Unité 3 – Qu’est-ce qu’on fait?
Leçon 5
-er verb activities (know what they mean and be able to conjugate any of them- remember what happens with -ger verbs i.e. nous mangeons
-aimer (to like or not like to do something) and preferences
-je veux/je ne veux pas (wanting to do something)
-je peux/je ne peux pas (being able to do something)
-je dois (I must/have to)
Here is a link to the book’s website where you can find a practice quiz for this (and other) lessons.
Leçon 6
Here is the lesson vocabulary for this lesson. You do not have to know all of the expressions below, but if you practice with the games you may have to use them. Below are activities to help you practice.
This lesson also deals with the conjugation of the verb être – to be. It is irregular.
Here is a link to making sentences negative (adding ne…pas) if you need more help with that.
| francais | anglais |
|---|---|
| Où est…? | Where is…? |
| à la maison | at home |
| là | there |
| en ville | in town |
| alors | so |
| C’est vrai | That’s true. |
| puisque | since |
| je t’invite au cinéma | I’ll invite you to the movies. |
| je suis | I am |
| tu es | you are (s) |
| il est | he is |
| Elle est | She is |
| nous sommes | we are |
| vous êtes | you are (pl) |
| ils/elles sont | they are |
| ici | here |
| à Boston | in Boston |
| en classe | in class |
| en vacances | on vacation |
| au café | at the café |
| là-bas | over there |
| au restaurant | at the restaurant |
| au cinéma | at the movies |
| Oui! | Yes! |
| Mais oui! | Sure! |
| Bien sûr! | Of course! |
| Peut-être | Maybe |
| Non! | No! |
| Mais non! | Of course not! |
| Est-ce que Pierre est ici? | Is Pierre here? |
| Elle n’est pas là. | She isn’t there. |
| Il n’est pas en classe. | He isn’t in class. |
| Nous ne sommes pas en vacances. | We aren’t on vacation. |
| Tu n’es pas d’accord avec moi? | You don’t agree with me? |
| à | at, in |
| de | from, of |
| et | and |
| ou | or |
| avec | with |
| pour | for |
Quia
–lesson 6 vocab (matching, concentration, flashcards)
–er verbs Challenge board (Jeopardy-style game)
Leçon 7
Conjugation of regular -er verbs
Quia games:
Rags to Riches regular -er verb and subject pronoun practice
ER verbs hangman
ER verb translation and conjugation hangman
Rags to riches -er verb conjugation
ER verbs and adverbs battleship
ER verbs- to conjugate regular -er verbs, drop the -er to get the stem, and add the following endings:
je -e nous -ons
tu -es vous -ez
il/elle -e ils/elles -ent
| je parle | nous parlons |
| tu parles | vous parlez |
| il/elle on parle |
ils/elles parlent |
Here is a video with a French speaker teaching the conjugation of PARLER
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Other important GRAMMAR & VERB CONSTRUCTION
–multiple verb sentence construction (p. 101)
When you have multiple verbs in a sentence, you conjugate the first verb, and leave the second verb in the infinitive.
J’aime regarder la télé. Il n’aime pas jouer au foot.
(I don’t like (conjugated) to watch (infinitive) TV) (He doesn’t like (conjugated) to play (infinitive) soccer
–negation (ne…pas – sentences in the negative)
To make an affirmative (regular) sentence negative, you add ne…pas – see this page for review
–adverbs (p. 100)
Adverbs describe how much, how often, or how well you do something. They ALWAYS go after the conjugated verb, even if the verb has a ne…pas around it, the adverb goes right after that.
Leçon 8
This lesson deals with how to form questions using specific questioning words, the phrase “est-ce que”, which the French always use to form informational questions.
| francais | anglais |
|---|---|
| Où? | Where? |
| À quelle heure? | At what time? |
| Comment? | How? |
| Pourquoi? | Why? |
| Parce que | Because |
| Ah bon | Oh, really |
| Qui? | Who? |
| à qui? | to whom? |
| de qui? | about whom? / from whom? |
| avec qui? | with whom? |
| pour qui? | for whom? |
| Qu’est-ce que tu fais? | What are you doing? |
| Qu’est-ce qu’elle regarde? | What is she watching? |
| faire | make / do |
| faire un match | to play a game (match) |
| faire une promenade | to go for a walk / ride |
| faire un voyage | to take a trip |
| faire attention | to pay attention / be careful |
| les activités quotidiennes | daily activities |
Question words can be used in a variety of ways, as seen above. Practice with the following activity:
Quia word search/concentration/matching
The important verb in this lesson is faire – to do, to make. You will learn more about the many ways in which it is used. The examples given are “faire un match”, “faire une promenade”, “faire un voyage”, and “faire attention”. Note how they do not translate to “to do” or “to make” in these cases.
Here are some more practice games for lesson 8:
Interrogative expression hangman
Complete the quiz for Unit 3 from the book’s site: classzone to see what you need practice with!