44. Verbes du 2nd groupe, nombres ordinaux, dates et comment prononcer "plus"
Here is everything we studied in connection with Chapter 16 of our textbook, French Made Simple.
This is a set of regular verbs whose conjugation follows the verb FINIR.
Remember, not all verbs ending in -IR belong to the second group. There are also some verbs, such as partir or venir, that belong to the third group and are irregular. See my previous blogs on the first + second groups and the third group for more information.
Besides the grammar notes in the textbook, here is what we studied in class on this topic:
The second grammar point in Chapter 16 deals with the ordinal numbers: premier, deuxième, etc.
We used this exercise by Lingolia to practice ordinal numbers in class. (Click on "vérifier les réponses" at the bottom of the page to get the answers.) You can also check out their lesson on the topic.
If you'd like to practice the ordinal numbers some more, here are online activities you may be interested in:
Next to the ordinal numbers was a section about how to say the date in French. This is a topic we already studied a while ago, so this part of the chapter was mostly a review. Nevertheless, extra practice is always welcome, isn't it? 😉
In order to practice the dates in a conversation, we used this very cute French Medieval History Chart (created by Fred Sochard) and turned it into a questions-and-answers game, which I describe in this handout.
(Note: Fred Sochard also created a similar chart about the Renaissance, wich is just as cute. Maybe an opportunity for further practice?)
This was not part of chapter 16, but it was a question that came up in class: how comes the final "s" in the word plus sometimes is pronounced, and sometimes isn't?
Fortunately, Podcast Français Facile had the answer. Here is their lesson on the topic (including audio) and their exercise handout, with answer sheet.
1. The Second Group Verbs (-IR)
This is a set of regular verbs whose conjugation follows the verb FINIR.
Remember, not all verbs ending in -IR belong to the second group. There are also some verbs, such as partir or venir, that belong to the third group and are irregular. See my previous blogs on the first + second groups and the third group for more information.
Besides the grammar notes in the textbook, here is what we studied in class on this topic:
- Lesson on the 2nd Group Verbs at Podcast Français Facile, with their handout.
- Also from Podcast Français Facile: a dialogue (with audio version) featuring a French teacher explaining the lesson above to a foreign student.
- Exercise: 2nd Group Verbs in the present tense (document created by jannabanna at ISLCollective). the handout includes an answer sheet at the end.
2. Ordinal Numbers
The second grammar point in Chapter 16 deals with the ordinal numbers: premier, deuxième, etc.
We used this exercise by Lingolia to practice ordinal numbers in class. (Click on "vérifier les réponses" at the bottom of the page to get the answers.) You can also check out their lesson on the topic.
If you'd like to practice the ordinal numbers some more, here are online activities you may be interested in:
- Ordinal numbers from 1er to 22e, with audio file. On the first page, hover over the numbers to hear their pronunciation. Click on "listening challenge" or "speaking challenge" to practice. [BEGINNER]
- Listening exercice - play the audio file and click on the numbers as you hear them.
- Listening exercice - French cities ranked by size. Listen to the audio file and select the right number. For an extra challenge, try to write down the number of inhabitants for each city.
- Writing exercice - Important dates in Paris' history. Write down the century that corresponds to each date.
- Writing exercice - Paris' arrondissements. For each sentence, write out the arrondissement number.
- 4 Easy interactive games about ordinal numbers. Click on "next" and "previous" to navigate between the four activities. [BEGINNER]
3. The Date
Next to the ordinal numbers was a section about how to say the date in French. This is a topic we already studied a while ago, so this part of the chapter was mostly a review. Nevertheless, extra practice is always welcome, isn't it? 😉
In order to practice the dates in a conversation, we used this very cute French Medieval History Chart (created by Fred Sochard) and turned it into a questions-and-answers game, which I describe in this handout.
(Note: Fred Sochard also created a similar chart about the Renaissance, wich is just as cute. Maybe an opportunity for further practice?)
4. Pronouncing the word "plus"
This was not part of chapter 16, but it was a question that came up in class: how comes the final "s" in the word plus sometimes is pronounced, and sometimes isn't?
Fortunately, Podcast Français Facile had the answer. Here is their lesson on the topic (including audio) and their exercise handout, with answer sheet.
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