Animals Birds and Dr Dolittle English - Animals Birds and Dr Dolittle

It became a common sight ________ .

The plough horse needed a ________ .

The plough horse was happy to find a doctor who ________ .

Polynesia, the parrot was singing a_____.

The Cat’s-food-Man suggested him to become an animal doctor as ________ –

Dr. Dolittle’s new clinic presents an offer of free medicines.

Birds and animals made Dr. John Dolittle famous worldwide.

A plough ox came with his eye problem.

Polynesia the parrot helped the doctor to understand his patient’s problem.

Dr. Dolittle listened to his parrot’s advice and become an animal doctor.

All animals—horses, cows, ______________, wild animals, and others are welcome

Dr. Dolittle will ensure that animals get the ______________.

Special timings for ______________ are on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The clinic is open Monday to Friday from ______________ a.m. to 5 p.m.

The address is 12, ______________ Lane.

Do you have a pet or a domestic animal? If yes, why? If not, why not? How do people usually spend time with a pet or domestic animal? Share your thoughts with your classmates and the teacher.

You must have read stories where animals and birds talk. If you had a chance to communicate with an animal or a bird, who would you like to speak to and why? Share your thoughts with your classmates and the teacher.

How did Polynesia help Dr. Dolittle to become an animal doctor?

What did the Cat’s-food-Man suggested Dr. Dolittle?

Can a human doctor become an animal doctor without a veterinary surgeon’s degree?

What changes do you think would happen in the world if people suddenly gained the ability like Doctor Dolittle, to understand and communicate with animals?

Explain how Doctor Dolittle gave equal and individual attention to each animal who came to him for treatment.

How can we say that Polynesia was a good trainer of animal language?

How might he overcome these challenges to ensure that he provides good treatment?

What challenges do you think Doctor Dolittle might face if more and more animals come to him for help?

Which qualities of Doctor Dolittle made him famous among the animals? Explain with evidence from the text.

How does Doctor Dolittle’s readiness to follow the parrot’s advice highlight the importance of listening to different viewpoints?

Since becoming an animal doctor, Doctor Dolittle 1. _________ (learn) to communicate with all animals and birds. He 2. _________ (treat) countless farm animals and pets with care. The parrot, Polynesia, 3. _________ (teach) him bird-language, and he 4. _________ (write) books about his adventures. Many people 5. _________ (bring) their sick animals to his door. Over the years, Dolittle 6. _________ (become) renowned worldwide for his unique abilities.

How did Dr. Dolittle’s big garden become crowded?

What did the plough horse complain about the vet over the hills?

“I would like a pair like your: said the horse—“only green. They keep the Sun out of my eyes while I ploughing the field.”
“Certainly,” sa the Doctor. “Green ones you shall have”
“You know, the trouble is, Sir,” said the plough horse as the Doctor opened the front door to let him out—“the trouble is that anybody thinks he can doctor animals—just because the animals don’t complain. As a matter of fact, it takes a much cleverer man to be a really good animal doctor than it does to be a good people’s doctor.”
Q.1. Choose a word from the extract to complete the analogy.
digging: flower bed:: ______________: field
Q.2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
Doctor Dolittle’s attitude in the extract is ______________.
A. respectful
B. sentimental
C. understanding
D. careful
Q.3. Complete the sentence with an appropriate reason.
Based on the extract, we can conclude that doctors take animals for granted because ______________.
Q.4. Do you agree with the concluding sentence of the extract?
Why/why not?

And so it was with all the other animals that were brought to him. As soon as they found that he could talk their language, they told him where the pain was and how they felt, and of course it was easy for him to cure them.
Now all these animals went back and told their brothers and friends that there was a doctor in the little house with the big garden who really was a doctor. And whenever any creatures got sick-not only horses and cows and dogs-but all the little things of the fields, like harvest mice, badgers, and bats, all came at once to his house on the edge of the town, so that his big garden was nearly always crowded with animals trying to get in to see him.
Q.1. How did the doctor cure the animals?
Q.2. The doctor’s work was spread by
(a) brothers and friends
(b) sick horses and cows
(c) animals who got cured
(d) all of these
Q.3. Do you believe such a doctor could exist ? Why and why not?
Q.4. The doctor lived in the little house with a big garden. (True/False)

Underline the verbs and identify the tense
...... the trouble is that anybody thinks he can doctor animals.

Underline the verbs and identify the tense
I am going blind in one eye.

Underline the verbs and identify the tense
Oh, there are plenty of animal doctors.

Underline the verbs and identify the tense
He is asking you a question.

Underline the names of animals that are hidden in the sentences given below. Clues are given within the brackets.
The patients who came late didn’t know1 where to go. (ship of the desert)