A1.40: Sports and exercise

Sports et exercice

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A1.40.1 Lecture

Programme des JO Paris 2024

Paris 2024 Olympic Games schedule


Vocabulary (15)

 Le stade: the stadium (French)

Le stade

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The stadium Show

 La natation: Swimming (French)

La natation

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Swimming Show

 Le football: football (French)

Le football

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Football Show

 Le rugby: rugby (French)

Le rugby

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Rugby Show

 Le basketball: basketball (French)

Le basketball

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Basketball Show

 Le cyclisme: Cycling (French)

Le cyclisme

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Cycling Show

 La piscine: the swimming pool (French)

La piscine

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The swimming pool Show

 Le tennis: tennis (French)

Le tennis

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Tennis Show

 Jouer (to play) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Jouer

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To play Show

 Gagner (to win) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Gagner

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To win Show

 Perdre (to lose) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Perdre

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To lose Show

 Le sport: sport (French)

Le sport

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Sport Show

 Être sportif: Being sporty (French)

Être sportif

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Being sporty Show

 Faire du sport: Playing sport (French)

Faire du sport

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Playing sport Show

 Faire de l'exercice: Doing exercise (French)

Faire de l'exercice

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Doing exercise Show

Exercises

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

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Nommez le type de sport et dites si vous le pratiquez en équipe (ou en paire) ou seul. (Name the type of sport and say if you do it as a team (or a pair) or alone.)
  2. Faites-vous du sport ? À quelle fréquence ? (Do you do sports? How often?)
  3. Aimes-tu regarder le sport ? (Do you like to watch sports?)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

Le volleyball est un sport d'équipe.

Volleyball is a teamsport.

La natation est un sport individuel.

Swimming is an individual sport.

Comme sport, je fais de la boxe.

As sports I do boxing.

J'aime jouer au tennis. Je joue au tennis tous les mercredis et samedis.

I like to play tenis. I play tenis every Wednesday and Saturday.

Je n'aime pas regarder le sport. Ça me fatigue.

I do not like to watch sports. I get tired.

J'aime regarder des matchs de basket.

I like to watch basketball games.

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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.

1

Le cyclisme


Cycling

2

Le tennis


Tennis

3

La natation


Swimming

4

Faire du sport


Playing sport

5

Le rugby


Rugby

Exercise 4: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

Show answers
1.
joué au | football au | ? | stade hier | Tu as
Tu as joué au football au stade hier ?
(Did you play football at the stadium yesterday?)
2.
la piscine | de la | pour faire | natation. | Je suis | allé à
Je suis allé à la piscine pour faire de la natation.
(I went to the swimming pool to swim.)
3.
gagné le | Nous avons | match de | dernier. | basketball samedi
Nous avons gagné le match de basketball samedi dernier.
(We won the basketball match last Saturday.)
4.
faire du | cyclisme avec | moi ? | Es-tu venu
Es-tu venu faire du cyclisme avec moi ?
(Did you come to cycle with me?)
5.
terrain de | matin. | Ils sont | venus au | tennis ce
Ils sont venus au terrain de tennis ce matin.
(They came to the tennis court this morning.)
6.
couru vite | Elle a | de rugby. | pendant l'exercice
Elle a couru vite pendant l'exercice de rugby.
(She ran fast during the rugby drill.)

Exercise 5: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

J'ai joué au football avec mes amis hier. (I played football with my friends yesterday.)
Nous sommes allés au stade pour regarder un match de rugby. (We went to the stadium to watch a rugby match.)
Tu as gagné la course à la piscine ce matin. (You won the race at the swimming pool this morning.)
Elle a fait du cyclisme tous les week-ends. (She went cycling every weekend.)

Exercise 6: Cluster the words

Instruction: Classez ces mots selon le lieu où se pratiquent les sports.

Sports en intérieur

Sports en extérieur

Exercise 7: Le passé composé avec "avoir" et "être"

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: The past tense with "avoir" and "être"

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as gagné, as joué, a joué, a couru, avons gagné, avez couru, sont venus, suis allé

1. Jouer :
Ma famille ... au rugby dimanche.
(My family played rugby on Sunday.)
2. Courir :
Vous ... sur le terrain.
(You ran on the field.)
3. Jouer :
Tu ... au tennis pendant dix ans.
(You played tennis for ten years.)
4. Gagner :
Nous ... la compétition la plus importante.
(We have won the most important competition.)
5. Courir :
Elle ... aussi vite que sa copine.
(She ran as fast as her friend.)
6. Aller:
Je ... courir avec mes amis.
(I went running with my friends.)
7. Gagner :
Tu ... tous tes matchs cette année.
(You have won all your matches this year.)
8. Venir:
Tous tes amis ... jouer au foot avec toi.
(All your friends came to play football with you.)

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A1.40.2 Grammaire

Le passé composé avec "avoir" et "être"

The past tense with "avoir" and "être"


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Courir to run

passe_compose

French English
(je/j') j'ai couru I ran
tu as couru You ran
il/elle/on a couru He/she/one ran
nous avons couru We ran
vous avez couru You have run
ils/elles ont couru They have run

Exercises and examples phrases

Jouer to play

passe_compose

French English
(je/j') j'ai joué I played
tu as joué You have played
il/elle/on a joué He/she/one has played
nous avons joué We played
vous avez joué You have played
ils/elles ont joué They have played

Exercises and examples phrases

Gagner to win

passe_compose

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

Exercises and examples phrases

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