Me and you: être 1st and 2nd persons singular | French

Starter quiz

Which letters are consonants?
- a
- d ✓
- s ✓
- u
- x ✓
Which words are verbs?
- play ✓
- funny
- book
- eat ✓
- chicken
A ______ is a word that says what someone is doing or what is happening.
- 'verb' ✓
Which word is an adjective? "The cat drinks creamy milk from a saucer."
- cat
- from
- saucer
- creamy ✓
- the
The letters a, e, i, o, u belong to a group of letters called ...
- consonants
- vowels ✓
- abbreviations
- acronyms
Which definition matches each word?
- consonant
  
  ⇔
  
  Any letter that is not a vowel. ✓
- verb
  
  ⇔
  
  A word that says what someone is doing or what is happening. ✓
- adjective
  
  ⇔
  
  A word that gives information about a noun. ✓
- pronoun
  
  ⇔
  
  A word that replaces a noun in a sentence. ✓

Which word completes the phonics rule? Silent ______ Consonant.
- 'final' ✓
Which words end with an SFC?
- roux ✓
- plus ✓
- carte
- nul
- foulard ✓
Which word or phrase should you use to say goodbye to a French person?
- France
- Bonjour
- Au revoir ✓
- Je suis
- Français
Match the French with the English.
- tall
  
  ⇔
  
  grand ✓
- short
  
  ⇔
  
  petit ✓
- French
  
  ⇔
  
  français ✓
- English
  
  ⇔
  
  anglais ✓
Which sentence means 'You are French'?
- Je suis français.
- Tu es anglais.
- Tu suis français.
- Tu es français. ✓
What is the French for 'I am short'?
- 'Je suis petit.' ✓

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Je (I) and tu (you) are pronouns. They tell us who is doing the verb or who the verb is about.
Être means 'to be, being', je suis means 'I am' and tu es means 'you are'.
Consonants such as -s, -t, -x and -d at the end of a word are usually silent in French.
Four important skills for learning are: écouter (listening), lire (reading), parler (speaking) and écrire (writing).

Final consonants that are pronounced in English are also pronounced in French.

The letters d, s, t and x are usually silent at the end of words in French.