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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will introduce the language needed to buy tickets at a train station. We also explore the 24 hour clock in French.
  2. Purpose of language use: At the train station
  3. Grammar: Retrieval: Asking questions

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13 Questions

Q1.
Which of the words below is a synonym for 'inclus'?

Correct answer: compris
gratuit
l'argent
le prix

Q2.
Translate : 'On the first floor'

Au deuxième étage
Correct answer: Au premier étage
Au rez-de-chaussée
Au troisième étage

Q3.
Translate : 'How much is it?'

... est à quelle heure?
Avez-vous...?
Correct answer: C'est combien?
Est-ce qu'il y a...?

Q4.
When do we use 'votre' to translate the word 'your'?

Correct answer: In a formal situation, with someone that we don't know well.
In an informal situation, with someone that we know well.

Q5.
Translate : 'Où est notre chambre?'

Do you have a bedroom?
What number is our bedroom?
Where is my bedroom?
Correct answer: Where is our bedroom?

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.
être

Correct answer: to be
to have
to like

Q8.
c'était

it is
Correct answer: it was
it will be

Q9.
et

Correct answer: and
is
what

Q10.
en

for
Correct answer: in
on

Q11.
avoir

to be
Correct answer: to have
to love

Q12.
j'ai

I am
Correct answer: I have
I like

Q13.
il/elle a

Correct answer: He/she has
He/she is
We are

13 Questions

Q1.
Translate : 'a ticket'

un aller-retour
un aller-simple
Correct answer: un billet

Q2.
You hear this announcement : 'Le train part à quatorze heures du quai numéro neuf'. At what time is your train leaving?

Correct answer: 2 o'clock in the afternoon
4 o'clock in the afternoon
5 o'clock in the afternoon

Q3.
You hear somebody at the ticket office say : 'Je voudrais un aller-retour pour Bordeaux'. What type of ticket would they like?

A family ticket
Correct answer: A return ticket
A single ticket

Q4.
What is 'trois heures' in the 24 hour clock?

douze heures
Correct answer: quinze heures
seize heures
treize heures

Q5.
What is 'dix-sept heures' in the 12 hour clock?

Correct answer: cinq heures
quatre heures
sept heures
trois heures

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.
pourtant

also, in addition
carrying
Correct answer: yet, nonetheless

Q8.
moitié

entirety
Correct answer: half
quarter

Q9.
avenir

avenue
Correct answer: future
past

Q10.
presque

Correct answer: almost
near to
occasionally

Q11.
tôt

bag
Correct answer: early
late

Q12.
partout

Correct answer: everywhere
nowhere
somewhere

Q13.
pire

better, best
fire
Correct answer: worse, worst