by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc. & the Fluency Project
Below are the most common insects that most native speakers in any language should know. Fill in all the blanks with the translation. Use a dictionary. Then move onto the next list! Every few months, come back, print it out again, and see how many you can remember. When you can fill this out without looking at a dictionary, nice job!
ANIMALS _________________
INSECTS ___________________
- bug _______________________
- ant _______________________
- bee _______________________
- bumblebee _______________________
- wasp _______________________
- centipede _______________________
- housefly _______________________
- moth _______________________
- scorpion _______________________
- beetle _______________________
- bed bug _______________________
- worm _______________________
- tarantula _______________________
- spider _______________________
- centipede _______________________
- millipede _______________________
- firefly _______________________
- praying mantis _______________________
- butterfly _______________________
- cicada/locust _______________________
- cockroach _______________________
- yellow jacket _______________________
- mosquito _______________________
- honey bee _______________________
- carpenter bee _______________________
- flea _______________________
- tick _______________________
- deer tick _______________________
- hornet _______________________
- daddy long legs _______________________
- fire ant _______________________
- ladybug _______________________
- cricket _______________________
- grasshopper _______________________
- horse fly _______________________
Related Words
- hexapod _______________________
- invertabrates _______________________
- exoskeleton _______________________
- jointed legs _______________________
- antenna _______________________
- wings _______________________
- stinger _______________________
Related Verbs
- to buzz _______________________
- to bite _______________________
- to sting _______________________
- to pollinate _______________________
Related Expressions
- to get stung by a bee __________________________________________
- to kill a mosquito __________________________________________
- to catch a butterfly __________________________________________
Common Sentences
- The moth ate holes in my sweater. __________________________________________________________________
- Oh no, I have bed bugs in my apartment. __________________________________________________________________
- Oh yuck, look at the size of that cockroach. __________________________________________________________________
- I used to catch fireflies when I was a child. __________________________________________________________________
- I love the sounds the cicadas make. __________________________________________________________________
- Be careful! Those fire ants will sting you. __________________________________________________________________
- My friend has lyme disease because of a deer tick. __________________________________________________________________
- Honey comes from honey bees. __________________________________________________________________
- A centipede supposedly has one hundred legs. __________________________________________________________________
- A millipede supposedly has one thousand legs. __________________________________________________________________
- A dragonfly supposedly has 60,000 eyes. __________________________________________________________________
- Mosquitoes can carry many diseases so be sure to use insect repellent. __________________________________________________________________
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