D'où viens-tu ?
Where are you from?
- Demandez à quelqu'un d'où il vient (Ask somebody where they are from)
- Dites votre nationalité (Say your nationality)
- Les articles définis et indéfinis (Definite and indefinite articles)
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Vocabulary (22) Share Copied!
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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Conversation exercise
Instruction:
- Décrivez la nationalité de chaque personne. (Describe the nationality of each person.)
- Dis où ils vivent actuellement. (Say where do they currently live.)
- Indiquez où vous habitez. (Tell where you live.)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Eero est de France. Eero is from France. |
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Ola vient de Pologne et elle vit à Londres. Ola comes from Poland and she lives in London. |
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Maria est espagnole. Maria is Spanish. |
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Jan est originaire des Pays-Bas. Jan is from the Netherlands. |
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D'où viens-tu ? Where are you from? |
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Où habites-tu ? Where do you live? |
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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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L'Allemagne
Germany
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La capitale
The capital
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Vivre
To live
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La Suisse
Switzerland
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La nationalité
Nationality
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 les mots dans la catégorie qui correspond à leur usage pour parler des pays et des nationalités.
Pays et capitales
Nationalités et personnes
Exercise 7: Les articles définis et indéfinis
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: Definite and indefinite articles
Show translation Show answersles, le, des, la, une, un, l'
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Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
Vivre to live Share Copied!
present
| French | English |
|---|---|
| (je/j') je vis | I live |
| tu vis | You live |
| il/elle/on vit | He/she/one lives |
| nous vivons | we live |
| vous vivez | You live |
| ils/elles vivent | They live |
Habiter to live Share Copied!
present
| French | English |
|---|---|
| (je/j') j'habite | I live |
| tu habites | You live |
| il/elle/on habite | he/she/one lives |
| nous habitons | we live |
| vous habitez | You live |
| ils/elles habitent | They live |
Naître to be born Share Copied!
present
| French | English |
|---|---|
| (je/j') je nais | I am born |
| tu nais | You are born |
| il/elle/on naît | He/she/one is born |
| nous naissons | we are born |
| vous naissez | You are born |
| ils/elles naissent | They are born |
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