Starter quiz
- Which of the days mentioned are not weekdays?
- lundi
- jeudi
- dimanche ✓
- samedi ✓
- mercredi
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- Which is the correct date? 'le treize juillet'
- 3 July
- 30 July
- 13 June
- 3 June
- 13 July ✓
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- How would you say please, when talking to one friend?
- 's'il te plait' ✓
- What does the word 'sans' mean?
- 'without' ✓
- The verb 'sortir' can mean either to go out or to take out depending on the context. In which sentences does 'sortir' mean 'to go out'?
- Tu sors ta guitare du garage ?
- Aujourd'hui je sors loin d'ici. ✓
- Il va sortir le piano du sous-sol.
- J'aime sortir avec mes amis. ✓
- Sors-tu le chien ?
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- Match the parts of the verb 'sortir'.
- Je/Tu⇔sors ✓
- Il/Elle⇔sort ✓
- Nous⇔sortons ✓
- Vous⇔sortez ✓
- Ils / Elles⇔sortent ✓
Exit quiz
- Which of the following words start with a silent letter?
- nuit
- bonjour
- hôpital ✓
- orange
- serpent
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- Give the English for 'nourrir'?
- 'To feed, feeding' ✓
- Which of the following verbs are in the 'nous' form for -ir verbs?
- remplissons ✓
- remplissez
- choisissez
- réussissons ✓
- remplissent
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- Match the adverbs of time.
- demain⇔tomorrow ✓
- le week-end prochain⇔next weekend ✓
- dans un mois⇔in a month ✓
- la semaine prochaine⇔next week ✓
- dans une heure⇔in an hour ✓
- l'année prochaine⇔next year ✓
- Put the words in the correct order to form this sentence. 'This coming Tuesday I am going to Léa's house.'
- 1⇔mardi
- 2⇔je
- 3⇔vais
- 4⇔chez
- 5⇔Léa
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Key learning points
- The SSC [h] is silent in French, like in the words 'hôtel', 'hôpital' and 'heure'.
- Adverbs of time tell you when something happens, e.g. 'le week-end prochain' which means 'next weekend'.
- 'Mardi', used without an article, means 'on Tuesday' or 'this coming Tuesday'. 'Ce mardi' means the same.
- 'Le mardi' means 'on Tuesday' or 'every Tuesday'. We use this to talk about what we do every week.
- The 'nous' form of verbs like 'choisir' ends in -issons, the 'vous' form ends in -issez.
Common misconception
We need to use the future tense in French to describe future activities.
The present tense can be used with time adverbs to describe a future activity. For example, 'Mardi je vais chez Léa.' means: 'This coming Tuesday I am going to Léa's house.'. This is a future activity but the present tense has been used here.
Keywords
[h] - sound-symbol correspondence which is silent in French, like in 'heure', 'hôpital' and 'hôtel'
Adverbs of time - words or phrases that tell you when something happens
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