Sheep, young sheep and meat vocabulary

Julie and her sister, Marie, are learning English, they are French.

Julie: What is the English word for the meat of sheep?

Marie: I wrote ‘sheep’s meat’ in my English test, but it was wrong.

Julie: In the dictionary it says ‘mutton’. It comes from the French word ‘mouton’

• The meat of sheep is called 'sheep's meat'

• The meat of sheep is called mouton

• The meat of sheep is called mutton

• The meat of sheep is called sheep

Marie: So when the English are eating sheep they speak French?

Julie: That’s right, because when they eat cows they say beef, which comes from the French word ‘boeuf’

Marie: They like to speak French when they are eating. But the English word mutton doesn’t sound like the French word, it sounds like button. Mutton-button.

• The meat from cows is called button in English.

• The meat from cows is called beef in English.

• The meat from cows is called boeuf in English.

• The meat from cows is called mouton in English.

Julie: And a young sheep is called…

Marie: I know that one, it’s a lamp!

Julie: No, it isn’t. A lamp is a small light you have by your bed. The word we want is lamb. You don’t pronounce the b.

• A young sheep is called a lamp.

• A young sheep is called a lamb.

• A young sheep is called a light.

• A young sheep is called a bed.

Marie: Oh dear! I think I made another mistake in my English test. And when they eat it, do they say ‘agneau’ like in French?

Julie: I don’t know. I can’t find it in the dictionary. Oh, wait, no they say ‘lamb’. The meat and the animal are the same.

Marie: All this talk about lamb and mutton is making me hungry! Is it nearly lunch time?

• The meat of a lamb is called lamb in English.

• The meat of a lamb is called agneau in English.

• The meat of a lamb is called mutton in English.

• The meat of a lamb is called lunch in English.

What is mutton?

• It's the meat of a sheep.

• It's the meat of a lamb.

• It's the meat of a cow.

• It's a small light next to your bed.

What is lamb?

• It's a young sheep

• It's the meat of an adult sheep.

• It's a small light next to your bed.

• It's city in France.

What do you call the meat of a lamb?

• lamb

• lamp

• mutton

• boeuf

What do you call a small light next to your bed? A___

• lamb

• lamp

• mouton

• boeuf

What is the meat of a sheep?

(a)  

What is the meat of a lamb

(a)