By popular request, here are a set of verbs for Latin animal noises, fished out from Lewis & Short. Use them to construct sentences or to practise verb endings. I usually ask the children to write a verb out, and draw the matching animal, or to work with PowerPoint to illustrate the verbs.
Click here to download a PowerPoint presentation made by Year 5 pupils, showing how animal verbs conjugate.
GRUNT
CAW
CROAK
BLEAT
TWEET
MOO
grunnio groco coaxo balo pipio mugio
grunnis grocas coaxas balas pipis mugis
grunnit grocat coaxat balat pipit mugit
grunnimus grocamus coaxamus balamus pipimus mugimus
grunnitis grocatis coaxatis balatis pipitis mugitis
grunniunt grocant coaxant balant pipiunt mugiunt

pig

porcus

crow

corvus

frog

rana

lamb

agnus

lark

alauda

cow

vacca
HISS
QUACK
SQUEAK
HOOT
HOWL
TWITTER
sibilo tetrinnio murrio tutubo ululo zinzilulo
sibilas tetrinnis murris tutubas ululas zinzilulas
sibilat tetrinnit murrit tutubat ululat zinzilulat
sibilamus tetrinnimus murrimus tutubamus ululamus zinzilulamus
sibilatis tetrinnitis murritis tutubatis ululatis zinzilulatis
sibilant tetrinniunt murriunt tutubant ululant zinzilulant

snake

vipera

duck

anaticula

mouse

mus

owl

noctua

wolf

lupus

little bird

avicula
BUZZ
BARK
TRUMPET
CLUCK
NEIGH
CHIRP
bombito latro barrio singultio hinnio strideo
bombitas latras barris singultis hinnis strides
bombitat latrat barrit singultit hinnit stridet
bombitamus latramus barrimus singultimus hinnimus stridemus
bombitatis latratis barritis singultitis hinnitis stridetis
bombitant latrant barriunt singultiunt hinniunt strident

wasp

vespa

puppy

catellus

elephant

elephantus

hen

gallina

horse

equus

grasshopper

grillus
Click here to download a PowerPoint exercise matching masculine and feminine animal nouns with the correct form of the adjective. This was written for pupils working on Chapter 2 of Minimus, and is ideal on an interactive whiteboard.

Click here for a Powerpoint presentation with video clips, on impersonal verbs. It's designed to go with Chapter 3 of Minimus Secundus. The video files need to be downloaded separately at the moment: currere, medicamentum, sistere, pomum, aquam, lignum . NB very big files!

Click here for a SmartBoard .xbk exercise practising orders, singular and plural. This one goes with Minimus Chapter 7.
If you have access to a SmartBoard, try this Minimus and Vibrissa noughts and crosses game! Download the Smart .xbk file here )or you could always print the picture below and cut out the pieces)