85 Sentences With Goat: I’m Not Kidding!

Let’s practice 85 sentences with goat to improve our English vocabulary and grammar. Also, we will practice some goat idioms.

Goats are a very popular farm animal and have some interesting vocabulary surrounding them. For instance, did you know a child goat is called a kid, and when a mother goat (a doe) is giving birth it is “kidding”? That is very similar to the phrase, “you’re kidding” meaning you’re joking! Another common goat idiom is “kid around”, and it means to act in a silly way.

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Sentences with goat

Let’s practice some simple sentences with goat. We will use short structures such as the simple present tense, and the simple past tense.

1. Goats are often white.
2. Goats have horns.
3. Goats live on farms.
4. Goats can be wild, too.
5. A female goat is called a doe or nanny. 
6. Goats make milk.
7. We can have goat cheese.
8. It comes from goat milk.
9. The goat walked into the field.
10. The goat drank from the trough.
11. The goat ran up the hill.
12. Mountain goats look bigger than farm goats.
13. Farm goats look smaller than mountain goats.
14. Goats make a “maah” sound!
15. That field has three goats in it.
16. I can hear the goats right now.
17. The goats were in the field.
18. That goat was in the field.
19. The farmer keeps goats.
20. The farmer fed the goats.
21. The farmer keeps sheep and goats.
22. Mountain goats can climb well.

Sentences with goat: Advanced English

To continue our sentences with goat, we will now look at some advanced sentences. Here we will use higher-level grammar structures, such as conditionals.

1. Goats are related to sheep. 
2. They are usually not as heavily built as sheep.
3. Goats are considered to be members of the cattle family. 
4. Goats are able to produce milk.
5. Goat cheese is made from goat’s milk.
6. Goats live on farms and appear somewhat similar to sheep.
7. The English phrase you’re kidding? comes from goats!
8. We usually utter the phrase “you’re kidding” when we are shocked or surprised about something.
9. If we are particularly surprised we might say: you’ve got to be kidding!
10. I like to eat goat cheese because it contains probiotics, which are great for gut health.
11. Goats are very social animals, who need the companionship of other goats.
12. Would you be interested in keeping a goat as a pet?
13. I think if you kept a goat as a pet, you would need a very large area for it to live in.
14. If you were to keep a goat, it would be far better for it to have other goat companions to socialize with.
15. A goatee beard is a small beard on someone’s face.

10 lines on goat

Here are 10 lines on goat to further enhance today’s topic!

1. The goats ate the grass in the field
2. Goats like eating hay.
3. Can you hear the goats over there?
4. There are 5 goats in this meadow.
5. Those goats are bleating right now
6. There are three kids in the field
7. Female goats are known as does. (1 doe)
8. There are a few does on the farm.
9. These goats’ coats are white and brown
10. That goat over there looks a little aggressive!

Goat Idioms: Kid around + more

Goats have a few English phrases and idioms associated with them. We will look at a few now, as part of today’s sentences with goat.

1. That really gets my goat! That means something is annoying.
2. What gets your goat?
3. To act the goat means to act playfully.
4. Are you still acting the goat, John?
5. A goatee beard is a small mustache and hair below the lip.
6. Goatee beards are in fashion this year, apparently.
7. I’d like to grow a goatee.
8. He doesn’t kid around. That means he is acting seriously and with purpose.
9. That guy looks a lot older with his goatee.
10. If he shaves his goatee off, he’ll look more presentable!
11. When did something really get your goat?
12. We can use the phrase old goat to talk about someone who is old-fashioned in their thinking. It is usually used for an old man.
13. He is such an old goat. He’s a little bit grumpy too.

Goat Questions

Here we will make some questions with goat. The aim of these questions is to practice our English grammar and vocabulary. Please use your imagination to create the answers to these questions, and speak them all out loud. The first one is done for you.  Also, a quick hint. Some of the answers to these questions are in this article!

1. Where is the goat?
2. It is in the field.
3. Where are the goats?
4. How many goats are there?
5. What color is that goat’s fur?
6. Can goats produce milk?
7. Where do goats live?
8. Are mountain goats good at climbing?
9. What sound does a goat make?
10. Do you think goats make good farm animals?
11. Do you think goats make good pets?
12. Would you like to keep a goat as a pet?
13. How much space would you require if you were to keep a goat as a pet?
14. Would keeping a goat be time-consuming?
15. What do goats like to eat?
16. Are goats sociable animals?
17. Are goats noisy animals?
18. Can you explain the phrase, that gets my goat?
19. Can you explain the phrase, he’s an old goat?
20. What is a goatee beard?
21. What do you think about goatee beards?
22. In your country can you see goats often?
23. If you can’t see goats often, what other kinds of farm animals can you see?
24. What do we call a child goat?
25. What do we call a female goat?

Sentences with goat for all levels

I hope you have enjoyed today’s 85 sentences with goat. We have looked at simple sentences, advanced sentences, goat idioms (for example kid around), and some questions about goats.

If you have read them all out loud and considered the types of grammar structures (for example, simple present tense) used, then I think we can say that we’ve exercised our English grammar and vocabulary skills today!