Les nombres (2° partie) et le verbe faire

In chapter 12 of French Made Simple, we are continuing our study of numbers and we're having a look at two other verbs in the present tense.

          1. Faire and croire

Both verbs belong to the 3rd group, so they are irregular and their conjugations need to be memorized.

Generally speaking, the verb faire corresponds to the English verbs to do or to make, but there are some idiomatic uses. For example:

• faire faire quelque chose: to have somebody do something, to have something done.

ex.: Je fais réparer ma voiture = I'm having my car repaired

• faire de... (+ sport or leisure activity): to do / practice an activity, to play a sport...

I handed out in class this exercise (created by Paugaliza on ISLCollective) to practice using the verb faire with names of sports or activities.

You can also practice conjugating the verb faire with the following exercises:

http://www.didieraccord.com/exercices/index.php?ex=2.2.10

https://fog.ccsf.edu/~creitan/qchap2c.htm

https://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-2/exercice-francais-34664.php


          2. The numbers (part 2)

In this chapter, we're continuing our study of French numbers. If you'd like to get some extra practice, you can find many exercises on the Podcast Français Facile blog. Here are some examples, including those we did in class:

• Numbers from 60 to 100 [BEGINNER]

There are two audio files on this page : one that lists the numbers themselves, and the addition exercise we did in class with the white boards.

• Phones Numbers (0 to 99) [BEGINNER]

This is an exercise to familiarize yourselves with the French phone number structure. I handed out this form in class to make it easier to write down the phone numbers as you listen to the recording.

French phone numbers are made up of five sets of two digits. The first digit, always a 0, must be skipped when dialing a French number from abroad. For example, if Marie's number in France is 01-23-45-67-89, to call her from the US you need to dial 011-33-1-23-45-67-89. (011 is for placing an international call from the US and 33 is France's code.)

• In the library (numbers from 100 to 1000)

In this series of texts, you'll hear a small library's book inventory. For the exercise to be useful, you need of course to write down the book numbers while listening to the audio file, but without looking at the screen, which might not be as easy as it sounds if you need to pause the recording a lot. Try using the shortcuts below, which will open the sound files in a separate window. You can also use this table to write down the book numbers as you hear them.

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