Lesson details

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

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UnitFrench / Holidays

French