Animals+and+Pets

Whether we are talking about household pets, minibeasts, jungle animals or our friends from the farmyard, there's no denying that animals are part of daily life for lots of people. In order to tell somebody whether you have a pet or talk about animals you either like or dislike, you will need to know the vocabulary for a great many living creatures from a tiny stick insect to a huge elephant. So, here are some videos that will help you to revise words we have been learning in class and maybe even introduce you to some new words too. media type="custom" key="27637796" align="left"

Now, here are two French songs from Youtube; one about fish and the other about jungle animals. Listen carefully for the animal vocabulary in each. media type="custom" key="27637786" align="left"

T'choupi is a cartoon character frequently seen on French television channels. In this video T'choupi gets into mischief with lots of animals on the farm. Although the language is quite complicated, you should be able to hear some key items of vocabulary if you listen very carefully. media type="custom" key="27637836"

You may have noticed from the children's work that adjectives of size precede the noun in French whilst adjectives of colour follow the noun.



This particular grammar point is illustrated beautifully in this simple [|Storybird created by language teacher Barbara Cheded.]

media type="custom" key="5390775" align="left"media type="custom" key="5386571" align="left" Of course, you also need to remember the gender of each animal noun in French i.e. whether the noun is feminine or masculine.

These two Wordle posters should help to remind you of the gender of some key items of animal vocabulary.

This slideshare presentation of the pupils' written work includes a variety of exercises that children have completed and that required a knowledge of both animal vocabulary and adjectives.

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**Here's __a selection of on-line games and activities__ which will help you to revise all the animal vocabulary you've learned!** **Have fun!** Here's an [|on-line activity] that is sure to extend your animal vocabulary beyond the words learned in class. Why not see how many new words you can learn?

Next a [|spelling activity] which uses a selection of common pets vocabulary. How confident are you?

Now it's time for a [|listening exercise...] this time to five little conversations in which some children tell us about the pets they own. Show you understand by selecting the correct animal to match the information you hear.

And [|another listening activity...] this time using a wider range of vocabulary including animals from both the farmyard and the jungle.