Greetings: 'je suis' and 'il, elle est' | French | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

True or false? French is spoken in many different countries across the world.
- 'True' ✓
True or false? French is pronounced exactly the same as in English.
- 'false' ✓
Which of the following letters are consonants?
- a
- d ✓
- m ✓
- o
- v ✓
Order the following greetings from the least formal (1) to the most formal (3).
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Hi
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Hello
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Good morning
What is a verb?
- A word for a person, place, or thing.
- A word that communicates actions or states. ✓
- A word that gives information about a noun.
- A word that describes a verb or an adjective.
Match the French and the English.
- écouter
  
  ⇔
  
  to listen, listening ✓
- Lis !
  
  ⇔
  
  Read! ✓
- parler
  
  ⇔
  
  to speak, speaking ✓
- Écoute !
  
  ⇔
  
  Listen! ✓
- Parle !
  
  ⇔
  
  Speak! ✓
- lire
  
  ⇔
  
  to read, reading ✓

True of false? French is spoken by some people in Haiti, though almost everyone generally speaks Haitian Creole.
- 'True' ✓
Which of the following words have SFCs (Silent Final Consonants)?
- dans ✓
- petit ✓
- sac
- animal
- prix ✓
Match the French and the English.
- Bonjour
  
  ⇔
  
  Hello ✓
- Salut
  
  ⇔
  
  Hi ✓
- Monsieur
  
  ⇔
  
  Sir, Mr. ✓
- Madame
  
  ⇔
  
  Mrs. ✓
Match the French and the English.
- je suis
  
  ⇔
  
  I am ✓
- il est
  
  ⇔
  
  he is ✓
- elle est
  
  ⇔
  
  she is ✓
- être
  
  ⇔
  
  to be, being ✓
Choose the correct translation of 'I am here'.
- Je suis là.
- Je suis ici. ✓
- Il est ici.
- Elle est là.
Translate into French: Hello sir, I am here.
- 'Bonjour monsieur, je suis ici.' ✓

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Many word-final consonants in French are not pronounced.
‘Salut’, hi, is a more informal greeting than ‘Bonjour’, hello.
The irregular verb ‘être’ means to be, being.
‘Je suis’ means ‘I am’; ‘elle, il est’ means ‘she, he is’; the -s and -t are silent final consonants.

Consonants at the end of words are pronounced in French.

Often, consonants are silent at the end of words in French. The exception to this rule are the letters c, r, f and l, which are pronounced.