clouds! It WILL RAIN soon. I AM GOING TO BRING an umbrella just in case. My class STARTS at 10 a.m., so I need to leave early."