Grade 1 | English | Animals and their young ones, Animals : Their Babies, Sounds and Groups, Olympiad, CBSE, ICSE, Maths Olympiad, Science Olympiad, English Olympiad
Let’s learn the cute names of baby animals, where they live, and easy ways to remember them.
The young one is a baby animal. Just like “child” is a baby human, animals have special baby names too.
Some babies look very different from their parents at first (e.g., frog ? tadpole).
| Animal | Home/Shelter | Baby (Young one) |
|---|---|---|
| Dog | kennel / house | puppy |
| Cat | basket / home | kitten |
| Hen | coop | chick |
| Duck | pond & nest | duckling |
| Lion | den | cub |
| Elephant | jungle / grassland | calf |
Say duckling. “Chick” is usually for chicken.
Say fawn. Cubs belong to big cats and bears.
Both kit and bunny are used. In textbooks, kit is common.
Babies are peachicks. Adults are peacock (male) and peahen (female); together they are peafowl.
cow — ?, goat — ?, lion — ?, hen — ?
Answers: calf, kid, cub, chick
The baby of a duck is a ____. The baby of a sheep is a ____.
Answers: duckling, lamb
The baby of a goat is called a:
B A young goat is a kid.
Which pair is correct?
C Baby deer is a fawn. Hen ? chick; cow ? calf; cat ? kitten.
The baby of a horse is called a:
A A young horse (and donkey) is a foal.
Which two animals share the same baby name “calf”?
B Cow and elephant babies are both called calf.
Choose the odd one out (baby names):
A Cub is for big cats/bear; the other three are for farm/bird/deer (lamb—sheep, fawn—deer, chick—chicken).
