Swincar E Spider

The news in French: learn and revise words and expressions to improve your language skills in an interesting and interactive way.

Read and listen to the article from the French version of a chosen news source. Next, come back to this page to test your understanding of that news article, improve vocabulary, grammar and your knowledge of French in general.

1. The article: Connaissez-vous le swincar ?

Key vocabulary and expressions from the article: (infinitive or natural forms)

1. un drôle de véhicule: an odd / strange vehicle :
2. tout terrain: cross-country / 4×4
3. (une) araignée: a spider
4. rouler sur une pente: drive on a slope
5. (une) inclinaison: a tilt angle / inclination
6. (une) entreprise française: a French company
7. (une) très grande majorité: overwhelming / vast majority
8. bruyant : noisy
9. polluant: polluting
10. arriver à faire: to be able to do / to manage to do
11. s’incliner: to bend
12. le conducteur: the driver
13. rester droit: to remain upright
14. personnes handicapées: disabled people
15. de façon à : so that / so as to
16. un fauteuil roulant : a wheelchair

2. Exercise 1: Translate the following sentences into French.

The sentences are not 100% exactly the same as in the article you have just read or watched. They are only built around the sentences from the article so they are easy for you to understand and remember. The translation will make you actively use the above vocabulary.

3. Exercise 3: Sum up the article.

Try to summarise the news article you have read using the words and sentences from the previous exercise. Try to create your own sentences and create a coherent and well written paragraph summing up the whole story.You may post your summary in the “comments” section. You may either do it in a written form or record your speech and paste your YouTube or SoundCloud link.