Des monuments commémoratifs : contraction of definite article after 'à'

French

On part pour la France : -ir verbs like 'choisir' and 'partir', adjectives

Des endroits touristiques : -ir verbs like 'venir', position of adjectives

Au château de Versailles : -ir verbs like 'ouvrir' (singular)

Une visite scolaire : -ir verbs like 'ouvrir' (plural)

Des monuments historiques : 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas'

Un nouvel élève : yes/no questions with inversion, intonation and 'est-ce que'

Une nouvelle vie en France : liaison, questions, jouer à/de, negation

Une nouvelle vie en France : negation

On organise des visites : reflexive pronouns, direct object pronouns

Ça ne vous intéresse pas ? Direct object pronouns, negation

On va à un concert : direct object pronouns, reflexive pronouns and negation

In this unit, pupils re-examine verbs like choisir, partir and venir in the present, and add to this verbs like ouvrir. They revisit questions, pre-nominal adjectives, contraction of articles after à and de, and expand knowledge of negation. A further focus is the use of direct object pronouns.

Travel and tourism: La France est belle!

When 'à' is followed by 'le', what do they combine to make?

When 'à' is followed by 'les', what do they combine to make?

True or false? The preposition 'à' is always translated as 'to'. 

When pronouncing French words, the stress moves to the vowel(s) before the consonant when ... 

Read the words below aloud. Which is the odd one out?

Amir réfléchit au histoire de l'Algérie. 

Amir réfléchit à l'histoire de l'Algérie. 

Amir réfléchis à l'histoire de l'Algérie. 

Amir réfléchit à la histoire de l'Algérie. 

What is the correct translation of the following sentence? 'Amir thinks about the history of Algeria.'

Match the French vocabulary below to the correct English translations. 

A definite article is a word that means ...

What does the preposition 'à' mean in the following sentence? 'Je vais à l'église.'

How could you translate the following sentence? 'Je suis au musée.'

Read the following words: 'liberté', 'période', 'sentiment'. On which syllable is there a slight emphasis? 

In which continent are Algeria (l'Algérie) and Senegal (le Sénégal)?

Exit Quiz

When 'à' is followed by 'le', what do they combine to make?