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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Conversation exercise
Instruction:
- Décrivez et comparez les personnes. (Describe and compare the people. )
- Décrivez votre propre caractère. (Describe your own character.)
- Décrivez vos membres de famille et amis. (Describe your family members and friends.)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
Juliette et Lukas forment un couple affectueux. Juliette and Lukas are an affectionate couple. |
Raúl est la personne la plus renfermée. Il est introverti. Raúl is the most closed person. He is introverted. |
Caitlin n'est pas sportive ; elle est la personne la moins active. Caitlin is not sporty; she is the least active person. |
Il est la personne la plus paresseuse. He is the most lazy person. |
Je semble paresseux mais je suis actif. I seem lazy but I am active. |
Je peux être timide si je ne connais pas les gens. I can be shy if I do not know the people. |
Il n'est pas honnête. He is not honest. |
Elle est très amicale mais pas très intelligente. She is very friendly but not very smart. |
Ce sont des étudiants intelligents. They are intelligent students. |
Ils sont plutôt bêtes, mais nous ne le leur dirons pas. They are rather dumb, but we will not tell them. |
... |
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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Menteur
Liar
2
Dynamique
Dynamic
3
Méchant
Mean
4
Connaître
To know
5
Généreux
Generous
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: Glissez chaque mot dans la catégorie qui correspond à un trait de personnalité positif ou négatif.
Traits positifs
Traits négatifs
Exercise 7: Les superlatifs: "Le plus, Le moins,etc..."
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: The superlatives: "Le plus, Le moins," etc...
Show translation Show answersles moins, la moins, le plus, le moins, la plus
Grammar Share Copied!
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A1.28.2 Grammaire
Les superlatifs: "Le plus, Le moins,etc..."
The superlatives: "Le plus, Le moins," etc...
Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
Connaître to know Share Copied!
present
French | English |
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(je/j') je connais | I know |
tu connais | you know |
(il/elle/on) il connaît / elle connaît / on connaît | he knows / she knows / one knows |
nous connaissons | we know |
vous connaissez | You know |
(ils/elles) ils connaissent / elles connaissent | they know |
Paraître to appear Share Copied!
present
French | English |
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(je/j') je parais/j'apparais | I appear |
tu parais | you appear |
(il/elle/on) il paraît | he appears |
nous paraissons | we appear |
vous paraissez | You appear |
(ils/elles) ils paraissent | they appear |
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