Describe your pet in English in five words. No pet at home? Describe the one you would most like.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Name eight pets in French
- Join a pet to a colour in one short sentence
- Notice how pets fit into everyday life in France
Tap each pet on the board, listen, then say it back together. Watch which take le and which take la.
Colours we already know:
- noir / noire (nwar): black
- blanc / blanche (blahn / blahnsh): white
- gris / grise (gree / greez): grey
- vert / verte (vair / vert): green
Sentence pattern: J'ai un/une ___ ___ (I have a ___ ___).
Say together: J'ai un chien noir (zhah un shee-EN nwar). Then: J'ai une tortue verte (zhah ewn tor-TEW vert).
Remember: le/la when you name the animal; un/une after J'ai (le chien → un chien, la tortue → une tortue).
Le poisson rouge (goldfish) already has its colour in its name, so say J'ai un poisson rouge and stop there.
Look at this French pet-shop window (la vitrine de l'animalerie). When it is your table's turn, say the full phrase (for example le chien) before we lock the label. Everyone else whisper-says it too.
Open your copy and write one sentence saying which pet you have, or would like, and what colour it is.
Frame: J'ai un/une ___ ___ (I have a ___ ___)
Model: J'ai un chien noir — I have a black dog
- le chien — The dog
- le chat — The cat
- le lapin — The rabbit
- le hamster — The hamster
- le poisson rouge — The goldfish
- le perroquet — The parrot
- la tortue — The turtle
- la souris — The mouse
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