### Instruction: Classify the following as living things and non-living things: Car, Desk, Parrot, Cheetah, Phone
### Response: The list can be classified as living things and non-living things as follows:
Car- Non-living thing.
Desk- Non-living thing.
Parrot- Living thing.
Cheetah- Living thing.
Phone- Non-living thing.

You can classify anything that can breathe as a living thing and which cannot breathe as a non-living thing.