Pets word search
A dog on the lead, chooks in the backyard and a pet lamb that thinks it is a dog. Twenty pets and the things they need, for animal lovers of any age.
- Axolotl
- Brush
- Budgie
- Cat
- Chooks
- Collar
- Dog
- Goldfish
- Guinea pig
- Hamster
- Hutch
- Kennel
- Kitten
- Lead
- Litter tray
- Pet lamb
- Puppy
- Rabbit
- Vet
- Walkies
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionPets
Name
| R | U | F | P | C | H | O | O | K | S | X | I | C | N |
| E | G | C | U | C | U | T | V | E | T | O | G | C | K |
| F | A | X | P | O | T | G | L | V | S | A | E | O | E |
| L | Y | B | P | L | C | U | A | I | L | U | M | K | N |
| I | D | F | Y | L | H | I | A | X | G | G | G | D | N |
| T | O | W | O | A | R | N | N | E | O | F | S | S | E |
| T | L | S | A | R | P | E | K | D | L | L | G | P | L |
| E | T | Y | U | L | T | A | S | T | D | E | O | E | F |
| R | L | W | C | T | K | P | T | E | F | A | R | T | E |
| T | K | I | I | T | C | I | I | A | I | D | D | L | L |
| R | S | K | E | D | B | G | E | U | S | O | E | A | E |
| A | C | V | F | B | D | L | L | S | H | P | M | M | U |
| Y | A | B | A | U | K | M | P | Y | O | F | E | B | A |
| T | T | R | B | R | U | S | H | A | M | S | T | E | R |
Find these words
- Axolotl
- Brush
- Budgie
- Cat
- Chooks
- Collar
- Dog
- Goldfish
- Guinea pig
- Hamster
- Hutch
- Kennel
- Kitten
- Lead
- Litter tray
- Pet lamb
- Puppy
- Rabbit
- Vet
- Walkies
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About this word search
Many Kiwi families have a dog or a cat, and plenty of backyards also have a few chooks laying eggs for breakfast. On rural school pet days children bring a pet lamb or a calf they have raised themselves, and every dog in New Zealand has to be registered with the local council.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and the words run across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Litter tray is the longest at ten letters and guinea pig has nine, and they appear as LITTERTRAY and GUINEAPIG without a space. Dog, cat and vet are only three letters long and hide easily, so it helps to look for the X of axolotl, the only one on the board, or the double P of puppy first.
Once the puzzle is done, ask everyone to circle the pets they have at home, or the ones they would like to have. The words lead, kennel, hutch and collar make a nice start for a talk about what an animal needs every day.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, students check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the ferry or the bach. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
Try it in Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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