100 Sentences About Cats To Enhance Your Spoken English

Today we will look at 100 helpful sentences about cats, with the aim of improving our vocabulary and spoken English.

To improve our spoken English we need to understand the grammar structures used today, and also repeat them with natural intonation and pronunciation. We will practice prepositions, present simple, present continuous, simple past tense, and the past perfect. We will also look at a paragraph on cats, to boost our writing ability. Read on!

Sentences about cats

Cats are great creatures. Did you know that cats can actually jump up to 5 times their own height? Impressive! Here we will look at some sentences about cats, in particular, looking at my pet cat, Tony!

1. My cat is called Tony.
2. He is five years old.
3. His fur is black, and his eyes are blue.
4. He is a playful and friendly cat.
5. He likes to sleep at the end of my bed.
6. Tony enjoys meeting other cats but sometimes growls.
7. Tony likes to eat dried cat food, not the canned stuff.
8. When I go on holiday, I leave him at the cattery.
9. He has a good time at the cattery because he can meet plenty of other cats there.
10. I got Tony from a cat shelter, and I think I’ve given him a good home.

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Sentences about cats: appropriate preposition usage

If we want to build up our spoken English ability, and English grammar ability, then using prepositions is essential. Prepositions can help us describe the location, time, direction, and other things. Here are 10 sentences about cats using prepositions:

11. I put my cat on the floor so that I could brush him.
12. Somehow, my cat crawled under the sofa!
13. My cat doesn’t like to go into his carry case. I think he knows he goes to the vet in that.
14. The black cat walked across the road. Some people think that’s bad luck!
15. Your cat is sitting over by the window.
16. Those stray cats got into a fight last night. They were so noisy!
17. My cat Tony likes to sit on top of the sofa so that he can see everybody.
18. He also likes walking on the lawn. I think it’s soft under his feet.
19. He doesn’t like getting into the bath!
20. My cat meows a lot when he is in the car.

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Sentences about cat: the simple present tense

The simple present tense is used to describe states or routines. For instance, I’ll go to the gym. This means I usually go to the gym, it’s not talking about yesterday or tomorrow, but our usual situation. Now we will look at some sentences about cat using the present simple verb tense.

21. My cat is nine years old now.
22. He likes to eat chicken-flavored cat food.
23. He doesn’t like to eat wet, canned food.
24. He patrols the house every morning.
25. He then walked around the Garden each day.
26. My cat Tony sometimes gets into fights.
27. Tony’s coat is black, with small white spots.
28. Tony looks out of the window.
29. He meows when he sees people walk past the house.
30. He doesn’t like being left alone for too long.

10 sentences about cats: the simple past tense

So far we have looked at sentences about cats using the present simple, now we will look at some lines on our feline friends using the past tense. The simple past tense is formed with an “ED” ending verb, for example, worked,  rained, and snowed. There are also many irregular verbs, such as ran and swam.

31. My cat ate a big breakfast.
32. My cat drank water after breakfast.
33. The cat meowed all night long, it was so noisy!
34. The cat felt tired after playing with my children.
35. That cat scratched me!
36. Several stray cats fought in the street.
37. When I was a child I liked to play with our family cats.
38. It seemed like my cat and dog disliked each other.
39. We had visitors in our house, and my cat ran away as soon as they came.
40. My cat Tony jumped up onto the table to look at the food.

Sentences about cats: present continuous tense

The present continuous tense is used to describe something which is currently going on. Here we will look at 10 sentences about cats while practicing the present continuous verb tense. we make the present continuous with is/are, and an “ING” form of a verb.

41. That cat is walking across the road.
42. My cat is scratching on the sofa.
43. Those cats are meowing so loudly!
44. I am brushing my cat now.
45. That cat won’t stop looking at me!
46. Are those cats fighting?
47. My cat is staring at the birds in the tree outside.
48. I think he is hoping to catch a few of them!
49. Does he realize he’s just sitting indoors?
50. After eating his meal, my cat Tony is now licking his fur.

Sentences about cats: past perfect

The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that happened until another point in the past. We form the past perfect by using the word had, and the past participle. Here is an article I wrote for past perfect sentences.

51. My cat had lived with me for nine years.
52. My wife had gone out, that is why my cat felt sad.
53. My cat had been scratching The couch all day. That’s why it looks so bad right now!
54. Those cats had been meowing until that dog showed up!
55. They had run away, as soon as they saw that dog!
56. I thought my cat had eaten my sausages, but it turns out, my dog got them!
57. I was sad when my cat passed away. I had known him for 12 years.
58. My cat missed our house. He had lived there for seven years when we moved.
59. up until last year, I hadn’t been interested in cats.
60. Up until I bought the kitten, my other cat hadn’t liked to be social.

