Les nombres (3° partie), l'heure et les verbes partir, sortir...
Here is everything we've seen in connection with chapter 14 of French Made Simple.
1. The Numbers (part 3)
Although our study of numbers technically ended with chapter 13, we kept practicing with progressively larger numbers. Here is what we did in class. All the exercises come from the Podcast Français Facile website.
2. Telling Time
There are two ways to tell time in French : the casual way (12 hours, using "et quart", "et demie", "moins...") and the formal way (24 hours followed by the minutes).
Our class handout (adapted from jannabanna's document at ISLCollective) shows, in 5-minute increments, how to tell time using either pattern.
The "formal" time is always used for planes, train schedules and so on, but you can sometimes hear it in casual conversation, too. Besides, both way of telling time are often combined. So, for example, if the time is 3:50pm, you may hear any of the following phrases:
Il est quinze heures cinquante (official time)
Il est quatre heures moins dix (de l'après-midi) (casual time)
Il est trois heures cinquante (de l'après-midi) (combination)
For more information, I recommend the following links: [all BEGINNER]
How to Express Time in French
Apprendre les heures (PFF, with audio file)
Telling Time in French (with a lot of extra vocabulary)
How to Tell the Time in French (with audio lesson focused on pronunciation and liaisons)
French for Beginners-How to Tell Time in French (video from the Diplomat Language School in Toronto)
And you can also check out this easy listen-and-repeat video:
We also did the following exercises in class:
Il est quelle heure ? Listening exercise from PFF. Click on "Imprimer le document" to access the handout.
Quelle heure est-il ? Exercise created by silvialefevre at ISLCollective
Quelle heure est-il ? Que fait-elle ? Exercise created by jannabanna at ISLCollective
3. Partir, Sortir, Servir, Sentir, Dormir
The other grammar point in chapter 14 is the conjugation in present tense of a few 3rd group verbs ending in -IR. With these verbs, the last letter of the root ("t" in partir, "m" in dormir...) drops for the three first persons (singular) but reappears for the three last ones (plural). The conjugation chart is in the book.
To practice these verbs a little more, here is the exercise we did in class (adapted from a document by vivace at ISLCollective).
1. The Numbers (part 3)
Although our study of numbers technically ended with chapter 13, we kept practicing with progressively larger numbers. Here is what we did in class. All the exercises come from the Podcast Français Facile website.
- A Few Dates: This is a listening exercise about well-known (and less known) dates in French history and culture. Click on the "Exercise" icon to access the handout.
- Numbers from 1,000 to 9,999 - List A: Another listening exercise, with slightly bigger numbers. Click on "Imprimer le document" to print the handout.
- Car Prices (numbers between 10,000 and 99,999): The first audio link is an easy "listen and repeat" exercise that you can do at home. The Car Price exercise we did in class is the second audio link. There was no handout on the website, but I had fun creating this one. 😊
2. Telling Time
There are two ways to tell time in French : the casual way (12 hours, using "et quart", "et demie", "moins...") and the formal way (24 hours followed by the minutes).
Our class handout (adapted from jannabanna's document at ISLCollective) shows, in 5-minute increments, how to tell time using either pattern.
The "formal" time is always used for planes, train schedules and so on, but you can sometimes hear it in casual conversation, too. Besides, both way of telling time are often combined. So, for example, if the time is 3:50pm, you may hear any of the following phrases:
Il est quinze heures cinquante (official time)
Il est quatre heures moins dix (de l'après-midi) (casual time)
Il est trois heures cinquante (de l'après-midi) (combination)
For more information, I recommend the following links: [all BEGINNER]
How to Express Time in French
Apprendre les heures (PFF, with audio file)
Telling Time in French (with a lot of extra vocabulary)
How to Tell the Time in French (with audio lesson focused on pronunciation and liaisons)
French for Beginners-How to Tell Time in French (video from the Diplomat Language School in Toronto)
And you can also check out this easy listen-and-repeat video:
We also did the following exercises in class:
Il est quelle heure ? Listening exercise from PFF. Click on "Imprimer le document" to access the handout.
Quelle heure est-il ? Exercise created by silvialefevre at ISLCollective
Quelle heure est-il ? Que fait-elle ? Exercise created by jannabanna at ISLCollective
3. Partir, Sortir, Servir, Sentir, Dormir
The other grammar point in chapter 14 is the conjugation in present tense of a few 3rd group verbs ending in -IR. With these verbs, the last letter of the root ("t" in partir, "m" in dormir...) drops for the three first persons (singular) but reappears for the three last ones (plural). The conjugation chart is in the book.
To practice these verbs a little more, here is the exercise we did in class (adapted from a document by vivace at ISLCollective).
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