animal
/ˈænəməl/A living thing that can move and is not a plant or a person.
Example: My favourite animal at the zoo is the elephant.
A110 words · Beginner
Living Things vocabulary — A1
Simple words for animals and plants, such as animal, bird, fish and tree, plus flower, leaf and seed. Everyday nature words for beginners naming living things around them.
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10bird
/bɜrd/An animal with feathers and two wings that lays eggs.
Example:
A small bird is singing outside my window.
fish
/fɪʃ/An animal that lives in water and swims using its tail.
Example:
We saw hundreds of tiny fish in the river.
tree
/tri/A very tall plant with a thick brown trunk and many branches.
Example:
There's a huge tree in front of our house.
flower
/ˈflaʊər/The pretty coloured part of a plant that grows at the top of a stem.
Example:
He gave her a single red flower.
leaf
/lif/A flat green part that grows on a tree or plant.
Example:
One yellow leaf floats down onto the path.
seed
/sid/A tiny hard thing that you put in the ground so a plant grows.
Example:
Plant the seed about two centimetres deep.
grass
/ɡræs/The short green plant that covers gardens, parks and football fields.
Example:
The grass needs cutting before the party.
egg
/ɛɡ/A round thing with a shell that a bird lays and a baby grows inside.
Example:
The bird sits on her egg all day.
bone
/boʊn/One of the hard white parts inside your body that hold you up.
Example:
He broke a bone in his foot playing football.
