A1.1: Greetings and Farewells

Salutations et adieux

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

Vocabulary (15)

 Bonjour: hello (French)

Bonjour

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Hello Show

 Être (to be) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Être

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To be Show

 Bonsoir: Good evening (French)

Bonsoir

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Good evening Show

 Bon après-midi: Good afternoon (French)

Bon après-midi

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Good afternoon Show

 Salut: Hi (French)

Salut

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Hi Show

 Avoir (to have) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Avoir

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To have Show

 Comment ça va ?: How are you? (French)

Comment ça va ?

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How are you? Show

 Au revoir: Goodbye (French)

Au revoir

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Goodbye Show

 À demain: See you tomorrow (French)

À demain

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See you tomorrow Show

 Merci: Thank you (French)

Merci

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Thank you Show

 Enchanté: Nice to meet you (French)

Enchanté

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Nice to meet you Show

 À bientôt: See you soon (French)

À bientôt

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See you soon Show

 Ça va bien: I'm fine (French)

Ça va bien

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I'm fine Show

 À tout à l'heure !: See you later! (French)

À tout à l'heure !

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See you later! Show

 Bonne journée !: Have a good day! (French)

Bonne journée !

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Have a good day! Show

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Utilisez la salutation appropriée dans chaque situation et engagez une petite conversation. (Use the correct greeting in each situation and start a small talk.)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

Bonjour !

Good morning!

Bon après-midi !

Good afternoon!

Bonsoir !

Good evening!

Comment ça va ?

How are you?

Bien. Et toi?

Fine. And you?

À plus tard !

See you later!

Désolé, pouvez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

Sorry, can you repeat, please?

Je ne comprends pas.

I don’t understand.

Pourriez-vous l'épeler ?

Could you spell that?

Enchanté de vous rencontrer.

Nice to meet you.

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Exercise 2: Dialogue Cards

Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.

Exercise 3: Translate and use in a sentence

Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.

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À bientôt


See you soon

2

Enchanté


Nice to meet you

3

À tout à l'heure !


See you later!

4

Bonjour


Hello

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Bon après-midi


Good afternoon

Exercise 4: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
ça | comment | ? | va | aujourd'hui | Bonjour,
Bonjour, comment ça va aujourd'hui ?
(Hello, how are you today?)
2.
et toi | ? | Ça va | bien, merci,
Ça va bien, merci, et toi ?
(I'm fine, thank you, and you?)
3.
m'appelle | Paul. | je | Madame, | Enchanté,
Enchanté, Madame, je m'appelle Paul.
(Pleased to meet you, madam, my name is Paul.)
4.
à l'heure, | À tout | j'ai cours | minutes. | dans dix
À tout à l'heure, j'ai cours dans dix minutes.
(See you later, I have a class in ten minutes.)
5.
! | bonne | Merci, | Monsieur, | journée
Merci, Monsieur, bonne journée !
(Thank you, sir, have a good day!)
6.
et à | Au revoir | bientôt, prends | toi ! | soin de
Au revoir et à bientôt, prends soin de toi !
(Goodbye and see you soon, take care of yourself!)

Exercise 5: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

Comment ça va ? (How are you?)
Je vous dis au revoir. (I say goodbye to you.)
À demain matin ! (See you tomorrow morning!)
Merci madame, bonne journée ! (Thank you madam, have a good day!)

Exercise 6: Cluster the words

Instruction: Regroupez les mots selon qu'ils servent à saluer ou à prendre congé.

Salutations

Adieux

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Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Avoir to have

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French English
(je/j') j'ai I have
tu as you have
(il/elle/on) il a / elle a / on a he has / she has / one has
nous avons we have
vous avez You have
(ils/elles) ils ont / elles ont they have

Exercises and examples phrases

Être to be

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French English
(je/j') je suis / j'suis I am / I'm
tu es you are
(il/elle/on) il est / elle est / on est he is / she is / one is
nous sommes we are
vous êtes you are
(ils/elles) ils sont / elles sont they are

Exercises and examples phrases

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