a mood used to tell somebody to do something or give instructions or commands

a task with a situation and prompts to ask and answer questions, simulating a conversation

Écoute Julie ! Nous allons au centre-ville de Paris, aujourd’hui ...

Une visite en ville : role-play

French

Allons-y ! The imperative

Montréal, une ville francophone : the imperative

La diversité culturelle : regular present tense

Au Maroc : regular present tense verbs, present participle with 'en'

Au Maroc : read and respond to texts

Une équipe francophone : adjective agreement, making comparisons

Une équipe accomplie : present participle adjectives, comparatives, superlatives

Une sportive qui m'intéresse : extended writing

Une démocratie : creating nouns by adding -ion or -ation to the verb stem

Pourquoi voter ? Creating nouns by adding -teur or -ateur to the verb stem

Le conseil de la vie scolaire : extended speaking

Qu'en penses-tu ? Possessive adjectives, direct & indirect object pronouns

Un portrait francophone : possessive adjectives, emphatic pronouns

Un portrait coloré : extended speaking

This cultural unit consolidates present tense regular verb patterns, adjectives and adverbs, possessive adjectives and a range of pronouns. In addition it further develops the imperative, including the nous form for 'let's + verb', and teaches the two uses of present participles.

Lifestyle and wellbeing/Travel and tourism: la culture francophone

Which questions or instructions are formal?

Order the words to say: 'close the door, please'.

'Je travaille au restaurant deux fois {{}} semaine'. Choose the correct missing word.

Write in English: 'le gâteau était délicieux'.

Write in French: 'I like the town. It's pretty'.

Starter Quiz

'Je travaille au restaurant deux fois semaine'. Choose the correct missing word.