VOCABULARY

BUILDING
 VOCABULARY BUILD-UP does not only
provide the learner ready and proper
terms for communication but will also
facilitate understanding, instrumental in
developing one’s reading skill. Hence, a
developing reader should also be made familiar
with some terminologies, abbreviations,
symbols, and signs that help him cope with the
desired level of comprehension.
• BIRDIE- a young bird • CALF- a young cow, carabao,
elephant, antelope, rhino
hippo, whale or buffalo
• CHANGELING- a child • CHEEPER- a young quail or
secretly left in place of grouse
another
• CHICK - a young fowl or • COCKEREL a young cock or
chicken rooster
• CODLING - a young • COLT- a young male horse
codfish
• CUB - a young lion, fox • CYGNET (syg.net)- a young
or bear swan
• DUCKLING- a young • EAGLET- a young eagle
duck
• ELVER- a young eel • EYAS - a young hawk
• FAWN- a young deer • FILLY- a young female
horse
• FIRSTLING- a first-born • FLAPPER- a young bird still
child unable to fly; a
sophisticated young lady
• FLEDGLING- a young • FOAL- a young zebra,
bird with growing giraffe, camel or of an
feathers and about to animal that belongs to the
leave its nest horse family
• FRY OR FINGERLING- a • GOSLING- a young goose
young fish
• HEIFER- a young female • JOEY- a young kangaroo
cow that has not given
birth to a calf
• KID- a young goat • KITTEN OR CATLING- a
young cat
• LAMB, LAMBKIN, • LITTER- a young mouse or
COSSET- a young sheep rat
• LEVERET- a young hare • NESTLING- a young bird,
of less than a year too small or young to leave
its nest
• OWLET- a young owl • PARR OR SMOLT - a young
salmon
• PIGLET, FARROW- a • POULT- a young turkey
young pig or suckling
• PULLET- a young hen of • PUP- a young seal or sea
less than a year lion
• PUPPY- a young dog • SPAT- a young oyster
 • STEER- a young male cow
• SQUAB- a young pigeon
or ox, particularly, the
or dove
castrated one
• TADPOLE OR • WHELP- a young wolf or
POLLIWOG - a young dog
frog
• YEARLING- a general • YOUNGLING- a general
term for a year-old term for the young of an
young of an animal animal
EXERCISE A-1 (THE YOUNG OF ANIMALS)
MATCHING TYPE: DIRECTION: Match the items under Column
A with those of Column B and write the letters of the answers
on the blank.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
EXERCISE A-2 (THE YOUNG OF ANIMALS)
MATCHING TYPE: DIRECTION: Match the items under Column A
with those of Column B and write the letters of the answers on the
blank.
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

Terminologies that may be used to

ascertain more precisely the aggregation of
animals that may help enrich and develop the
vocabulary of anyone who enjoys the play of
words both in oral and written
communication.
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Arrays of ducks, geese • Band of monkeys

or swan
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Bed of oysters, snails or • Brood of chicks

shells
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Clutch of chicken • Cluster of hawks, herons or

swallows
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Colony of ants, • Drove of cows, carabaos or

termites or earwigs horses
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Fleet of ships • Flight or flocks of bird

TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Flocks or fold of sheep, • Herd of elephants or

goats, or deer buffalos
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Horde of cats, tigers, • Layer of clams

lions or leopards
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Litter of rats • Multitude of spectators

TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Muster of kangaroos • Pack of dogs, wolves or

foxes
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Ring of crabs • Round of piglets, swine or

pigs
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Row of peacocks, • School or shoal of fish,

turkeys or ostriches squids or octopi/
octopodes
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Swarm of bees, flies, • Thrush of quails, mayas

mosquitoes or
grasshoppers
TERMINOLOGIES USED TO CLASSIFY OR
IDENTIFY GROUPS OF ANIMALS OR ORGANISMS

• Troop of gorillas • Yoke of oxen, bull, or of

the bovine animal
EXERCISE B-1 (ON GROUPS OF ANIMALS)
DIRECTION: give the proper term used to identify the group of
animals specified in each number. Write your answer on the
blank.

___________________________ 1. Group of ants

______________________ 2. Group of birds
_______________________3. Group of monkeys
_______________________4. Group of oysters
_______________________5. Group of hawks
_______________________6. Group of carabaos
_______________________7. Group of sheep
_______________________8. Group of tigers
_______________________9. Group of chickens
_______________________10. Group of quails
_______________________11. Group of bees
_______________________12. Group of gorillas
_______________________13. Group of fish
_______________________14. Group of pigs
_______________________15. Group of turkeys
_______________________16. Group of crabs
_______________________17. Group of rats
_______________________18. Group of oxen
_______________________19. Group of grasshoppers
_______________________20. Group of dogs
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ANSWER KEY: 11. Swarm
12. Troop
1. Colony 13. School or Shoal
2. Flocks or Flight 14. Round
3. Band 15. Row
4. Bed 16. Ring
5. Cluster 17.Litter
6. Drove 18. Yoke
7. Flocks or Fold 19. Swarm
8. Horde 20. pack
9. Clutch
10. Trush
Thank you!