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Vocabulary
Objective: Identify and describe animals and their habitats, and use the correct article and preposition with each species and landscape.
| French | English | French | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| un chien | a dog | un cheval | a horse |
| un chat | a cat | une vache | a cow |
| un mouton | a sheep | un cochon | a pig |
| un loup | a wolf | un renard | a fox |
| un ours | a bear | un lion | a lion |
| un oiseau | a bird | un poisson | a fish |
| une baleine | a whale |
Souris is feminine despite the -is ending, so the indefinite article is une. Noun gender is not predictable from the ending alone.
Most nouns ending in -al form their plural in -aux, as with cheval becoming chevaux, animal becoming animaux, and journal becoming journaux.
Both nouns are masculine singular, so the indefinite article is un in each case.
Cheval forms the plural chevaux, following the -al to -aux pattern.
Dans introduces an enclosed space. Forêt is feminine and takes the article la.
The vowel-initial océan takes the elided article l', since it begins with a vowel.
Oiseau forms the plural oiseaux, following the same -au to -aux pattern as chevaux.
6 exercises · about 9 minutes
| a shark |
| la forêt | the forest | la mer | the sea |
| la montagne | the mountain | la rivière | the river |
Mer is feminine, so it takes the article la. The noun's meaning has no bearing on its grammatical gender.
The adjective agrees with the feminine plural noun araignées, so noires takes both the feminine and the plural ending.
Montagne is feminine, so the article is la. The past participle couverte agrees with the feminine subject.
The quantity expression beaucoup de is followed by de alone. Rivière is feminine and takes the demonstrative cette.
Feminine continents take the preposition en without an article. The plural lions takes the article les.