A school exchange: plural verbs like sortir and venir, 'sans' + infinitive | French

Starter quiz

Match the words below.
- Dormir
  
  ⇔
  
  To sleep ✓
- Maman
  
  ⇔
  
  Mum ✓
- Organiser
  
  ⇔
  
  To organise ✓
- Papa
  
  ⇔
  
  Dad ✓
- A droite
  
  ⇔
  
  On the right ✓
- A gauche
  
  ⇔
  
  On the left ✓
Match the noun with the correct partitive article.
- viande (f)
  
  ⇔
  
  de la ✓
- eau (f)
  
  ⇔
  
  de l' ✓
- poisson (m)
  
  ⇔
  
  du ✓
- bonbons (pl)
  
  ⇔
  
  des ✓
How would you say this sentence in English? 'Le zoo est ouvert chaque jour.'
- 'The zoo is open every day.' ✓
Put the words in the correct order so the sentence means, 'she didn't eat pizza'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Elle
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  n'
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  a
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  pas
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  mangé
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  de
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  pizza
What can you place at the beginning of a sentence as a questioning device for a closed question?
- comment
- est-ce que ✓
- quand
Which words has the same sound for 'll' as 'mille'?
- vanille
- famille
- fille
- ville ✓
- cheville

What is the correct English for 'venir'?
- 'To come' ✓
Match the words below.
- Dormir
  
  ⇔
  
  To sleep, sleeping ✓
- Maman
  
  ⇔
  
  Mum ✓
- Sans
  
  ⇔
  
  Without ✓
- Papa
  
  ⇔
  
  Dad ✓
- Revenir
  
  ⇔
  
  To come back, coming back ✓
- Sortir
  
  ⇔
  
  To go out, going out ✓
Match the parts of the verb 'sortir'.
- je
  
  ⇔
  
  sors ✓
- il/elle
  
  ⇔
  
  sort ✓
- nous
  
  ⇔
  
  sortons ✓
- vous
  
  ⇔
  
  sortez ✓
- ils/elles
  
  ⇔
  
  sortent ✓
Which verbs are in the 'vous' form?
- buvez ✓
- revenez ✓
- mangeons
- sortons
- sortez ✓
Put the words in the correct order to make the sentence, I can't work without my computer.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Je
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  ne
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  peux
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  pas
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  travailler
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  sans
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  mon ordinateur
Which of these sentences should have the word 'sans' in the gap?
- Elle mange ..... parler ✓
- Elle mange ...... parle en meme temps.
- Elle regarde la télé ..... fait les devoirs.
- Elle parle ..... chante bien.

Loading worksheet ...

Loading presentation ...

The SSC [eil/eill] sounds like [è] + 'yih' and [ouil/ouill] like [ou] + 'yih'.
The verb 'sortir' can mean either 'to go out' or 'to take out' depending on the context of the sentence.
To say without something use 'sans' before a noun. To say without doing something use 'sans' before an infinitive verb.
-IR verbs like 'sortir' and 'venir' end in -ons in the 'nous' form and 'ez' in the 'vous' form.
The pattern is the same for the verbs 'dormir', 'partir', 'devenir' and 'revenir'.

Like in English, 'sans' is followed by the '-ing' form of a verb in French.

In French, sans is followed by the infinitive form of a verb. For example: Elle part sans dire un mot. She leaves without saying a word.

[eil/eill] - sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) like the 'eille' in 'bouteille' which means 'bottle'
[ouil/ouill] - sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) like the 'ouill' in 'brouillard' which means 'fog'
Sans - French preposition meaning 'without'