Starter quiz
- Find the words that have an open [eu] sound.
- peu
- peur ✓
- courageux
- curieuse
- neuf ✓
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- True or false? The definite article l' is both feminine and masculine and therefore can be in front of of both feminine and masculine nouns.
- True ✓
- False
- Match the French and English.
- le père⇔the father ✓
- la mère⇔the mother ✓
- un père⇔a father ✓
- une mère⇔a mother ✓
- le frère⇔the brother ✓
- un frère⇔a brother ✓
- Which sentences are spelt correctly?
- Je prépare un gâteau chaque jour. ✓
- Il prépare un gâteau chaque jour. ✓
- Elle prépare un gâteau chaque jour. ✓
- Tu prépare un gâteau chaque jour.
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- Write the missing day of the week: lundi, mardi, ______, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche.
- 'mercredi' ✓
- Write in French: 'The child gives a present'.
- 'L'enfant donne un cadeau.' ✓
Exit quiz
- Find the words that have a closed [eu] sound.
- deux ✓
- Chandeleur
- œufs ✓
- heure
- délicieux ✓
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- True or false? 'Le' and l' can both be in front of a feminine noun.
- True
- False ✓
- Which words can have 'la' as an article?
- peluche ✓
- orange
- ballon
- famille ✓
- jour
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- Which word is the odd one out?
- le père
- la mère
- le frère
- la sœur
- la famille ✓
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- Match the sentence halves.
- La sœur a un⇔cadeau ✓
- L'⇔animal a une peluche ✓
- Je regarde⇔le film ✓
- Voici la⇔famille ✓
- Write the sentence in the correct order.
- 1⇔l'
- 2⇔enfant
- 3⇔chante
- 4⇔la
- 5⇔chanson
- 6⇔chaque
- 7⇔jour
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Key learning points
- For closed [eu] the tongue is near the top of the mouth, for open [eu] the tongue is near the bottom of the mouth.
- The definite article 'the' in French is 'le' for masculine and 'la' for feminine nouns.
- L' is the definite article used in front of masculine and feminine nouns starting with a vowel sound.
Common misconception
l' is only for feminine nouns.
l' is the article for all nouns starting with a vowel sound.
Keywords
[eu] - Pronounced closed [eu] as in 'un peu' and open [eu] as in 'peur'
Noun - a word for a person, place or thing
Definite article - the words le, la and l' meaning the
Grammatical gender - way to categorise all nouns as feminine or masculine
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