🏃 Doing things

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Words

French	Say it like	English
être	ETR	to be
avoir	a-VWAR	to have
aller	a-LAY	to go
faire	FAIR	to do, to make
parler	par-LAY	to speak
manger	ma(n)-ZHAY	to eat
boire	BWAR	to drink
aimer	ay-MAY	to love, to like
vouloir	voo-LWAR	to want
comprendre	ko(n)-PRA(N)DR	to understand

Capital letters in “Say it like” are stressed.

Sentences

J'aime la musique.
ZHEM la mü-ZEEK
I like music.
Tu habites où ?
tü a-BEET OO
Where do you live?

Exercises

A Match the word to its meaning

être ____
avoir ____
aller ____
faire ____
parler ____
manger ____
boire ____
aimer ____

to speak
to be
to eat
to have
to go
to do, to make
to love, to like
to drink

B Translate

Into English

manger
faire
parler
comprendre
aller

Into French

to have (a…)
to be (ê…)
to love, to like (a…)
to want (v…)
to drink (b…)

C Put the words in the right order

I like music.
j'aimelamusique
Where do you live?
oùtuhabites

D Read aloud, then copy

aller
être
aimer
faire
vouloir
boire

Answer key

A. 1–b, 2–d, 3–e, 4–f, 5–a, 6–c, 7–h, 8–g

B. manger = to eat; faire = to do, to make; parler = to speak; comprendre = to understand; aller = to go; to have = avoir; to be = être; to love, to like = aimer; to want = vouloir; to drink = boire

C. 1. J'aime la musique. 2. Tu habites où ?