WorksheetsCows, young cows and meat reading comprehension
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 20mins
Abdullah and his brother Said are talking.
Abdullah: How do you say ‘a young cow’ in English?
Said: I don’t know, can you just say a one-year-old cow?
Abdullah: Yes, but there’s a word for it.
Said: The translator says caf
Abdullah: Ahh, no, I remember now, it’s not caf it’s calf. It sounds like car with an f on the end.
A young cow is called 'A one-year-old cow'
A young cow is called a caf
A young cow is called a calf
A young cow is called a car
Said: Calf. There’s that song, isn’t there, that dad likes: ’Baby got a fast calf…’ Why has a baby got a fast calf? That’s dangerous!
Abdullah: It’s ‘fast car’ not ‘fast calf’.
Said: That’s worse! Baby’s can’t have fast cars!
Abdullah: It’s not really a baby, it’s habibi in English. The woman is singing to her sweatheart -a man -her habibi.
Said: Oh, I see
The song is about a baby and a fast calf
The song is about a baby and fast car
The song is about a man and a fast car
The song is about a fast calf and a sweetheart
Abdullah: Anyway, the word is calf. But they don't call the meat ‘calf' when they eat it, they call it veal.
Said: They call it feel? The English are very strange.
Abdullah: No, ‘veal’ it sounds like feel but with a v.
A calf's meat is called veal.
A calf's meat is called feel
A calf's meat is called strange.
A calf's meat is called calf.
Said: But the word for when they eat cow’s meat is beef. I remember that from school.
Abdullah: So, a cow’s meat is beef but a calf’s meat is veal.
Said: And if you eat a car, what do you eat?
Abdullah: You eat a lot of metal!
A cow's meat is called veal.
A calf's meat is called beef.
A cow's meat is called veal and a calf's meat is called metal.
A cow's meat is called beef and a calf's meet is called veal.
What is a calf?
the meat of a cow
the meat of a young cow
a young cow
an American cow
What is veal?
It's the meat of a cow
It's the meat of a calf
It's a young cow
It's a baby with a fast car
What is the meat from a cow called?
veal
calf
metal
beef
Baby is a word that small human and also
sweetheart
cow
calf
car
A young cow is called a
(a)
the meat of a cow is called
(a)
the meat of a calf is called
(a)
Have you ever eaten veal? Do you like it? (Write 10 words or more)
What is your favourite beef meal. What other ingredients does it contain? (Write 15 words or more).
What is your favourite meat
beef
camel
veal
goat
