Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School
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LES ANIMAUX BIZARRES - strange animals... and adjectives!
L'OBJECTIF:
- To put adjectives in the right place
- To practice putting the right endings on adjectives
Here's the first adjective for today: MIGNON = CUTE!
TASK 1: READ THIS
Remember that in French, adjectives usually go AFTER the noun they describe, so...
a blue pen = un stylo bleu 
(a pen blue)
a curious pig = un cochon curieux 
(a pig curious)
There are a few exceptions... GRAND and PETIT go before the noun, like in English. So does JOLI which means pretty!
Un petit, joli cochon bleu 
(a small, pretty, blue pig)
TASK 2: DÉCIDEZ
Write 1-7 on some paper.
For each question below, write down which phrase is correct, A or B.
Then listen to the recording to check. 
Repeat the French out loud each time! 
1:
Which is correct?
A) Une giraffe stupide.
B) Une stupide giraffe.
Stop! Have you written your answer? Now listen to see if you were right... and repeat it out loud.
2:
Which is correct?
A) Un éléphant multi-coloré.
B) Un multi-coloré éléphant.
Check your answer here... and repeat it out loud.
3:
Which is correct?
A) Un américain tigre.
B) Un tigre américain.
Check your answer here... and repeat it out loud.
4:
Which is correct?
A) Un ourang-outang splendide.
B) Un splendide ourang-outang.
Check your answer here... and repeat it out loud.
5:
Which is correct?
A) un nerveux panda
B) un panda nerveux
Check your answer here... and repeat it out loud.
6:
Which is correct?
A) Un hippopotame grand.
B) Un grand hippopotame.
(think about this one!)
Check your answer here... and repeat it out loud.
7:
Which is correct?
A) Un zèbre petit et intelligent.
B) Un petit zèbre intelligent.
C) Un petit intelligent zèbre.
Check your answer here... and repeat it out loud.
TASK 3: CONNECTEZ
Match up the French and English phrases.
Write the French phrases with their English meanings.
For greater challenge, skip past the English list and try to translate the French phrases by yourself - from memory or using https://www.wordreference.com/
ANGLAIS:
- a pink cat =
- a crazy crocodile =
- a strange rat =
- three strange rats =
- a dangerous mouse =
- a blue and yellow dog =
- a serious hamster =
- a talkative snake =
FRANÇAIS:
un chien bleu et jaune
un crocodile fou
un hamster sérieux
un rat bizarre
un chat rose
trois rats bizarres
une souris dangereuse
un serpent bavard
TASK 4: INVENTEZ!
Title: LES ANIMAUX BIZARRES
Make a poster describing strange animals.
Dans mon zoo imaginaire, il y a....
In my imaginary zoo, there is...
Include 3-5 animals (with pictures if you like!) with adjectives, e.g.
...un éléphant extraordinaire
...un hamster violet et jaune
...une giraffe horrible
You can use words from the writing frame below...
...or you can look up some new animals or adjectives at https://www.wordreference.com/.
When you look up a new animal, check if it is nm or nf (masculine or feminine).
For feminine animals, try to use the feminine adjective endings.
Here is a photo of some good examples from school:
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Here are some great examples from this lesson! They have...
...put the adjectives in the right place
...used the examples from this page to write their own descriptions
...looked up new and interesting animals and adjectives
...some have even got the feminine and plural endings on the adjectives!
...used colour and images to aid communication
