Here is a great podcast about cats! These questions were made for the podcast and can be used for homework or an in-class listening activity to improve students listening skill. The title of the 12-minute podcast is “Does your cat really hate you?”. You can get the podcast here: shortwave.

This podcast is great because it comes with a transcript, so students can listen and read at the same time if they are having trouble with it.

The answers to the questions are at the bottom.

Click here for the transcript!

Questions to the podcast:

1. The name of the new series is “Animal slander.” What is it about?
2. Where do you stand on the cat vs dog debate?
3. What does aloof mean?
4. What is the “attachment style” and how many attachment styles are there?
5. Do cats prefer eating or playing with humans?
6. Do cats prefer people who give them attention?
7. What is the difference between “shelter cats” and “pet cats”?
8. Do all cats have the same personality?
9. According to the speaker, can cats be trained as well as dogs?
10. Did any facts given in the podcast surprise you?

Extra Discussion Questions:

1. If you had a cat or a dog, what would you name it?
2. Can you think of any other animal stereotypes?
3. People say that cats and dogs are enemies. Do you believe that? Why, why not?
4. What is your personality like?
5. Do you think it’s a waste of time to study cats’ personality? Why, why not?

Answers to the podcast:

1. It’s a series analyzing animal stereotypes like “blind as a bat” and “memory of a goldfish”, seeing if they are true or not.
2. Depends on the student. I am a cat person personally.
3. It means being distracted.
4. Attachment style is a test given in psychology to measure how a subject reacts and interacts with another. There are 3 main attachment styles. Secure attachment, Insecure ambivalent, Insecure avoidant.
5. The majority of cats prefer playing with humans than eating.
6. They prefer people who give them attention. It’s contrary to popular knowledge that says that if you ignore them, they will pay attention to you.
7. Shelter cats live in a pet shelter and are waiting to be adopted and pet cats live in a home with a people family.
8. No, cats have different personalities.
9. Cats can be trained just as readily as dogs. So weird!
10. Depends on the student. Some of these facts surprised me how about you?

Downloadable Questions and Answers to the Podcast:

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