1 – Bonjour et bienvenue!
Grammaire: 1.2 – La grammaire de Tex
The Cast of Characters
Each grammar lesson will feature a cast of characters: Tex and Tammy, two star-struck armadillos; Bette, the flirtatious cat; Edouard, a pretentious French snail; Joe-Bob, a squirrel from College Station, Corey, a cockroach who procrastinates on his French homework; and several others!
1. Read below to find out more about the characters!
Hint 1: Rely on cognates (words that look similar in both English and French) to understand their descriptions.
Hint 2: Click on the underlined words for their translation
Je suis poète … et tuteur en français à l’université du Texas. Je déteste la culture populaire américaine.
Je suis la copine de Tex. J’adore l’université du Texas.
Je suis un escargot français et j’adore la cuisine française.
Je suis de College Station. J’aime le football américain!
Je suis un cafard pessimiste.
Je suis étudiante. J’adore Instagram!
Je suis du Québec. J’aime mon petit-fils Tex.
Je suis une fourmi sérieuse. Je suis de Laredo. J’aime les pique-niques.
2. Read and Listen
Read and listen along to the pronunciation of the vocabulary.
| les animaux | the animals | |
| le cafard | cockroach | |
| le chat | cat | |
| l’écureuil | squirrel | |
| l’escargot | snail | |
| la fourmi | ant | |
| le tatou | armadillo |
3. Test your Knowledge
Start with recalling the English translation (on the left), and then try recalling the French translation (on the right).
poet
tutor
girlfriend
snail
like
cockroach
grandson
ant
