Unit 28 · Unit review
🗼 France & places
Words
| French | Say it like | English |
|---|---|---|
| la ville | la VEEL | town, city |
| le village | luh vee-LAZH | village |
| la mer | la MAIR | sea |
| la montagne | la mo(n)-TANY | mountain(s) |
| le château | luh sha-TOH | castle |
| l'église | lay-GLEEZ | church |
| le parc | luh PARK | park |
| la place | la PLAS | square |
| le pont | luh PO(N) | bridge |
| la baguette | la ba-GET | baguette |
Capital letters in “Say it like” are stressed.
Sentences
- La tour Eiffel est à Paris.
la toor eh-fel eh ta pa-REE
The Eiffel Tower is in Paris. - On va à la plage ?
o(n) va a la PLAZH
Shall we go to the beach? - Je voudrais une baguette.
zhuh voo-dreh ün ba-GET
I'd like a baguette.
Exercises
A Match the word to its meaning
- la ville ____
- le village ____
- la mer ____
- la montagne ____
- le château ____
- l'église ____
- le parc ____
- la place ____
- town, city
- village
- church
- square
- mountain(s)
- castle
- park
- sea
B Translate
Into English
- la montagne
- le pont
- la place
- le château
- la baguette
Into French
- sea (l…)
- village (l…)
- town, city (l…)
- park (l…)
- church (l…)
C Put the words in the right order
The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.
touràParislaEiffelest
Shall we go to the beach?
plageàlaonva
I'd like a baguette.
baguettejeunevoudrais
D Fill the gaps – Paris
Use these words:
merparcsvillemontagnebaguette
Paris est une grande 1. Il y a beaucoup de musées et de 2. Le dimanche, on achète une 3 à la boulangerie. En été, beaucoup de Français vont à la 4 ou à la 5.
Paris is a big city. There are many museums and parks. On Sundays people buy a baguette at the bakery. In summer many French people go to the sea or to the mountains.
E Read aloud, then copy
- la mer
- le village
- la ville
- le pont
- la place
- la montagne
Answer key
A. 1–a, 2–b, 3–h, 4–e, 5–f, 6–c, 7–g, 8–d
B. la montagne = mountain(s); le pont = bridge; la place = square; le château = castle; la baguette = baguette; sea = la mer; village = le village; town, city = la ville; park = le parc; church = l'église
C. 1. La tour Eiffel est à Paris. 2. On va à la plage ? 3. Je voudrais une baguette.
D. 1. ville 2. parcs 3. baguette 4. mer 5. montagne