Les musées français : Indirect object pronouns me and te | French

Starter quiz

Which English translation matches each French word?

garder

⇔

to keep, look after ✓

chinois

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Chinese ✓

plaire

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to please, be pleasing ✓

humanité (f)

⇔

humanity ✓

victime (f)

⇔

victim ✓
Complete the sentence paying attention to the spelling of the adjective needed: 'Je vais à une école ...' (I go to a public school.)

'publique' ✓
Complete the sentence paying attention to the spelling of the adjective needed: ' C'est dans l'intérêt ...' (It's in the public interest.)

'public' ✓
Which word in this sentence is an indirect object pronoun? Je te donne mon vélo.

je

te ✓

donne

mon

vélo
Put the words in the right order to mean: you help me to understand the text.

1

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tu

2

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m'

3

⇔

aides

4

⇔

à

5

⇔

comprendre

6

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le

7

⇔

texte
Complete the translation of the sentence 'I show you the art museum': Je ______ le musée d'art.

'te montre' ✓

Complete the sentence: L'île de la Réunion est à l'est de ...

l'île Maurice

la France

Madagascar ✓

l'Asie
Match the vocabulary together.

des volcans

⇔

volcanoes ✓

la forêt

⇔

forest ✓

des plages

⇔

beaches ✓

la mer

⇔

sea ✓

de beaux paysages

⇔

beautiful countryside ✓

la ville

⇔

town ✓
Match the vocabulary together.

apercevoir

⇔

to notice, see ✓

colère (f)

⇔

anger ✓

époque (f)

⇔

era, period, time ✓

souffrance (f)

⇔

suffering ✓

grâce à

⇔

thanks to ✓

occidental

⇔

western ✓
Which verbs require an indirect object pronoun?

montrer ✓

regarder

écouter

donner ✓

parler ✓
Which is the missing word? 'Je t'______ sur le pont' - I notice you on the bridge.

'aperçois' ✓
Put the words in the right order to make the sentence: You look at me when I talk to you.

1

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tu

2

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me

3

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regardes

4

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quand

5

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je

6

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te

7

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parle

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Use me and te when 'me' or 'you' is indirectly receiving the action of the verb: elle me donne un cadeau (gives to me).
Me and te are used frequently in dialogue between two people.
[gn] is pronounced like 'ligne', [th] like 'thé', j like [jour] and [r] like 'rue'.
When transcribing, use your knowledge of French sounds to carefully write down what you hear. Check spelling carefully.

In France, the famous painting is called Mona Lisa, just like in English.

The French have their own name for the Mona Lisa, 'la Joconde', taken from the name of the lady in the painting - la Gioconda in Italian.

Indirect object pronoun - replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is to me, for you, to them
Me, (m’) - me, to me
Te, (t’) - you, to you