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Peppa Pig - la Visite du Père Noël

Here is a nice video listening task from frenchteacher.net. The video lasts just over 5 minutes. You could use this with a very good Y9 class, or more likely a Y10-ll group for a bit of useful listening fun and vocabulary building. The class could do the task independently in a computer room or on tablets (if you have the bandwidth).

The URL of the video is below, but you can find it elsewhere, e.g. on Dailymotion, with a Google video search.

Apologies for any formatting issues - you could copy and paste into Word.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPGHhaya-zs



Regardez, écoutez et complétez cette liste de vocabulaire que vous entendez


Christmas Day - __ _____ __ ____              nanny and grandad - ______ __ ______

Father Christmas has been! - __ ____ _____ ___ p_____

bubbles - b_____ (f)                                      cartoon book - b____ d________ (f)

too early - t___ t__                            all hands on deck! – t___ __ m____ s_ __ p__

plate - a________ (f)                                     glass - ______ (m)    

empty – v____                                              has disappeared - __ d_______

a few crumbs – q_____ m______                doll – p_______ (f)

to unwrap – d________                                 crackers – p________ s________ (f)

crown – c_________ (f)                                whistle – s______ (m)

riddle – d___________ (f)                             a “helibike” - ___________ (m)

to make a wish – f_____ __ v____               yippee! – y_____!

race – c_____ (f)                                           logically – l___________

the only one left - __ s____ q__ r______      she cries - ____ p_____

must have forgotten me - _ d_ m’o___  my round is finished – m_ t______ e__ t____

last toy – d______ j______ (m)                     my sack - m_ h______

chimney = c_________ (f)                            delay – r______ (m)

to taste – g______                                         fulfilled – exauc_





Answers



Christmas Day – le jour de Noël                   nanny and grandad – mami et papi

Father Christmas has been! – le père Noël est passé

bubbles - bulles (f)                                         cartoon book – bande dessinée (f)

too early – trop tôt                                         all hands on deck! – tout le monde sur le pont

plate - assiette (f)                                           glass - verre (m)        

empty – vide                                                  has disappeared – a disparu

a few crumbs – quelques miettes                   doll – poupée (f)

to unwrap – déballer                                      crackers – pochettes surprises (f)

crown – couronne (f)                                     whistle – sifflet (m) (serpentin sifflet)

riddle – devinette (f)                                      a “helibike” - vélicoptère (m)

to make a wish – faire un voeu                     yippee! – youpi!

race – course (f)                                            logically – logiquement

the only one left – le seul qui restait             she cries – elle pleure

must have forgotten me – a dû m’oublier     my round is finished – ma tour est terminée

last toy – dernier jouet (m)                            my sack – ma hotte

chimney = cheminée (f)                                delay – retard (m)

to taste – goûter

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