What do cats do all day?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Have you got a cat?
2. Do you like cats?
3. What do cats eat?
4. How long do you sleep?
5. What do you do in the afternoon?
6. What don't you like to do?

Read each word and the example. Then say one sentence with the word.

Choose the word that fits.

1. A young cat is a .
2. A short sleep in the day is a .
3. Cats mice and small animals.
4. Cats their fur with their tongues.
5. A cat that is not sleeping is .
6. A cat that runs and plays a lot is .
7. A person who does not want to work is .
8. A kitten plays with a mouse.

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. a kitten is a
   young catold birdbig dog
2. to hunt = to look for animals to
   washdraweat
3. awake is the opposite of
   asleepsmallactive
4. lazy = not wanting to
   sleepworkeat
5. a nap is a short
   sleepwalkmeal
6. active = doing
   one thingnothinga lot of things

Use these phrases to say what you do and do not do.

• It doesn't...Воно не...It doesn't like water.
• It sleeps for...Воно спить...It sleeps for fourteen hours.
• It doesn't eat...Воно не їсть...It doesn't eat vegetables.
• I don't...Я не...I don't sleep in the afternoon.
• We don't...Ми не...We don't have a dog.
• They don't...Вони не...They don't like water.
• He doesn't...Він не...He doesn't get up early.
• She doesn't...Вона не...She doesn't watch TV.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. A cat sleeps for about twelve to sixteen hours a day.
   TrueFalse
2. A cat sleeps all the time.
   TrueFalse
3. A cat washes its fur with its tongue.
   TrueFalse
4. Cats like water.
   TrueFalse
5. A pet cat doesn't need to hunt for food.
   TrueFalse

1. Do you want to be a cat for a day?
2. Is a cat a good pet?
3. What does your pet do all day?
4. What don't you like to do?

Common mistakes: use don't / doesn't + the base verb, and do not add -s after doesn't. ✗ He doesn't likes fish → He doesn't like fish. ✗ I no eat meat → I don't eat meat. ✗ She don't sleep → She doesn't sleep.

1. I
   doesn'tdon't
   eat meat.
2. She
   doesn'tdon't
   eat meat.
3. We
   doesn'tdon't
   have a dog.
4. They
   doesn'tdon't
   work on Sunday.
5. It
   doesn'tdon't
   like water.
6. He doesn't
   likelikes
   fish.
7. My cat doesn't
   sleepsleeps
   at night.
8. You
   doesn'tdon't
   get up early.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. She don't sleep in the afternoon. →
2. He doesn't likes fish. →
3. I no eat meat. →
4. The cat don't like water. →
5. We doesn't have a dog. →
6. My brother doesn't plays tennis. →

Answer with full sentences. Use the Present Simple and say what you do and do not do.

1. What do you not eat?
2. What don't you do on Sunday?
3. What doesn't your best friend like?
4. What doesn't your pet do?
5. Why don't you get up late?
6. What don't you like?

Three people tell about their cats. Compare them. Whose cat sleeps the most? Whose cat is the most active? What does your pet do all day?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: say what your pet or an animal does all day.
3. Part 2: say what the animal doesn't do.
4. Part 3: say what you do and what you don't do in a normal day.

1. Do you like cats?
2. What don't you eat?
3. What don't you do on Sunday?
4. Do you take a nap in the afternoon?
5. What don't you like?
6. Do you play with a pet?
7. How many hours do you sleep?
8. What do you do when you are awake at night?

1. Who doesn't like cats?
2. Who doesn't eat meat?
3. Who doesn't get up early?
4. Who doesn't work on Sunday?
5. Who has got a lazy pet?
6. Who doesn't sleep much?

1. Do cats sleep too much?
2. Are cats better than dogs?
3. Is a lazy day a good day?
4. Do you want a cat?
5. Is a nap good for you?