Year 8

Talking about what you are doing this week and what you do every week (Part 1/2)

Year 8

Talking about what you are doing this week and what you do every week (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will talk about what we are doing this week and what we do every week, using the present tense. We will also look at the plural forms of regular -ir verbs.

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10 Questions

Q1.
How do we say 'a grade' in French?

une grade
Correct answer: une note

Q2.
How do we say 'high school' in French?

la faculté
Correct answer: la lycée

Q3.
How do we say 'fish' in French?

la mer
le fish
Correct answer: le poisson

Q4.
How do we say 'swimming ' in French?

l'intonation
Correct answer: la natation
la nation

Q5.
How do we say 'he chooses / he is choosing' in French?

il choisir
Correct answer: il choisit

Q6.
How do we say 'she fills / she is filling' in French?

elle remplis
Correct answer: elle remplit

Q7.
How do we say 'to pass' in French?

Correct answer: réussir
réussit

Q8.
Which sentence is true?

All children in France wear school uniform
Correct answer: In general, children don't wear a uniform in France

Q9.
Which sentence is true?

Lycée is for children aged 11-15
Correct answer: Lycée is for children aged 15-18

Q10.
Complete the sentence. In France, most children..

Correct answer: ...eat lunch at the table in the school canteen
...go home for lunch
...have a packed lunch

12 Questions

Q1.
finir

finished
to feed, feeding
Correct answer: to finish, finishing

Q2.
nourrir

Correct answer: to feed, feeding
to finish, finishing
to run, running

Q3.
le chat

can
Correct answer: cat
dog

Q4.
dimanche

Monday
Saturday
Correct answer: Sunday

Q5.
l'heure

Correct answer: hour
hurt
minute

Q6.
jeudi

Monday
Correct answer: Thursday
Tuesday

Q7.
lundi

Friday
Correct answer: Monday
Tuesday

Q8.
mardi

Friday
Monday
Correct answer: Tuesday

Q9.
mercredi

Thursday
Tuesday
Correct answer: Wednesday

Q10.
la minute

hour
Correct answer: minute
second

Q11.
vendredi

Correct answer: Friday
Saturday
Thursday

Q12.
samedi

Friday
Correct answer: Saturday
Thursday