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A1.42.1 Lecture

Voyage en France

Travel in France


Vocabulary (16)

 Le métro: The underground (French)

Le métro

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The underground Show

 Le bus: The bus (French)

Le bus

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The bus Show

 Le vélo: The bicycle (French)

Le vélo

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The bicycle Show

 La voiture: The car (French)

La voiture

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The car Show

 Le permis: the driving licence (French)

Le permis

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The driving licence Show

 La moto: The motorcycle (French)

La moto

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The motorcycle Show

 Le ticket: The ticket (French)

Le ticket

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The ticket Show

 La station: The station (French)

La station

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The station Show

 Le scooter: the scooter (French)

Le scooter

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The scooter Show

 La route: the road (French)

La route

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The road Show

 Le garage: The garage (French)

Le garage

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The garage Show

 Conduire (to drive) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Conduire

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To drive Show

 Rouler (to drive) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Rouler

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To drive Show

 Monter (to climb) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Monter

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To go up Show

 Entrer (to enter) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Entrer

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To enter Show

 À pied: on foot (French)

À pied

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On foot Show

Exercises

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

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Décrivez les différents moyens de transport que vous voyez sur les images. (Describe the different ways of transportation you see in the pictures.)
  2. Quel moyen de transport utilisez-vous pour aller au travail ou pour vos activités quotidiennes ? (What transportation do you use to go to work or for your daily activities?)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

Nous voyageons en Espagne en avion.

We travel to Spain by plane.

Je prends le bus pour aller au travail.

I take the bus to work.

Je vais toujours à l'école à vélo.

I always cycle to school.

Je prends un taxi pour aller à l'aéroport.

I take a taxi to go to the airport.

Nous prenons le train pour Madrid.

We take the train to Madrid.

Chaque jour, je marche 15 minutes jusqu'à la boulangerie.

Every day, I walk 15 minutes to the bakery.

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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 métro


The underground

2

La moto


The motorcycle

3

La voiture


The car

4

Entrer


To enter

5

Le bus


The bus

Exercise 4: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
matin. | heures du | à sept | le bus | Je prends
Je prends le bus à sept heures du matin.
(I take the bus at seven in the morning.)
2.
la station. | près de | un ticket | Tu achètes | au métro
Tu achètes un ticket au métro près de la station.
(You buy a ticket for the underground near the station.)
3.
le samedi. | en ville | la voiture | Il conduit
Il conduit la voiture en ville le samedi.
(He drives the car into town on Saturday.)
4.
huit heures | précises. | sur le | scooter à | Nous montons
Nous montons sur le scooter à huit heures précises.
(We get on the scooter at eight o'clock sharp.)
5.
à l'école. | Elle roule | en été | pour aller | à vélo
Elle roule à vélo en été pour aller à l'école.
(She rides her bike in summer to go to school.)
6.
pied le | dimanche. | Vous entrez | dans le | garage à
Vous entrez dans le garage à pied le dimanche.
(You enter the garage on foot on Sunday.)

Exercise 5: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

Je prends le bus à huit heures. (I take the bus at eight o'clock.)
Il conduit la voiture en ville. (He is driving the car into town.)
Nous achetons un ticket à la station de métro. (We buy a ticket at the underground station.)
Elle monte dans le train le lundi matin. (She gets on the train on Monday morning.)

Exercise 6: Cluster the words

Instruction: Glissez les mots dans la catégorie qui correspond le mieux à leur utilisation dans le contexte des transports.

Types de véhicules

Actions et lieux liés aux transports

Exercise 7: Indiquer un moment précis

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Indicate a specific moment

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en, au, le, à, Au

1.
Je prends le métro ... huit heures les matins.
(I take the tube at eight o'clock in the morning.)
2.
... 19ème siècle, la première voiture est crée.
(In the 19th century, the first car was created.)
3.
Nous avons acheté notre première voiture ... 10 mars 2010.
(We bought our first car on 10 March 2010.)
4.
Ton bus part dans dix minutes, ... dix-huit heures.
(Your bus leaves in ten minutes, at six o'clock.)
5.
Vous partez toujours en vacances ... août.
(You always go on holiday in August.)
6.
Ma fille va à la danse ... jeudi.
(My daughter goes to dance on Thursdays.)
7.
La maison est construite ... 19ème siècle.
(The house was built in the 19th century.)
8.
J'ai eu mon permis ... 26 avril 2022.
(I got my driving licence on 26 April 2022.)

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A1.42.2 Grammaire

Indiquer un moment précis

Indicate a specific moment


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Commander to order

present

French English
(je/j') commande I order
(tu) commandes you order
(il/elle/on) commande he/she/one orders
(nous) commandons we order
(vous) commandez You order
(ils/elles) commandent they order

Exercises and examples phrases

Parler to speak

present

French English
(je/j') je parle / j'parle I speak / I speak
tu parles you speak
(il/elle/on) il parle / elle parle / on parle he speaks / she speaks / one speaks
nous parlons we speak
vous parlez You speak
(ils/elles) ils parlent / elles parlent they speak

Exercises and examples phrases

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