1ListenÉcoutez
Listen to Lucy Brown once or twice, then answer.Écoutez Lucy Brown une ou deux fois, puis répondez.
2Listen againRéécoutez
Listen again carefully: now you need the details.Réécoutez attentivement : il faut maintenant les détails.
3VocabularyVocabulaire
Click an English word, then its French translation.Cliquez sur un mot anglais, puis sur sa traduction.
4Complete the textComplétez le texte
Listen and drag the words into the text (or tap a word, then a gap).Écoutez et glissez les mots dans le texte (ou touchez un mot, puis un trou).
5Spot the changesTrouvez les erreurs
6Your turnÀ vous
Use Lucy Brown's sentences to talk about yourself. Read the tip, then say your own sentence aloud.Servez-vous des phrases de Lucy Brown pour parler de vous. Lisez le conseil, puis dites votre propre phrase à voix haute.
“My father is a banker. My mother is a hairdresser.”
Jobs: a / an before the job in English!
My father / mother is a job.
“He is of medium size and strong. She is tall, slim and extremely chic.”
Size and build: tall, short, medium size, slim, strong.
He / She is tall / short / of medium size and slim / strong.
“He's got short, curly, fair hair and brown eyes.”
Hair: length, then shape, then colour + hair (no s!): short curly fair hair, long straight blonde hair.
He / She's got length, shape, colour hair and colour eyes.
“He's got a goatee, like Brad Pitt.”
like = comme (to compare).
He / She looks like a famous person.
“I'm not an only child. I've got two siblings.”
siblings = frères et sœurs; an only child = enfant unique.
I'm an only child. / I've got number siblings.
“Carol is older than me. She plays with me only at the weekends.”
older / younger than me; at the weekends.
Name is older / younger than me. We play / talk together at the weekends.
“As for me, I like skating, dancing, classical ballet and singing. I love drawing manga characters. It's my passion.”
As for me = quant à moi; like / love + -ing.
As for me, I like ..-ing. I love ..-ing, it's my passion.
“I hate going to McDonald's. First, because the food is fattening and second, because I am a vegetarian.”
Give reasons: First, because … Second, because …
I hate ... First, because ... Second, because ...
🎤 Now describe two people in your family in one minute, like Lucy: their job, what they look like and what they like. Then say what you love and what you hate (and why!). Record yourself on your phone, listen, and try again!À vous ! Décrivez deux personnes de votre famille en une minute, comme Lucy : leur métier, leur physique et ce qu'elles aiment. Puis dites ce que vous adorez et ce que vous détestez (et pourquoi !). Enregistrez-vous et recommencez !