Starter quiz
- Which of the following letters can you pronounce at the end of a word?
- s
- t
- c ✓
- r ✓
- l ✓
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- True or false? You must leave a space before a ? or a ! in French.
- 'True' ✓
- To ask a question in French you ______ your voice at the end of the sentence.
- 'raise' ✓
- How would you greet a woman you do not know well?
- Salut Madame !
- Bonjour Monsieur !
- Bonjour Madame ! ✓
- Salut Monsieur !
- Au revoir Madame !
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- How would you greet a man you do not know well?
- 'Bonjour Monsieur !' ✓
- Match the French and the English
- present⇔présent ✓
- absent⇔absent ✓
- here⇔ici ✓
- there⇔là ✓
- yes⇔oui ✓
- no⇔non ✓
Exit quiz
- What is an SFC?
- A vowel at the end of a word which is silent.
- A consonant at the end of a word which is silent. ✓
- A vowel at the end of a word which is pronounced.
- A consonant at the end of a word which is pronouned.
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- Which four letters are not SFCs?
- c, r, f, l ✓
- b, d, t, x
- s, t, d, x
- c, s, f, l
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- Choose the correct meaning. 'Ça va ?'
- It is going okay.
- How's it going? ✓
- Is it going badly?
- It's going well.
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- Choose the correct meaning. 'Ça va mal.'
- It's going well.
- How's it going?
- Is it going badly?
- It's going badly. ✓
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- How do you say 'well' in French
- 'bien' ✓
- How do you say 'bad' or 'badly' in French?
- 'mal' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Silent final consonants -s and -t can be practised by listening and matching speech to written words.
- Ça va can be the question ‘Is it going ok? or ‘how’s it going’? and the answer ‘it’s ok’.
- Different word-final spellings can have the same final sound, e.g., the -yn in Jocelyn and -en in bien.
Common misconception
'Ça va ?' means 'How are you?' - it can only be a question.
‘Ça va ?’ with raised intonation at the end of the sentence is a question and means ‘is it going ok? or ‘how’s it going’?. ‘Ça va’ without intonation is a statement and means ‘it’s going ok’.
Keywords
Sfc (silent final consonant) - Silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word.
Intonation - The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
Bien - Adverb meaning 'well'.
Mal - Adverb meaning 'bad'.
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