你好 Textbook Chapter 7

My Pets

宠物Pets

chǒng wù

我家有__Wǒ jiā yǒu

My family has….

Does your family have pets?

你家有什什么宠物？Nǐ jiā yǒu shén me chǒng wù

You family has what pets?

Use this sentence to ask a classmate if they have pets. Their answer can be in English.

Pets猫 ⾦金金⻥鱼

⻢马

⻦鸟

狗

māo

gǒu

jīn yú

mǎ

niǎo

Now, It’s your turn! Make each

Chinese character into pictures to remind you of

which animal it is.

⻢马 ⾦金金⻥鱼 猫 ⻦鸟

马

Measure Words

What measure word do you know already?

个

⼀一只One….

liǎng zhī两只

Two….

只yī zhǐ

measure word for dog, cat and bird

zhǐ

Let’s write!

只zhǐ

measure word for some animals

Use 只 to write how many animals there are.zhǐ

Let’s write!

匹pǐ

measure word for horse

Use 匹 to write how many horses there are.pǐ

Let’s write!measure word for fish

条tiáo

Use 条 to write how many fish there are.

tiáo

Animals

gold fish

⾦金金⻥鱼jīn yú

Animalscat

猫māo

Animalsdog

狗gǒu

Animalshorse

⻢马mǎ

Animals

bird

⻦鸟niǎo

Write and Draw我家有 四匹⻢马. 我家有两只狗.

我家有六条⾦金金⻥鱼. 我家有五只猫.

Pete has all these pets. Answer the question below in Chinese.

This is Pete. Nǐ jiā yǒu shén me chǒng wù?

Survey Nǐ jiā yǒu shén me chǒng wù?

Animals Jen Sala Beau

猫

狗

⻢马

⻦鸟

⾦金金⻥鱼

Design a Survey that will discover how many pets (and what kind) your classmates have. The survey must include oral questions and answers recorded on a Survey sheet.

Very big

很hěn dà

⼤大

Very small

很hěn xiǎo

⼩小

Let’s write!

⼤大 ⼩小xiǎodà

Translate into Chinese.

1. This horse is very big.

2. That bird is very small.

3. This dog is very big.

4. That cat is very small.

Don’t forget to use measure words.

Fierce

凶xiōng

Cute

可爱Kě ài

TranslateThat dog is fierce.

This cat is cute!

That bird is very small and very cute.

Now it’s your turn!With a classmate, write a script about

meeting a new friend with a pet. PART 1: Meet someone and find out what pets they have.

PART 2: Meet the pet. Describe the pet as cute or fierce and big or small.