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 C

tprBougeons!

Remember that for the Bongeons! sections, you are to view, listen, then do. Act out these activities and your comprehension will increase. This would be an excellent activity to do over again later as well. Click on the icon above to view the presentation. After you have viewed the presentation, be sure to take the TPR 1C Quiz.

 

gameVocabulary Practice

 

You should be spending time every day practicing the vocabulary so that it becomes almost automatic. If you have not practicing regularly, please do go back to Section 1, Part A . Practice the question words and other new vocabulary here.

Matchword.

key conceptOù es-tu ?

We learned to ask, Comment vas-tu? Can you guess, then, what Où es-tu? means? (Where are you?) Let's practice saying that we are at different places in the town. Etre is the verb we are going to use. Although it is very common, it is not regular, that is, it does not follow the pattern of any of the verbs we've seen so far. Look at the sentences and then fill in the verb chart yourself. This is a very important verb to know!

Je suis à l'école. Mon père est à l'église. Mes amis sont au jardin public le samedi. Ma mère est au supermarché. Mes amis et moi, nous sommes en classe. Tes amis et toi, vous êtes au cinéma. Où es-tú?

Although être is very irregular, you can still see a bit of the pattern:

  • the tu form ends in -s
  • the il/elle/on form ends in -t
  • the ils/elles form ends in -nt

Put the correct forms in the chart:

Etre = to be
Je nous
tu vous

il
elle
on

 		ils
elles

 

Writing PracticeAu travail! Write this exercise in your notebook.


Use the cues given below to answer where the people are. The first one is done for you. Click on each one to see the response after you have done it.

1. Où est Paul? (au marché)
2. Où sont tes amis? (à l'église))
3. Où est ta mère? (à la poste)
4. Où es-tu? (à la maison)
5. Où êtes-vous? (au jardin public)
6. Où sont-ils? (à l'hôpital)

Remember that these are the kinds of activities that you can do over and over again--just refresh the page and you can try your hand at them again.

gameGet more practice with être and its forms in this practice activity. Speedword.

 

assignmentSpeaking Assignment

After you have practiced this vocabulary and the verb être sufficiently, choose the names of five people -- they could be people you really know or imaginary people. Say that each one of them is in a different location in a town. Record this and submit it to your teacher. Use French that you have learned so far in this course and speak in complete sentences. Turn in this assignment at Speaking 1c.

This assignment is worth 16 points.

 

Tadoussac

Picture from baleinesendirect.net.

Tadoussac is considered one of the most beautiful bays in the world. It is also the oldest surviving settlement in Canada - in 2000, it turned 400 years old! At the confluence of the Saguenay Fiord and the St. Laurent River, it was the first official outpost for the Canadian fur trade. In 1535, Jacques Cartier was so impressed with its beauty that he stopped there. He was followed by Samuel de Champlain in 1603.

Tadoussac is now a quaint village where thousands of tourists come to watch the whales. There are over 80 types of whales in this region. The Beluga whale is the only one, though, to live in the St. Laurent River year-round. It measures three to five meters (10 to 16 feet) in length and it sings! Listen to it sing (click on entrée Flash).

Va à 1d.

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