Vocabulary (10) Share Copied!
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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Conversation exercise
Instruction:
- Dites le nom du jour férié et sa date. (Say the name of the holiday and it's date.)
- Quels sont vos projets pour les vacances ? Avec qui allez-vous les passer ? (What are your plans for the holidays? With whom are you going to spend it?)
- Quel jour sommes-nous aujourd'hui ? (What day is today?)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
Noël est le vingt-cinq décembre. Christmas is the twenty-fifth of December. |
Les vacances d'été sont en juillet et août. Summer holiday is in July and august. |
Pâques tombe toujours à une date différente. Easter is always on another date. |
Je prévois de célébrer Noël avec ma famille. I plan to celebrate christmas with my family. |
Je vais célébrer le Nouvel An avec mes amis. I am going to celebrate new year's with my friends. |
Aujourd'hui, c'est le quatorze février 2025. Today is the forteenth of february of 2025. |
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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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Le mois
The month
2
Se souvenir
To remember
3
Le calendrier
The calendar
4
Célébrer
To celebrate
5
La journée
The day
Exercise 4: Reorder sentences
Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.
Exercise 5: Match a word
Instruction: Match the translations
Exercise 6: Cluster the words
Instruction: Regroupez ces mots en deux catégories distinctes selon qu'ils désignent des jours fériés officiels ou des dates importantes liées à la vie scolaire et au calendrier.
Jours fériés officiels
Dates scolaires et moments du calendrier
Exercise 7: Verb conjugation
Instruction: Choose the correct form.
commencez, commences, commence, commençons, commencent
Exercise 8: Comment former la date?
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: How to form the date?
Show translation Show answersLe 11 novembre, le 1er septembre, le 6 janvier, Le 1er janvier, le 25 décembre, le 15 août, le 1er avril, Le 14 juillet
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Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
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present
French | English |
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(je/j') commence | I begin |
(tu) commences | you begin |
(il/elle/on) commence | he/she/one begins |
(nous) commençons | we begin |
(vous) commencez | You begin |
(ils/elles) commencent | they begin |
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