Listen to the audio & read the words out loud:

животное animal	домашнее животное pet, domestic animal	кошка / кот* cat	собака dog
птица bird	курица / куры hen, chicken / chickens	попугай parrot	рыбки aquarium fish, pet fish

*NOTE!

In Russian, ‘кошка’ is the general word for a cat. Also, ‘кошка’ usually refers to a female cat, while ‘кот’ refers specifically to a male cat.

Task 5: Watch the video & answer the question

Tanya and Borya are in a pet store.

Vocabulary:

• Это другое. – That’s different.
• мягкий – soft
• милый – cute
• крыса – rat
• рыжий – ginger
• хомяк – hamster
• бояться (я боюсь) – to be afraid (I’m afraid)
• кричать – to scream/shout
• лаять – to bark
• порвать – to tear, to rip
• тапки – slippers
• почти – almost, nearly
• вдруг – what if
• больше, чем меня – more than me

Watch the same video with subtitles

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