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  1. Inès
    French Un tigre est grand et très rapide.

    A tiger is big and very fast.

  2. Gabriel
    French Un mouton est petit et blanc.

    A sheep is small and white.

  3. Inès
    French L'éléphant a un long nez.

    The elephant has a long trunk.

  4. Gabriel
    French Une vache et un cheval sont dans le jardin.

    A cow and a horse are in the garden.

  5. Inès
    French Je vois une girafe et un zèbre au zoo.

    I see a giraffe and a zebra at the zoo.

  6. Gabriel
    French L'âne et la chèvre mangent de l'herbe.

    The donkey and the goat eat grass.

  7. Inès
    French Mon animal préféré est le singe.

    My favorite animal is the monkey.

  8. Gabriel
    French Un poulet et un canard vivent à la ferme.

    A chicken and a duck live on the farm.

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