My Cat

I have a cat.
Her name is Cream.
Her fur is off-white,
And she likes to dream.

She jumps and roams
Around my house.
She’s always ready
To pounce on a mouse.

I play with her.
I brush her fur.
I keep her clean,
A lovelier cat
You’ve never seen.

A) Questions
Please answer the following questions.
1. What is the poem about?
2. Is Cream male or female?
3. Is Cream an appropriate name for the cat in the poem? Why?
4. What name would you choose for your cat? Why?
5. Does Cream have hair or fur?
6. What other animal has fur?
7. Describe Cream in your own words.

B) Vocabulary
Word meaning
1. Roam – to walk round
2. Pounce – to jump on something
3. Fur – the short, fine, soft hair of some animals

C) Make sentences with the following words:
1. Roam
2. Pounce
3. Fur

D) Find the following words. They are all in the poem. The letters are jumbled.
1. ruf ___
2. ramed ___
3. nema ___
4. upmjs ___
5. ehuos ___
6. nees ___
7. rsuhb ___

E) Prepositions
Fill in the blanks with ‘in’ or ‘on’:
Example: The cat is __ the house.
The cat is in the house.
1. The dog is __ the garden.
2. My books are __ my backpack.
3. The map is __ the wall.
4. The book is open __ my desk.
5. We sit __ benches.
6. I love the flowers __ the park.
7. There are many buses __ the road.
8. We have a new roof __ the house.
9. We live __ a busy area.
10. My classroom is __ the second floor.

F) Discussion
1. What animals can be pets?
2. Do you have a pet?
3. If you don’t have a pet, what pet would you like? Why?
4. How will you look after it? What will it eat? Where will it sleep?

Audio courtesy Tanu Priya Puri: