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Vocabulary (16)

Le stade: the stadium (French)

Nous sommes allés au stade pour regarder le match de football.

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We went to the stadium to watch the football match. Show

Le stade

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The stadium Show

La natation: Swimming (French)

J'ai essayé la natation la semaine dernière à la piscine.

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I tried swimming last week at the pool. Show

La natation

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Swimming Show

Le football: football (French)

Hier, nous avons joué au football dans le gymnase près de la bibliothèque.

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Yesterday, we played football in the gym near the library. Show

Le football

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Football Show

Le rugby: rugby (French)

Nous avons joué au rugby au gymnase samedi dernier.

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We played rugby in the gym last Saturday. Show

Le rugby

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Rugby Show

Le basketball: basketball (French)

Nous avons joué au basketball au gymnase hier soir.

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We played basketball in the gym last night. Show

Le basketball

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Basketball Show

Le ski: skiing (French)

Nous avons fait du ski pendant les vacances d'hiver.

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We went skiing during the winter holidays. Show

Le ski

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Skiing Show

Le cyclisme: Cycling (French)

Nous avons parlé de cyclisme après le match de football.

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We talked about cycling after the football match. Show

Le cyclisme

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Cycling Show

La piscine: the swimming pool (French)

Hier, nous sommes allés à la piscine pour faire de la natation.

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Yesterday, we went to the swimming pool to go swimming. Show

La piscine

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The swimming pool Show

Le tennis: tennis (French)

Nous avons joué au tennis au gymnase hier soir.

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We played tennis at the gym last night. Show

Le tennis

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Tennis Show

Le terrain: the pitch (French)

Nous avons joué au football sur le terrain hier après-midi.

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We played football on the pitch yesterday afternoon. Show

Le terrain

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The pitch Show

Jouer (to play) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Il joue au basketball avec ses amis.

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He plays basketball with his friends. Show

Jouer

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To play Show

Gagner (to win) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Tu gagnes souvent au basketball avec nous.

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You often win at basketball with us. Show

Gagner

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To win Show

Perdre (to lose) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Ils perdent au cyclisme, mais font du sport.

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They lose at cycling, but do sport. Show

Perdre

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To lose Show

Être sportif: Being sporty (French)

Tu es allé au gymnase parce que tu es sportif, n'est-ce pas ?

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You went to the gym because you are sporty, didn't you? Show

Être sportif

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Being sporty Show

Faire du sport: Playing sport (French)

Hier, nous avons fait du sport au gymnase avec mes amis.

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Yesterday, we did sport at the gym with my friends. Show

Faire du sport

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Playing sport Show

Faire de l'exercice: Doing exercise (French)

Hier, nous avons fait de l'exercice au gymnase après l'école.

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Yesterday, we exercised at the gym after school. Show

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

French A1.40: Sports and exercise

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.

...

Exercise 2: Dialogue Cards

Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.

1

Parler des sports que tu pratiques

2

Discuter d'une sortie au stade

3

Demander et parler des sports favoris

Exercise 3: Translate and use in a sentence

Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.

1

Gagner

To win

2

Le football

Football

3

La piscine

The swimming pool

4

Le cyclisme

Cycling

5

Le basketball

Basketball

Exercise 4: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
dans le gymnase | près de la | joué au football | bibliothèque. | Hier, nous avons
Hier, nous avons joué au football dans le gymnase près de la bibliothèque.
(Yesterday, we played football in the gym near the library.)
2.
tennis hier | Tu as | après-midi. | gagné au
Tu as gagné au tennis hier après-midi.
(You won at tennis yesterday afternoon.)
3.
soir. | gymnase hier | tennis au | joué au | Nous avons
Nous avons joué au tennis au gymnase hier soir.
(We played tennis at the gym last night.)
4.
au stade | au football | hier. | Jai joué
J'ai joué au football au stade hier.
(I played football at the stadium yesterday.)
5.
au gymnase parce | Tu es allé | ? | que tu es | sportif, nest-ce pas
Tu es allé au gymnase parce que tu es sportif, n'est-ce pas ?
(You went to the gym because you are sporty, didn't you?)
6.
joué au | gymnase samedi | Nous avons | dernier. | rugby au
Nous avons joué au rugby au gymnase samedi dernier.
(We played rugby in the gym last Saturday.)
7.
football sur | Nous avons | hier après-midi. | joué au | le terrain
Nous avons joué au football sur le terrain hier après-midi.
(We played football on the pitch yesterday afternoon.)

Exercise 5: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

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J'ai joué au football avec mes amis hier
Elle est allée à la piscine pour faire de la natation
Nous avons gagné le match au stade dimanche
Tu as fait du cyclisme ce weekend dernier

Exercise 6: Cluster the words

Instruction: Place ces mots dans les bonnes catégories selon le type de sport ou le lieu où on pratique ces sports.

Sports en salle

Sports en plein air

Exercise 7: Verb conjugation

Instruction: Choose the correct verb and tense.

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vous, êtes, couru, a joué, sont, je, ils, allés, on, es, suis, vous avez parlé, as joué, allé, tu, a

1.
Tu ... au tennis à la piscine.
(You played tennis at the pool.)
2.
... ... ...s au terrain de basketball ce week-end.
(You went to the basketball court this weekend.)
3.
... ... ... au stade pour jouer au football.
(You went to the stadium to play football.)
4.
Il ... au basketball avec ses amis.
(He played basketball with his friends.)
5.
... ... ... à la piscine faire de la natation.
(I went to the swimming pool to swim.)
6.
... ... ... skier dans les montagnes ensemble.
(They went skiing in the mountains together.)
7.
... du tennis après le match.
(You talked about tennis after the match.)
8.
Il ... ... sur le terr...in de rugby.
(He ran on the rugby pitch.)

Exercise 8: Le passé composé avec "avoir" et "être"

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: The passé composé 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 have played tennis for ten years.)
4. Gagner :
Nous ... la compétition la plus importante.
(We 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.)

Grammar

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A1.40.1 Grammaire

Le passé composé avec "avoir" et "être"

The passé composé with "avoir" and "être"

Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Aller to go

passe_compose

French English
(je/j') je suis allé / je suis allée I went
tu es allé / tu es allée you went
(il/elle/on) il est allé / elle est allée / on est allé(e)s he went / she went / we went
nous sommes allés / nous sommes allées we went
vous êtes allé / vous êtes allée / vous êtes allés / vous êtes allées you went
(ils/elles) ils sont allés / elles sont allées they went

Exercises and examples phrases

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') ai joué I played
(tu) as joué you played
(il/elle/on) a joué he/she/one played
(nous) avons joué we played
(vous) avez joué You played
(ils/elles) ont joué they played

Exercises and examples phrases

Parler to speak

passe_compose

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

Exercises and examples phrases

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