Pets/Animals you choose to have at home:

A cat A kitten (He/She/It purrs -ronronne)

A dog   A puppy (He/She/It barks-aboie)

A guinea pig  A mouse (2 mice)

A bird

Farm animals:

A chicken   A henA cock, A rooster

A chick

A peacock

A duck

A cow (The farmer milks the cow once a day)

*An ox (boeuf); A bull (taureau)

A horse   A mare (une jument) A foal (un poulain)

*A donkey

A pig

A sheep (mouton) A lamb (agneau)

A goat

Forest/Mountains

A wolf (Fantasy: A werewolf)

A bear (Tongue twister: "A big black bug bit a big black bear")

A squirrel

A hedgehog

A mole

A frog

* A vulture

An owl

A bat

Far away

A tiger

*A lion

* A leopard

A hyena

A coyote

An elephant

a zebra

A giraffe

A hippo(potamus)

A monkey ("You cheeky monkey!" "No monkey business!")

A kangaroo

A koala (bear)

* A platypus

A parrot

A snake

* A crocodile ( Nursery song: "Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream and if you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream!")

In the water

A shark

A whale

* A seal (phoque)

A walrus

A penguin

A turtle

A fish ("There are plenty more fish in the sea")

A jellyfish

*A lobster

A crab

Insects/bugs:

*A dragonfly

*A fly (Tongue twister: "A fly flies but flies fly")

A wasp

A mosquito

A bee (Bees make honey. They live in a beehive)

A ladybird

A beetle (scarabée)

An ant

A spider

Going further

1/ Tell us more!

• What's your favourite animal?
• If you could be any animal in the world, what would you be?

- I would be a ... because it is ...

• Animals can be/look:

cute (mignon); dangerous (dangereux); aggressive; poisonous (venimeux); scary (font peur)

Listen to Marion: She speaks about animals in Australia (elllo.org)

2/ Idioms

a) Human=animal: (He/She is)

• as brave as a lion ( be very brave)
• as busy as a bee ( be extremely busy)
• an early bird ( rises up early)
• an odd/rare bird ( an eccentric person)
• a night owl ( a person who goes to bed very late at night)
• a scapegoat ( a person who is punished for the crimes of others)
• a rat ( a person who betrays to further his own interests)
• a lone wolf ( a person who likes to be independent)
• a sly fox ( a very experienced/clever person)
• a shark ( a person who trick people out of their money)
• a mole ( a person who secretly reveals secrte information)

b) Images

• You can't teach an old dog new tricks (adapting to new conditions is difficult for old people)
• "Copy-cat!" (someone/ a child who imitates someone else's behaviour)
• "Hold your horses!"(≈Wait a moment!)
• It's a whale of a job! (a wonderful job)
• I killed 2 birds with a stone (doing 1 thing but achieving 2 results)
• I have butterflies (in my tummy) (feeling nervous before an important event)

c) Objects

• We played snakes and ladders yesterday(a board game)
• She's wearing a turtle neck (pull col roulé)

(*These images were donated by Pearson Scott Foresman, an educational publisher, to Wikimedia Commons, and are thereby in the Public Domain)

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