Cat sentences

Here are 10 cat sentences to practice your speaking, pronunciation, and intonation with! 

61. Those cats are playing quietly.
62. The cats in the pet shop are waiting patiently.
63. I usually brush my cat every day.
64. I try to brush my cat’s teeth, but it’s difficult.
65. My cat has a very playful personality.
66. A cat sits in the window of a nearby house and watches me when I walk by every day.
67. I think cats are often scared of dogs.
68. Can you hear those cats meowing right now?
69. Ragdolls are my favorite breed of cat.
70. Cats can be very expensive pets to have.

Few lines about cat

Here are a few lines about cat that are suitable for new students of English, or those who would like some simple sentence practice. 

71. My cat’s name is Melon.
72. My cat is four years old.
73. Ophelia’s cats like dried cat food.
74. Those cats are fighting!
75. Those cats are friends.

Few lines about cat: adverbs

Here are a few lines on cat that use adverbs. What are adverbs? They are words we use to describe how something is done or happens. For instance, I walked slowly in the park. Slowly is the adverb that explains the way I walked. 

76. My cat ran quickly in the garden.
77. The tabby cat jumped suddenly!
78. The British Shorthair won the competition easily!
79. Emma’s kitten playfully ran around the lounge.
80. Liam and Sandra eagerly cared for their new kitten. 

Lines on cat

Here are some lines on cat that use the present simple tense, and also the present continuous tense.

81. My cat likes tuna.
82. I don’t think too much tuna is good for him at all.
83. My cat plays in the garden.
84. He purrs when he’s happy.
85. I brush my cat often.
86. My cat is eating dinner now.
87. My cat is drinking water at the moment.
88. Those cats are playing in the garden.
89. Right now my cat is purring.
90. I’m brushing my cat at the moment.

5 lines on cat

Here are 5 lines on cat. They feature advanced English vocabulary and phrases.

91. The cat waited ever so patiently for its dinner.
92. After a while, the cats started growling at each other and looked like they were going to start fighting.
93. The Siamese breed of cat is particularly iconic, in my opinion.
94. Looking after a cat is an extremely rewarding but time-consuming activity.
95. The question of whether cats are better pets than dogs is an extremely divisive one!

Few lines on cat: short

Here are a few lines on cat that are short. They focus on easy words. 

96. That cat is black and white.
97. The cat is growling.
98. The cat is purring.
99. Those cats are fighting.
100. Cats are clever.

Cat questions: English speaking

Here are some cat questions to practice your English speaking with! If you can find somebody to converse with, that’s fab! If not, don’t fret. Just imagine answering from another person’s perspective. Model answers are provided, but please try to make your own, too! 

Cat Question	Model Answer
Do you think cats prefer warm or cool weather?	I’m not an expert, but I think it might depend on the thickness of the cat’s coat.
Would you prefer to keep a cat or a hamster as a pet?	Oh, I’d much prefer to keep a cat!
Do you think that cats are aggressive animals?	In my opinion, I don’t think they’re aggressive. That’s only if they are feeling threatened.
Do you know how old your cat is?	I’m not sure how old in cat years, but in human years he is two.
Do cats like to drink milk?	I have heard so, but I also read it is unhealthy for them to do so.

Paragraph on cats

Up until now, we have looked at sentences about cats using prepositions, the present simple, the past tense, the present continuous, and the past perfect. These have all been individual lines on our feline friends. Now we will look at a whole paragraph on cats.  The reason is that many of my students have to write paragraphs on various topics for their school assignments. Feel free to use this paragraph as inspiration for any English tasks that you have!

I would like to talk about my pet cat, what he is like, what he means to me, and also what I think about cats in general.

My pet cat is called Tony. He is a mixed-breed cat, who has black and white fur. I got him at a pet shelter. His eyes are green. He is one of my best friends, despite not being human! He always sits with me and follows me around the house. He really is like a friend. In general, I think cats are social, intelligent, and cautious animals. I admire them a lot. I have a dog, and in comparison, I do think cats are harder to train, and they do not listen to you as a dog does. They’re not better or worse, but they’re just different. In my opinion, all animals are amazing in their own way.

100 sentences about cats to boost your speaking and vocabulary!

Today we’ve looked at various grammar structures, such as the present simple. We’ve also looked at prepositions and written a whole paragraph on cats, and even practiced some cat questions! These sentences about cats can be used as a grammar model to help level up your English. Practice repeating all these lines on cat to improve your English!