Story: Lulu, la tortue | French | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Tick the words which contain the SSC [u].

suis ✓

salut ✓

bouche

faux

cadeau
Match the English to the French.

Monday

⇔

lundi ✓

Tuesday

⇔

mardi ✓

Wednesday

⇔

mercredi ✓

Thursday

⇔

jeudi ✓

Friday

⇔

vendredi ✓

Saturday

⇔

samedi ✓
Match the singular forms of 'avoir' to the English.

j'ai

⇔

I have ✓

tu as

⇔

you have ✓

il a

⇔

he has ✓

elle a

⇔

she has ✓
What does 'aujourd'hui c'est' mean?

today

it is

today it is ✓
Fill in the missing pronoun. 'C'est lundi aujourd'hui. ______ as un cahier et un stylo ?'

'Tu' ✓
Match the present with the name. 'Un chat pour moi, un chien pour toi, un gâteau pour Beau, un livre pour Geneviève, un crayon pour Léon et une gomme pour Guillaume.'

a cat

⇔

for me ✓

a dog

⇔

for you ✓

a cake

⇔

for Beau ✓

a book

⇔

for Genevieve ✓

a pencil

⇔

for Léon ✓

a rubber

⇔

for Guillaume ✓

Exit quiz

True or false? The SSCs [u] and [ou] sound the same.

True
False ✓
Read this sentence aloud: 'Un univers est amusant.' How many times do you hear the SSC [u]?

once

twice

three times ✓

four times
Which of the following words contain the SSC [ou]?

bonjour ✓

salut

douze ✓

uniforme

tortue
What does 'chaque jour' mean?

every day ✓

one day

today
Match the English to the French.

Aujourd'hui c'est lundi.

⇔

Today it's Monday. ✓

C'est mercredi ?

⇔

Is it Wednesday? ✓

Aujourd'hui c'est mercredi.

⇔

Today it's Wednesday. ✓

Aujourd'hui c'est jeudi.

⇔

Today it's Thursday. ✓

C'est vendredi.

⇔

It's Friday. ✓

Aujourd'hui c'est samedi ?

⇔

Is it Saturday today? ✓
Understanding a story in French can seem difficult at first so it's a good idea to use the ______ as clues to help you de-code unfamiliar words.

'pictures' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

The sound-symbol correspondence [u] sounds like the 'u' in 'tu' which means 'you'.
The sound-symbol correspondence [ou] sounds like the 'ou' in 'nous' which means 'we'.
These two SSCs sound similar but they are different, so it is important to practise their pronunciation.
Reading a French story may seem challenging; focus first on all the words you know, using these to work out other words.

Common misconception

I have to know every word in a story in order to understand it.

To understand a story which contains a few unfamiliar words, you can use the surrounding words that you do know to work out the probable meanings of unfamiliar words. There may be other visual cues as well.

Keywords

[u] - pronounced as in 'tu', meaning you.
[ou] - pronounced as in 'nous', meaning we.