Starter quiz
- Select the words that have the [-er], [é] and [ez] sounds.
- parler ✓
- et ✓
- nez ✓
- elle
- présente ✓
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- What is the pronoun 'he' in French?
- 'il' ✓
- How do you say 'each day' in French?
- tous les jours
- bonjour
- chaque jour ✓
- un jour
- le jour
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- What does the infinitive verb 'porter' mean?
- to give, giving
- to carry, carrying ✓
- to prepare, preparing
- to wear, wearing ✓
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- True or false? 'Il donne' and 'tu donnes' rhyme?
- True ✓
- False
- Match the verb beginnings below to the correct verb endings.
- donn⇔er ✓
- Je donn⇔e ✓
- Tu donn⇔es ✓
Exit quiz
- How many ways are there to pronounce the [eu] sound?
- one
- two ✓
- three
- four
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- True or false? [Eu] is usually open when followed by r, f, l.
- True ✓
- False
- Match the French words below to the correct English translations.
- donner⇔to give, giving ✓
- préparer⇔to prepare, preparing ✓
- trouver⇔to find, finding ✓
- un frère⇔a brother ✓
- une sœur⇔a sister ✓
- une mère⇔a mother ✓
- 'Le' and 'la' both mean 'the'. What is the third way to say 'the' in French in the singular form?
- 'L'' ✓
- Match the articles to the correct nouns.
- La⇔mère ✓
- Le⇔père ✓
- L'⇔animal ✓
- Translate the sentence 'The mother is fun.' into French.
- 'La mère est amusante.' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- To say a closed vowel [eu], your tongue is near the top of your mouth, closing it.
- To say an open vowel [eu], your tongue is near the top of your mouth, opening it.
- The sound-symbol correspondence [eu] is open when followed by r, f, l, but closed before x, s.
- Both nouns and definite articles have a grammatical gender in French.
- The definite article ‘the’ in French is ‘le’ for masculine and ‘la’ for feminine nouns.
Common misconception
'The' is always 'le'.
There are three ways to say 'the' in French in the singular. 'Le' is used in front of masculine singular nouns. 'La' is used in front of feminine singular nouns. 'L'' is used in front of singular nouns starting with a vowel.
Keywords
[eu] - pronounced closed [eu], as in 'un peu', or 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 - a way to categorise all nouns as feminine or masculine
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