Starter quiz
- Which words contain the [gn] sound when said in French?
- mountain ✓
- road
- tea
- line ✓
- Spain ✓
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- Match the English and the French.
- époque (f)⇔era, time, period ✓
- apercevoir⇔to notice, see ✓
- occidental⇔western ✓
- colère (f)⇔anger ✓
- souffrance (f)⇔suffering ✓
- Which statement is correct?
- La Réunion est dans l'Océan Atlantique.
- La Réunion est dans l'Océan Indien. ✓
- La Réunion est dans la Mer du Nord.
- La Réunion est dans l'Océan Pacifique.
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- Complete the sentence: 'On peut voir ______ au Musée du Louvre.' You can see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre.
- 'La Joconde' ✓
- Translate the sentence: 'The museum teaches me a lot'.
- 1⇔le
- 2⇔musée
- 3⇔m'
- 4⇔apprend
- 5⇔beaucoup
- What is the correct verb spelling? 'Il ______ son ami.' He notices his friend.
- 'aperçoit' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the French and English.
- libération (f)⇔liberation ✓
- peau (f)⇔skin ✓
- espace (m)⇔space ✓
- obtenir⇔to get, obtain ✓
- humain⇔human ✓
- What is 'la décolonisation'?
- Leaving France to live in another country.
- France returning its overseas territories to their own people.
- Museums in France giving back artefacts to former colonies. ✓
- French people returning to France to live.
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- Translate the phrase: Ça me fait honte.
- it makes me happy
- it makes me proud
- it makes me sad
- it makes me ashamed ✓
- it makes me angry
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- What are the translations of 'me' and 'te' in English?
- me and you ✓
- my and your
- to me and to you ✓
- mine and yours
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- Sequence the words to make the sentence: I am for decolonisation of museums.
- 1⇔je
- 2⇔suis
- 3⇔pour
- 4⇔la
- 5⇔décolonisation
- 6⇔des
- 7⇔musées
- Write in French: Decolonisation interests me.
- 'La décolonisation m'intéresse.' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Use me and te when 'me' or 'you' is indirectly receiving the action of the verb: elle me donne un cadeau (gives to me).
- Direct and indirect object pronouns are very useful when expressing opinions: ça me surprend; l'idée m'intéresse ...
- Some museums in France and other countries which had colonies are taking steps to decolonise their exhibitions.
Common misconception
French object pronouns go after the verb in place of the object, just as in English. e.g. The museum interests me.
French object pronouns go before the verb. e.g. Le musée m'intéresse. When speaking and writing French we have to take care to use the correct word, especially for object pronouns.
Keywords
Object pronoun - a word that takes the place of a person, place or thing receiving the action of the verb
Me (m’) - me, to me
Te (t’) - you, to you
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