A1.9: Days of the week and parts of the day

Jours de la semaine et parties de la journée

Listening & reading materials

Practice vocabulary in context with real materials.

Vocabulary (20)

 Le matin: The morning (French)

Le matin

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The morning Show

 L'après-midi: the afternoon (French)

L'après-midi

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The afternoon Show

 Le soir: The evening (French)

Le soir

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The evening Show

 Le week-end: The weekend (French)

Le week-end

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The weekend Show

 Le  jour: The day (French)

Le jour

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The day Show

 La semaine: The week (French)

La semaine

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The week Show

 Lundi: Monday (French)

Lundi

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Monday Show

 Mardi: Tuesday (French)

Mardi

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Tuesday Show

 Mercredi: Wednesday (French)

Mercredi

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Wednesday Show

 Jeudi: Thursday (French)

Jeudi

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Thursday Show

 Vendredi: Friday (French)

Vendredi

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Friday Show

 Samedi: Saturday (French)

Samedi

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Saturday Show

 Dimanche: Sunday (French)

Dimanche

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Sunday Show

 Organiser (to organize) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Organiser

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To organize Show

 Planifier (to plan) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Planifier

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To plan Show

 Aujourd'hui: Today (French)

Aujourd'hui

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Today Show

 Demain: Tomorrow (French)

Demain

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Tomorrow Show

 hier: yesterday (French)

Hier

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Yesterday Show

 Lever du soleil: Sunrise (French)

Lever du soleil

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Sunrise Show

 Le coucher du soleil: The sunset (French)

Le coucher du soleil

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The sunset Show

Exercises

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

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Nommez le jour et l'heure. (Name the day and the time.)
  2. Décrivez l'activité de chaque personne. (Describe the activity of each person.)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

C'est mercredi matin.

It is Wednesday morning.

C'est samedi soir.

It is Saturday night.

C'est mardi après-midi.

It is Tuesday afternoon.

Le jeudi, Maria étudie le matin.

On Thursday Maria studies in the morning.

Le samedi, il prépare un gâteau l'après-midi.

On Saturday he prepares cake in the afternoon.

Vendredi, les amis fêtent le soir.

On Friday the friends celebrate at night.

...

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

Lundi


Monday

2

La semaine


The week

3

Hier


Yesterday

4

Le matin


The morning

5

Demain


Tomorrow

Exercise 4: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
je travaille | à la | maison. | Ce matin,
Ce matin, je travaille à la maison.
(This morning, I am working from home.)
2.
après-midi. | une réunion | Nous organisons | ce jeudi
Nous organisons une réunion ce jeudi après-midi.
(We are organising a meeting this Thursday afternoon.)
3.
de cours | Cette semaine, | le matin. | j'ai beaucoup
Cette semaine, j'ai beaucoup de cours le matin.
(This week, I have a lot of classes in the morning.)
4.
ma famille. | regarde la | télévision avec | soir, je | Le dimanche
Le dimanche soir, je regarde la télévision avec ma famille.
(On Sunday evening, I watch television with my family.)
5.
activités. | planifier mes | de la | semaine sont | importants pour | Ces jours
Ces jours de la semaine sont importants pour planifier mes activités.
(These days of the week are important for planning my activities.)
6.
je vais | Cet après-midi, | amis. | avec mes | au marché
Cet après-midi, je vais au marché avec mes amis.
(This afternoon, I am going to the market with my friends.)

Exercise 5: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

Ce matin, je vais au marché. (This morning, I am going to the market.)
Nous organisons une réunion jeudi après-midi. (We are organising a meeting on Thursday afternoon.)
Le dimanche soir, je regarde un film. (On Sunday evening, I watch a film.)
Cette semaine, je travaille beaucoup. (This week, I am working a lot.)

Exercise 6: Cluster the words

Instruction: Classez les mots selon qu'ils désignent un jour de la semaine ou un moment de la journée.

Jours de la semaine

Moments de la journée

Exercise 7: Les adjectifs démonstratifs : "Ce, Cet, Cette, Ces"

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Demonstrative adjectives: "Ce, Cet, Cette, Ces"

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ces, Cet, Cette, Ce, Ces, cette

1.
... année ils veulent un petit frère.
(This year they want a little brother.)
2.
... âge est difficile pour un enfant.
(This age is difficult for a child.)
3.
... matin je prépare ma journée.
(This morning I am preparing my day.)
4.
... journées d'été sont longues.
(These summer days are long.)
5.
... habitant parle français.
(This inhabitant speaks French.)
6.
... week-end nous organisons nos vacances d'été.
(This weekend we are organising our summer holidays.)
7.
On dorme ensemble ... nuit ?
(Are we sleeping together tonight?)
8.
Elle aime faire ... voyages.
(She likes to make these trips.)

Grammar

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A1.9.2 Grammaire

Les adjectifs démonstratifs : "Ce, Cet, Cette, Ces"

Demonstrative adjectives: "Ce, Cet, Cette, Ces"


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Organiser to organize

present

French English
(je/j') j'organise I organise
(tu) organises You organise
(il/elle/on) organise he/She/one organizes
(nous) organisons we organise
(vous) organisez You organise
(ils/elles) organisent They organise

Exercises and examples phrases

Voir to see

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French English
(je/j') je vois / j’vois I see / I see
tu vois you see
(il/elle/on) il voit / elle voit / on voit he sees / she sees / one sees
nous voyons we see
vous voyez You see
(ils/elles) ils voient / elles voient they see

Exercises and examples phrases

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