Showing posts with label French vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French vocabulary. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

French Quiz For Children

Find the correct answer for each question and, send them to me at languageresources@btinternet.com - subject: French Quiz. One of you will receive a beautifully illustrated French Poster with Pronunciation on a voice recording.

The answers will be posted on Saturday.

1) What does "Noir" mean?

     -  blue
     -  yellow
     -  black
     -  pink

2) When it is cold, what do you wear?

     - un manteau
     - une casquette
     - un short
     - des sandales

3) Le/La. Which one of these animals is feminine (la).

     - canard
     - vache
     - mouton
     - cheval

4) Which number is missing? douze, ----------------?, quatorze.

     - seize
     - treize
     - huit
     - vingt

5) Which one is a fruit?

     - la poire
     - le pain
     - le fromage
     - l'oeuf

6) When you meet someone in the morning, do you say?

     - bonsoir
     - bonne nuit
     - au revoir
     - bonjour

7) Where do you sleep at night?

      - dans la cuisine
      - dans la chambre
      - dans la salle de bains
      - dans le jardin


Thank you for taking part.

Bonne chance



 
Illustrated Poster
 
with
 
Pronunciation

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Introduce French Words to Children with Flashcards

Flashcards can help you or your family,
 
to
 
·         Quickly touch up or add to your French vocabulary



            ·          Prepare for a trip to France or a French class
 
·        learn something fun, new and useful


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Thursday, 31 January 2013

Educational Tools for Learning French Language Skills

Children learning French language skills may sometimes struggle to remember French vocabulary. Having the appropriate words to communicate is what learning a new language is all about. One of the ways in which teachers help their students to memorize basic vocabulary is through the use of worksheets.
 
Children have a limited attention span and so they need short, interesting lessons. Illustrated worksheets with fun exercises that children can work through do just that, Kids gain practice in using the French words correctly. The exercises are enjoyable to do and effective in teaching important French vocabulary.


Colour Worksheets

 

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

School Related Words in French

Children have been back at school for six weeks and the shelves in the shops are still full of school items. Maybe not so many schoolbags as they take lots of room.
 
 
 
 
 
 


The word schoolbag is relatively new. Until the end of the 20th century satchel, was the term children used to describe the bag which carried their text books and their school supplies.

In France, however the word cartable has not lost its flavour, on the contrary it is now used when talking about a server online or a USB key ( le cartable électronique).





Monday, 15 October 2012

French Slang Words

Le falzard - trousers

Women Clothing Pants Clip Art

Ex: Mets ton falzard

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La bécane - bicycle

Bicycle Clip Art


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Le gamin - child


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La valoche - Suitcase



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Le bahut - Sideboard

Ex. Ce vieux bahut

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Un soupçon - A little

Ex. J'en prends un soupçon


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La clope - Cigarette

Ex. Il fume sa clope


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La bouffe - Food

Ex. Achète la bouffe

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La flotte - Rain

Ex. Sous la flotte

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 Rafistoler - To mend

Ex. Il rafistole son pantalon

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Le pieu - The bed

Ex.  Je vais au pieu



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Jaser - To gossip

Ex. Elles jasent toute la journée

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Le barouf - the noise

Ex. Ils font un tel barouf!!

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La loupiote - little light



Ex. Allume ta loupiote


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La frousse - to be frightened

Ex. J'ai la frousse

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Se bidonner - to laugh heartily

Ex. Je me bidonne


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 Turbiner - to work

Ex. Il turbine toute l'année

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Se balader - to go for a walk


Ex. Je me balade dans le parc

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Se barrer - to leave/to escape


Ex. Je me barre tous les soirs

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Déguster - to suffer

Ex. Ce que je déguste avec elle!!



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Le pépin - umbrella

 









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Le pif - nose



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Le bouquin - book




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La godasse - shoe



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Le fric - money


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Le canard - Newspaper



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La bicoque - House

 

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La nippe - Item of clothing
 
 
 

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La bagnole - Car
 
 

 

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

Simple Tips to Improve Your French Vocabulary

 Learning French language is a great idea to widen your vocabulary. People love learning French vocabulary because it helps you to explore new foreign language. There are many reasons why many people are eager to learn the language. It allows you to compete efficiently globally.

Knowing French language will aid you to increase your job opportunities. In addition to that, it will also increase your appreciation of the society and cultures. You can also develop your creative and critical cognitive skills. And when it comes to literary masterpieces, French language is the best option.

If you are starting to learn the French vocabulary and you want to improve your vocabulary skills, then you might need the help of this article. This will provide you simple tips to build French vocabulary in just a short time.

You have to study French words in logical groups like names of countries, greetings and clothing because this makes the learning easier. You can use the French dictionaries and textbooks that provide you simple lectures about the language. Use also a notebook where you can take down the terms you have encountered each day. To make it easier for you, arrange the topic you want to learn. For instance, you want to learn about automobile terms, just focus on different types of mobiles. In case you want to learn about marketing terms, you can read about business French. You can remember terms better than separated words.

You can also learn French faster by studying terms that are the same to English. For instance, study the terms that end in “ble” in French and English. You can also study terms that end in “tion” in both English and French. In addition to that, make sure you also learn the pronunciation, gender nouns and spelling differences. Let us take this as an example, you know the difference of the terms “apartment” and “aviator”. In English, the word “apartment” is the counterpart of the word “aviateur” in French. Learning about the relationships and their differences will help you speed your vocabulary skills. You can use textbooks or other references that could serve as guidance in getting new French words and their relationship to the English language.

Of course, you should include in your learning process the word families. Study the relationships of nouns, verbs or adverbs in French. For instance, you researched the terms “ecouter” and “ecouter” which come from the base word “to listen”. If you find it hard to understand, you can use French-English dictionary.

If possible, participate in French vocabulary seminars or training centers. Although you can use different flashcards or textbooks, it is till important to deal with other people who are also willing to learn French. This will urge you to use the terms in actual and to know more different strategies on how to speak French correctly.

Increasing your French vocabulary will help make your language skills better. The best thing is that you can use it in different situations like in job opportunities, travel and competition.



Hope you have learned the simple tips to improve your French vocabulary.

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

How to build up a stockpile of French Vocabulary?

It is inevitable, when learning the French Language, that the amount of vocabulary to memorize is substantial. But acquiring an ever growing supply of words is an essential aspect of developing your communication skills.


There are many resources to help you learn the French Vocabulary,such as word list,
flashcards, posters or text books. 





Everybody has its own preferences.  The main thing is to find some effective methods of storing new knowledge, and not to forget it before having had the chance to use it.

These words can be grouped by difficulties, sounds or length, but very often they are associated by theme.

It is also about learning a manageable amount of words at once.

One of the best way of achieving that is to make 

a Brainstorm

Create a thought shower with a main word in the centre, linked to all other related words that you have learned.

eg: Les repas

All the other words around it include le déjeuner, la salade, le pain ….etc

It is a good idea to know how many words you studied so you don’t stop after 10 when you should have written 20.