{"id":656,"date":"2012-02-01T13:12:47","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T18:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=656"},"modified":"2014-08-01T16:02:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T20:02:54","slug":"young-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/young-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all this cold and snowy weather that many places are having, it might seem like a strange time to be thinking about babies.\u00a0 Usually spring is the season for that.\u00a0 But just this weekend one of my friends had a new baby, so I thought it might be the perfect time to review the English names of young animals and creatures.<\/p>\n<p>Since we are on the topic of human babies, let\u2019s start there and then move onto some of the animals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A young person is called a <strong>child<\/strong> (or a baby is a really, really young person!).<\/li>\n<li>A young cat is called a <strong>kitten<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A young cow is called a <strong>calf<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A young goose is called a <strong>gosling<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A young hen is called a <strong>chick<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A young dog is called a <strong>puppy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A young pig is called a <strong>piglet<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why don\u2019t you have a go by thinking of five animals or creatures that you are not certain of the word for their young and do some research online or using a reference book.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to take the practise even further, why not look up in a <a href=\"http:\/\/thesaurus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">thesaurus<\/a> some adjectives that mean <em>very small<\/em>.\u00a0 Remember, an adjective is a describing word and a really good post about adjectives can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/parts-of-speech-in-english-adjectives-and-adverbs\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After you have found the names of some young 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