It's Monday! 'C'est' and days of the week | French | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Match the French and the English
- ça va
  
  ⇔
  
  it's going OK ✓
- bien
  
  ⇔
  
  well ✓
- mal
  
  ⇔
  
  bad, badly ✓
- oui
  
  ⇔
  
  yes ✓
- non
  
  ⇔
  
  no ✓
- au revoir
  
  ⇔
  
  goodbye ✓
Is the SSC/sound [an/en] a nasal sound or an oral sound?
- 'nasal sound' ✓
Choose the correct adjective.
- intelligent
- calme
- amusant
- malade
- méchant ✓
Fill in the blank. ______ est amusante.
- Je
- Tu
- Il
- Elle ✓
Which of these adjectives do not change in the masculine or feminine forms?
- triste ✓
- petite
- grande
- calme ✓
- malade ✓
Which of the following sentences are written incorrectly?
- Ça va mal! ✓
- Ça va mal !
- Ça va ?
- Ça va bien! ✓
- Il est petit? ✓

Which is the odd one out?
- jeu
- deux
- peu
- enfant ✓
- jeudi
Put the days of the week in order, starting with Monday.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  lundi
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  mardi
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  mercredi
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  jeudi
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  vendredi
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  samedi
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  dimanche
True or false? The first day of the week in Haiti is Monday.
- 'false' ✓
What does 'c'est' mean?
- it is ✓
- he is
- she is
What does 'aujourd'hui' mean in English?
- 'today' ✓
It is 9pm on Tuesday in Haiti. What day is it in France?
- lundi
- mardi
- mercredi ✓
- jeudi
- vendredi

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The sound-symbol correspondence [eu] sounds like the 'eu' in 'jeudi', Thursday.
'C'est' is part of the verb 'être' combined with 'ce' and means 'it is'; it is used to say what day of the week it is.
Practising new language in a song can be an effective way to embed it in long term memory.

Days of the week start with a capital letter in French, as in English.

Days of the week start with a lowercase letter in French, unless at the start of a sentence.