Unit 19 · Unit review
🛍️ Shopping
Words
| French | Say it like | English |
|---|---|---|
| le marché | luh mar-SHAY | market |
| le prix | luh PREE | price |
| cher | SHAIR | expensive |
| l'argent | lar-ZHA(N) | money |
| la carte | la KART | card |
| acheter | ash-TAY | to buy |
| payer | pay-YAY | to pay |
| le sac | luh SAK | bag |
| la caisse | la KES | checkout, till |
| les soldes | lay SOLD | the sales |
Capital letters in “Say it like” are stressed.
Sentences
- C'est trop cher.
seh troh SHAIR
It's too expensive. - Je paie par carte.
zhuh peh par KART
I'll pay by card. - Vous avez un sac ?
voo-za-vay uh(n) SAK
Do you have a bag?
Exercises
A Match the word to its meaning
- le marché ____
- le prix ____
- cher ____
- l'argent ____
- la carte ____
- acheter ____
- payer ____
- le sac ____
- expensive
- market
- price
- bag
- to pay
- to buy
- money
- card
B Translate
Into English
- le marché
- payer
- le prix
- cher
- la caisse
Into French
- card (l…)
- bag (l…)
- money (l…)
- the sales (l…)
- to buy (a…)
C Put the words in the right order
It's too expensive.
tropcherc'est
I'll pay by card.
jepaieparcarte
Do you have a bag?
unsacvousavez
D Fill the gaps – Au marché
Use these words:
marchépaieprixcarte
Le samedi, je vais au 1. J'achète des fruits et du pain. Les 2 ne sont pas très chers. Je 3 par 4.
On Saturdays I go to the market. I buy fruit and bread. The prices aren't very high. I pay by card.
E Read aloud, then copy
- acheter
- cher
- payer
- le marché
- les soldes
- la carte
Answer key
A. 1–b, 2–c, 3–a, 4–g, 5–h, 6–f, 7–e, 8–d
B. le marché = market; payer = to pay; le prix = price; cher = expensive; la caisse = checkout, till; card = la carte; bag = le sac; money = l'argent; the sales = les soldes; to buy = acheter
C. 1. C'est trop cher. 2. Je paie par carte. 3. Vous avez un sac ?
D. 1. marché 2. prix 3. paie 4. carte