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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Conversation exercise
Instruction:
- Nommez les pièces de votre maison ou appartement. (Name the rooms of your house or appartment.)
- Décrire différents types de logement. (Describe different housing types.)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
Cette maison a six pièces. This house has six rooms. |
Le salon est au rez-de-chaussée, à côté du hall d'entrée. The living room is on the ground level, next to the entrance hall. |
Il y a un balcon au premier étage. There is a balcony on the first floor. |
Mon appartement a une cuisine, une chambre et une salle de bain. My apartment has a kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom. |
La chambre a un balcon. The bedroom has a balcony. |
Je cherche un appartement d'une chambre. I am looking for a one-bedroom apartment. |
Le loyer du studio comprend tous les coûts mensuels. The rent for the studio includes all monthly costs. |
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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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Un appartement
An apartment
2
La chambre
The room
3
Décorer
To decorate
4
La fenêtre
The window
5
Vivre ensemble
Living together
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 le mieux à une pièce de la maison ou à une action liée à la maison.
Pièces de la maison
Actions liées à la maison
Exercise 7: La forme impersonnelle: "Il y a", "C'est"
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: The impersonal form: "Il y a", "C'est"
Show translation Show answersCe sont, C'est, Il y a
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Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
Fermer to close Share Copied!
present
French | English |
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(je/j') je ferme | I close |
tu fermes | You close |
il/elle/on ferme | He/She/One closes |
nous fermons | We close |
vous fermez | You close |
ils/elles ferment | They close |
Nettoyer to clean Share Copied!
present
French | English |
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(je/j') nettoie | I clean |
(tu) nettoies | You clean |
(il/elle/on) nettoie | he/she/one cleans |
(nous) nettoyons | we clean |
(vous) nettoyez | You clean |
(ils/elles) nettoient | they clean |
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