What someone has: avoir 1st and 3rd persons singular | French

Starter quiz

Which sound-symbol correspondance appears in all four words 'cela', 'cheval', 'second' and 'petit'?
- '[e]' ✓
Complete the sentence: this is a bedroom. 'C'est ______ chambre.'
- 'une' ✓
Match up the parts of the verb 'être'.
- je suis
  
  ⇔
  
  I am ✓
- tu es
  
  ⇔
  
  you are ✓
- il est
  
  ⇔
  
  he is ✓
- elle est
  
  ⇔
  
  she is ✓
What word is used to describe the pronunciation of a final consonant when the following word is a vowel?
- 'liaison' ✓
There are two words for 'a/an' in French because all French nouns have a ______ gender.
- 'grammatical' ✓
Write 'It's a horse.' in French.
- 'C'est un cheval.' ✓

Translate 'c'est qui ?'
- What is it?
- Who is it? ✓
- Where is it?
Match the parts of the verb 'to have'.
- avoir
  
  ⇔
  
  to have, having ✓
- j'ai
  
  ⇔
  
  I have ✓
- il a
  
  ⇔
  
  he has ✓
- elle a
  
  ⇔
  
  she has ✓
Translate 'elle a une chambre' into English.
- she has a bedroom ✓
- she has a horse
- she has a ruler
Which sound does the word 'gauche' help us remember?
- '[au]' ✓
What are the two meanings of 'avoir' in English?
- 'to have, having' ✓
Translate into French 'He has a mobile phone'.
- 'Il a un portable.' ✓

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[au/eau] sounds like 'gauche'.
Avoir means 'to have, having', j'ai means 'I have', il a means 'he has' and elle a means 'she has'.
The pronoun je becomes j' before a vowel.
To say what someone has we can use part of the verb 'avoir' followed by un/une and a noun.

'Avoir' only means 'to have' in English.

'Avoir' can be translated both as 'to have' or 'having'.