Pets

1. People often ___________ their pets by giving them human characteristics.

• anthropomorphize

• anthropomorphizing

• anthropomorphic

2. Dr Karen Hiestand designed an experiment to test whether our pets really do ________ about us.

•   

    caring

• cared

• care

•   to care

3. The experiment showed the different responses of cats and dogs to human distress – feelings of worry, sadness or pain. Some cats did nothing except carry on ________.

• to groom

• grooming

• groomed

• groom

In cartoons, Micky Mouse can talk and Donald Duck dances and sings, but we know mice and ducks …. really …  that in nature.

• doesn’t do

• don’t do

• didn’t do

• hasn't done

5. Recently, new research … that sometimes pets do respond to their owner’s feelings.

• is suggested

• suggested

• has suggested

• had suggested

Answer explanation

We use the present perfect with the adverbs lately and recently.

6. If the experiment included Lassie, he’d probably phone the emergency services. (What type of conditional is used here?)

• Zero Conditional

• First Conditional

• Second Conditional

• Third Conditional

Answer explanation

7. The experiment confirms the idea we have of cats … cold and antisocial.

• being

• be

• to be

8. If you … shows like ‘Lassie’, pets know when their human owners feel afraid or in danger.

• believed

• believe

• have believed

• had believed

9. Dogs … from ancient breeds of wolves – very social animals who live together in packs.

• has descended

• had descended

• descended

• are descended

10. He pretended … in agony.

• being

• be

• to be

• having been