Year 10

Describe festivals and traditions (Part 2/2)

Year 10

Describe festivals and traditions (Part 2/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at forming questions about festivals and traditions.
  2. Purpose of language use: Describe festivals and traditions
  3. Grammar: Est-ce que and qu'est-ce que

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13 Questions

Q1.
Which is the correct feminine noun, in French, for 'morning'?
la journée
Correct answer: la matinée
la soirée
le matin
Q2.
Which is the correct French translation for 'I have lived in France for five years'?
J'habite en France depuis quinze ans
J'habite en Espagne depuis cinq ans
J'habite en France cinq ans
Correct answer: J'habite en France depuis cinq ans
Q3.
What are the two French words for 'evening'?
l'an/l'année
le jour/la journée
le matin/la matinéé
Correct answer: le soir/la soirée
Q4.
Which is the correct French translation for 'during the day, I like to celebrate'?
Correct answer: pendant la journée, j'aime célébrer
pendant la journée, j'aime de célébrer
pendant la soirée j'aimer célébrer
pendant la soirée, j'aime célébrer
Q5.
Complete the sentence with the correct French noun: 'C'était une ......... formidable'
an
jour
Correct answer: journée
soir
The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.
Q7.
beaucoup
Correct answer: a lot
pretty
some
Q8.
chaque
Correct answer: each
money
one
Q9.
jeune
old
yellow
Correct answer: young
Q10.
travail
difficulty
travel
Correct answer: work
Q11.
femme
boy, son
girl, daughter
Correct answer: woman, wife
Q12.
eux
Correct answer: them
us
you (plural)
Q13.
soit...soit...
Correct answer: either... or...
if not... then...
neither... nor...

13 Questions

Q1.
Which is the correct French translation for 'New Year's Eve'?
Hanoukka
Correct answer: la Saint-Sylvestre
le Nouvel An
le poisson d'avril
Q2.
Which is the correct French translation for 'Do you celebrate Hanukkah?'
Correct answer: Est-ce que vous célébrez Hanoukka?
Est-ce que vous célébrez le Hanoukka?
Qu'est-ce que vous célébrer le Hanoukka?
Qu'est-ce que vous célébrez Hanoukka?
Q3.
Which is the most appropriate option from below, to complete this question: '.............vous faites pour le Nouvel An?'
C'est que
Est-ce que
Correct answer: Qu'est-ce que
Quoi
Q4.
'Est-ce que' and 'qu'est-ce que' should be positioned at....
it doesn't matter
the end of the sentence
the middle of the sentence
Correct answer: the start of the sentence
Q5.
Which is the correct French translation for: 'What do you do at Eid'?
Est-ce que vous célébrez l'Aïd el-Fitr?
Est-ce que vous faites pour l'Aïd el-Fitr?
Correct answer: Qu'est-ce que vous faites à l'Aïd el-Fitr?
Qu'est-ce que vous faites l'Aïd el-Fitr?
The next 7 questions cover some very common words you will need in French in KS4. These words are very important because they give away or subtly change the meaning of a sentence. Select the correct meaning for each word. When you get your score, check your answers and write down any of these words that you didn't know.
Q7.
ici
easy
Correct answer: here
there
Q8.
rien
never
no one
Correct answer: nothing
Q9.
nom
delicious
Correct answer: name
number
Q10.
dès
Correct answer: from, as soon
then, after
to, suddenly
Q11.
maintenant
Correct answer: now
sometimes
tomorrow
Q12.
meilleur
Correct answer: better, best
bigger, biggest
worse, worst
Q13.
trop
best
Correct answer: too
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