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Day 33 · Animals & Nature · A1 Level

My Pet

Daily Reading Practice · Beginner passage

⏱ Time target: 4-5 minutes 📖 Reading + Vocabulary ✅ 10 True / False questions
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Reading Passage

Let me tell you about my petpet (noun)An animal you keep at home for company.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: uy hayvoni๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะฟะธั‚ะพะผะตั†, Max.

Max is a small brownbrown (adj)The color of chocolate or coffee.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: jigarrang๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะบะพั€ะธั‡ะฝะตะฒั‹ะน dog. There is a softsoft (adj)Not hard; nice to touch.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: yumshoq๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะผัะณะบะธะน bed for him in the kitchen, and there are two bowlsbowl (noun)A round dish for food or water.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: kosa, idish๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะผะธัะบะฐ for his food and water.

Max can do many clever things. He can sitsit (verb)To rest on your bottom, not standing.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: o'tirmoq๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ัะธะดะตั‚ัŒ, and he can lielie down (verb)To be flat on a surface, like a bed or floor.Synonym: lie down๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: yotmoq๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะปะตะถะฐั‚ัŒ down when I ask him. He can also shake hands โ€” well, shake pawspaw (noun)The foot of an animal like a dog or cat.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: panja๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะปะฐะฟะฐ!

There is a park near our house, and Max loves going there. He can run very fast, and he can catchcatch (verb)To get hold of something moving, like a ball.Synonym: grab๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: ushlamoq๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะปะพะฒะธั‚ัŒ a ball in the air. He can't climb trees, but he tries!

In the garden, there is a small pondpond (noun)A small area of water, smaller than a lake.Synonym: small lake๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: hovuzcha๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะฟั€ัƒะด. Max can't swim very well, but he loves playing near the water. There are always birds in the garden, and Max barksbark (verb)The loud sound a dog makes.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: hurmoq๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะปะฐัั‚ัŒ at them loudlyloudly (adv)In a loud way; not quietly.Synonym: noisily๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: baland ovozda๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะณั€ะพะผะบะพ.

At night, there is a soft blanketblanket (noun)A warm cover for a bed.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: adyol, ko'rpa๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะพะดะตัะปะพ on his bed. Max can't sleep without his favouritefavourite (adj)Liked the most, more than all others.Synonym: best-loved๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: sevimli๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะปัŽะฑะธะผั‹ะน toytoy (noun)Something children or pets play with.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: o'yinchoq๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ะธะณั€ัƒัˆะบะฐ โ€” a yellow rubber duckduck (noun)A bird that swims on water.Synonym: โ€”๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUZ: o'rdak๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRU: ัƒั‚ะบะฐ!

My family loves Max very much. There isn't a day when he doesn't make us smile. He can't talk, of course, but he understands many words, like โ€œwalk,โ€ โ€œfood,โ€ and โ€œsit.โ€

There is nothing like coming home to a happy dog.

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