French I, Semester I; L'Heure

Sections:

Introduction  |   Section 1  |   Section 2  |   Section 3   |   Dictionaries

Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |   Part C  |   Part D  |   Part E  |   Part F

Section One - Part A Ma ville When you begin to meet people who speak French or if you are traveling in their country, you will need to know things about a city. Let's learn the names of the places in a city. Look and listen to the names of the places in the following chart. Be sure to repeat after the speaker. la banque le café l'église l'hôpital la bibliothèque le marché le musée le magasin de musique   le jardin public la piscine la poste le restaurant le supermarché le fleuriste le cordonnier la pharmacie l'école la classe le cinéma la plage Practice Use this practice session to become familiar with the concepts of this lesson module. Speedword Les verbes In Unit 3, you learned to change a regular -er verb to signifiy that a different person is doing an activity. Try these as a practice activity to review that. Use the verb regarder. nous regardons je regarde elles regardent tu regardes elle regarde Paul et moi (me) regardons vous regardez on regarde   If you were not able to do these easily, please go back to practice this. You can also practice outside of the course at French Assistant.com.   Watch the presentation to see what you can do in the places you learned above. As you view, try to guess the meanings of the new words. Practice Use this practice session to become familiar with the concepts of this lesson module. After you have practiced, do this little self-check to see if you know what the new words mean. The verbs will be given in their infinitive (to + action) form. regarder les tableaux to look at the paintings acheter un CD to buy a cd vendre des fruits to sell fruit envoyer une lettre to send a letter retirer de l'argent to take money out acheter une glace to buy an ice cream réparer ses chaussures to repair shoes acheter des fleurs to buy flowers acheter des médicaments to buy medicine   In the presentation, you probably noted that some of the verbs didn't change in the same way as the ones we learned in Unit 3. This is because these verbs are slightly different - they are verbs that form their infinitive with -ir or -re verbs instead of -er. View the following to review the -er verbs and to learn how the -ir and -re verbs changee. Try your hand at changing these verbs. je, manger je mange ils, vendre ils vendent elle, finir elle finit elles, vendre elles vendent vous, attendre vous attendez tu, choisir tu choisis je, demander je demande il, descendre il descend nous, répondre nous répondons You should not go on until you can do these with relative ease. If you reload the page, you can try them again and do these kinds of activities over and over again. Writing Assignment Write a small paragraph in French using vocabulary you have learned so far to talk about what you do on a regular basis (I study, I eat, I buy a cd, etc.). Write at least 8 sentences of things that you do. Then write about one friend who does similar things and reconstruct the sentences, talking about your friend. Go to Writing 1a to turn it in. This assignment is worth 24 points. Unit Vocabulary All the vocabulary in this unit relates to the general theme of talking about telling time and what you do at various times of the day. Click on the link below to see and hear all of the vocabulary and sentences you will learn here. As you go through the unit, return to this from time to time to practice this vocabulary. Vocabulary 1 Va à 1b!

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