Here you can find some questions you can ask your partner during conversation about my pet:

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1. Do you like animals?

2. Do you have any pets?

 If so:
 - What species is it/are they?
 - What is the name of your pet? (What are the names of your pets?)
 - Do you have any problems with your pet(s)?
 - How much time do you spend on caring for your pet(s)?
 - Do other members of your family like the pet(s)? Do they care for the pet(s) as well?
 If not:
 - Would you like to have a pet?
 - Have you ever had a pet?
 - Are you or is any of your family members allergic to animals?
 - Do you prefer cats or dogs?

3. Do many of your friends, family members keep pets in their houses? What species are they?

4. What are the most common pets that people in your country keep in their houses?

5. Do you know anyone who keeps an unusual pet in their house? What species is it?

6. Have you ever heard of anyone who keeps an unusual pet in their house?

7. What do you think about keeping snakes and spiders in the house?

8. Do you know anyone who treats their pet(s) badly?

9. Are there any groups that fight for animal rights in your country?

10. Should animals be given the same rights as humans?

11. Should people who ill-treat animals be given a jail sentence ?

12. Do you keep your dog on a leash when you go outside? (If you have a dog)

13. Do you muzzle your dogs when you go outside? (If you have a dog)

14. Have you ever been bitten by a dog?

15. Do people in your neighborhood keep their dogs on a leash?

16. Do people in your neighborhood muzzle their dogs?

17. Should people who keep their dogs unleashed be punished ? If so, how?

18. Do you clean up after your dog? (If you have any)

19. Do people in your neighborhood clean up after their dogs?

20. Do you think people who don’t clean up for their dogs should be punished? If so, how?

species (level: intermediate)
a set of animals or plants with similar characteristics
Brown bears are an endangered species.

to care for sb/sth (level: pre-intermediate)
to look after somebody or something
They didn’t have enough time to care for their dog, so they gave it to their animal loving friend.

to be allergic to sth (level: upper-intermediate)
to become ill, to have problems with skin or breathing, because of a particular kind of food, substances, etc.
We couldn’t keep the cat in our house, because it turned out that my husband is allergic to its fur.

common (level: pre-intermediate)
usual in many places and for many people
The surname ‘Jackson’ is very common in the USA.

unusual (level: pre-intermediate)
different from other things and people of the same kind in an interesting way
It’s rather unusual to wear just a T-Shirt in the winter.

snake (level: pre-intermediate)
an animal with a long body and no legs that crawls on the ground
People in Australia face the danger of being bitten by a snake every time they go out.

spider (level: pre-intermediate)
a small animal with eight legs that catches insects in a web
There is a big spider’s web in the corner of my bedroom. Could you remove it? I‘m too afraid of to do this on my own.

to treat (level: pre-intermediate)
to behave towards somebody or something in a particular way
Their parents treat their dogs much better than their own children.

to ill-treat (level: intermediate)
to behave towards somebody in a bad or even violent way
Two sons were taken away from their parents, because they ill-treated the boys very day.

jail sentence (level: upper-intermediate)
a decision made by a judge in court to send somebody to prison
The men who killed the two innocent bears last month were given a jail sentence yesterday.

leash (level: advanced)
a kind of rope on which you keep your dogs when you go out
She is afraid of big dogs that are never kept on a leash, because she was bitten by one when she was a child.

to muzzle (level: advanced)
to put a covering over the dog’s mouth in order to prevent the animal from biting
I threatened my neighbor that I will inform the city guard if she doesn’t muzzle her dog when she takes it for a walk.

to bite (level: pre-intermediate)
to use one’s teeth to cut into somebody or something
When the dog bit me on the leg, is got red and swollen, so I called the doctor.

neighborhood (level: intermediate)
the area that surrounds your house
My neighborhood was such a peaceful place before the archeologists discovered the ruins of a medieval castle here.

unleashed (level: advanced)
not kept on the leash
She was punished by a heavy fine for keeping her dog unleashed.

to punish (level: intermediate)
to make somebody pay or suffer for something bad they’ve done
The teacher punished the class for misbehaving by giving them extra homework.

to clean up (level: intermediate)
to remove the dirt that somebody or something else has made
She is tired of cleaning up after their children all the time.

fine (level: upper intermediate)
the amount of money that you pay as a punishment for not obeying the law
I’ve never got any fine for driving too fast, because all policemen in the neighborhood know me.