pronounced as in 'gauche', meaning 'left'

bougie

bureau

gauche

aussi

faux

nous

jaune

bonjour

douze

chapeau

jouer

oiseau

poule

bouche

automne

bijou

bateau

bouteille

elle chat

tu table

il orange

cest quoi

il a quoi

elle a quoi

B2 -1

B2 -2

B2 -3

B2 -4

B2 -5

cest animal

B2 -6

j'ai

tu as

il a

elle a

jai chien

Packing a bag: singular 'avoir

French

In this unit a dream, a story and packing a bag offer multiple contexts for learning that nouns have grammatical gender and that this determines the word for a/an. Pupils learn to use c'est, it is, with liaison, and singular forms of the verb ‘avoir’. Key sounds learnt are un, on, ch, au, u and ou.

What I and others have: singular 'avoir' and nouns

True or False? The sounds/SSCs [au] and [ou] have the same sound.

The following words/phrases all contain the sound/SSC {{}}?
Aussi, gauche, faux, jaune, automne.

True or false. We don't always have to just use the nouns we are taught in class in our writing or speaking, we can look up different nouns in a dictionary.

Read the following sentence and complete the two halves of the English translation below.
'J'ai un livre, tu as un cadeau, il a une peluche et elle a un ballon'.

'Il a quoi ?' means 'what does {{}} have?' in English.

Which of the following are suitable answers to the question 'Elle a quoi ?'.

True for false? The SSCs [ou] and [au] sound similar but they are not the same. 

What does the question word 'quoi' mean in English?

for more than one person's action or state.

Choose the correct sentence ending. The singular forms of a verb are ...

Match the French subject pronouns to the correct singular form of 'avoir'.

Read the sentence in French and match the presents below to the correct people.
J'ai un livre pour Jeanne, une peluche pour Amandine, un stylo pour Michel, un ballon pour Nadine et un jeu pour Marc.

Starter Quiz