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Video listening: Trotro part en vacances

One of the staples of the frenchteacher.net site is the video listening worksheet. These are aimed at students of all levels and link out to online videos from YouTube and other sites. The example below is a free sample from the site, featuring Trotro the donkey, a favourite with French toddlers. The language is reasonably slow and comprehensible, but is scaffolded by the activities on the worksheet. It could be used with a good Y9 class, or above (low intermediate outside England and Wales). It would support the topic of holidays and contains some quite topic-specific vocabulary.

You could set the task for homework or, my preference, do it in class or a computer room.

Help yourself! The formatting is dodgy!


Trotro part en vacances (3 minutes 30)

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VX8Xry00So

If the link is dead, just google it.

A. Regardez l’épisode et trouvez les mots.

Match the vocab (1)

1. des crevettes​​ i. spade
2. une pelle​​ j. armbands
3. un seau​​ k. teddy
4. un rateau​​ l. shrimps
5. la baignoire​​ m. full
6. mes bouées​ n. bucket
7. rempli​​ o. rake
8. un nounours​ p. bathtub

Match the vocab (2)

1. tout à l’heure​​ a. toys
2. j’ai sommeil​​ b. big waves
3. faire ma valise​ c. net
4. les jouets​​ d. sand
5. emporter​​ e. later
6. des grosses vagues​ f. I’m sleepy
7. du sable​​ g. to pack my case
8. un filet​​ h. to take


B. Vrai ou faux ?

1. Trotro va partir en vacances demain.​
2. Trotro va pêcher des crevettes avec un filet.
3. Il partira au bord de la mer.​​
4. Il fera des châteaux de sable avec un canard.
5. Trotro est très fatigué.​​​
6. La baignoire est plus amusante que la mer.
7. Trotro doit préparer son sac à dos.​
8. Trotro va emporter son avion.
9. Maman va choisir les jouets de Trotro.​
10. Trotro a une bonne idée.
11. Trotro va jouer Nounours sur la plage.​
12. Il trouve le petit sac dans la cuisine.

C. Complétez ce paragraphe en choisissant des mots dans la case.

Aujourd’hui Trotro ________ partir en vacances au ________ de la mer. Il doit préparer son ________ à dos. Trotro veut ________beaucoup de choses, par ________ son avion, ses ________ voitures, sa pelle et son seau. Malheureusement il n’y a ________ assez de place dans son sac, alors il va chercher le ________ sac de Nournours. Alors c’est Nounours qui ________ les petites voitures.

exemple portera bord pas petit emporter petites sac va


High-achieving classes could do further work such as retelling the story with the aid of question and answer, dictation or translation of short sentences.... nad no doubt other activities you can think of!


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  1. Unknown20 March 2019 at 23:30

    This is such a helpful lesson! Thank you for sharing, I hope to use this in my future classroom!

    Thanks!!

    Michelle McRay

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