Hobbies, sport and leisure

This is a basic topic which you should be able to talk and write about.
Use the following links to study vocabulary and phrases you could adapt to talk about your own leisure activities.

Vocabulary list - Sports, games and activities

Present tense verb exercises

BBC GCSE Bitesize French Leisure activities

Now answer these questions:

Que fais-tu le week-end?

What do you do at the weekend?

Quel est ton passe-temps préféré?

What's your favourite hobby?

Wordle - Mes loisirs

La famille - talking about your family

First you could practise and revise the vocabulary needed for this topic Family members

For audio links to hear the pronunciation of the words for family members Family audio
Possessive adjectives such as my, your, his, her are also important, practise them with an exercise from languages online
Try a listening exercise about relationships between family members. You can access a transcript to listen to exactly what is said on the audio extract: GCSE Bitesize
Finally write about how you get on with the members of your family.

Food vocabulary

French food and drink is a real treat. Practise the words you need to talk and write about what you enjoy.

As an introduction click on the food pictures.
There is also a good food vocabulary list at targetlanguage.co.uk
Les fruits et les legumes - Fruit and vegetables.
There are lots of exercises at Languages online to help you to practise.
More sound files at http://www.french-games.net/frenchtopics
Bonne chance et bon appétit!

Hobbies, sport and leisure

This is a basic topic which you should be able to talk and write about.
Use the following links to study vocabulary and phrases you could adapt to talk about your own leisure activities.

Vocabulary list - Sports, games and activities

Present tense verb exercises

BBC GCSE Bitesize French Leisure activities

Now answer these questions:

Que fais-tu le week-end?

What do you do at the weekend?

Quel est ton passe-temps préféré?

What's your favourite hobby?

Study French over the summer

Keep up your language skills this summer by working through the following websites:

http://lexiquefle.free.fr/

Targetlanguage.co.uk

languagesonline.org.uk

French-games.net

http://www.hellomylo.com/

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/french.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/

Saying the date in French

There are a few important things to learn or revise if you want to say or write the date correctly in French. Study the information on the link below:

Read about how to say the date

Checklist for success:

Learn the days of the week
Learn the months of the year
Learn the numbers 1-31

Remember:
Days and months have a lower case letter in French (different from English where we use an upper case or capital letter).

In English we might say "the fifteenth of May"
In French we just say "le quinze mai"
You don't need the French equivalent of "th" or or

French 4u updates

French4u is being updated regularly.
You can find links to reference websites, games and interactive exercises on the topics you need to study on the home page of this blog. Look in the right hand column under the heading "Study French"

Numbers in French

If you're revising for exams make sure you recognise and can spell the words for numbers.

You need to be able to use numbers in French for speaking: saying your age and phone number, and you will also need to understand numbers when people talk about prices, times, phone numbers and quantities.
Depending on your level you could study:
Numbers 1-20
Numbers 21 - 31
Numbers 32 - 1000.
Now you can listen to the pronunciation of the numbers.
To practise what you've learnt you could try some online exercises but if you want to have fun with numbers then try this game where you have to zap some numbers to gain a high score.
Use numbers in context with this listening exercise where you have to fill in ages, house numbers and telephone numbers.  

Telling the time

Quelle heure est-il? - what time is it?
If you've practised learning numbers then it's time to learn how to tell the time!
There's lots of help and practice on the web.
You can listen to the time with this practice lesson.
There's also an exercise so you can check what you've learnt.
For more listening practice you can try these activities and games.
For more writing and reading practice the languages online website is very useful. Try exercises 1 -8.
Finally here's a clear explanation of all you've learnt and practised.

The Environment - Key Stage 4

Practise your listening skills


Here's a really useful listening exercise on the BBC GCSE Bitesize - French website
Listen to the audio extract and try to work out
1 What you can do at home to help the environment
2. What you can do in town to help to protect the environment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/french/


Click on:
Listening Higher
Then:
Comprehension: The environment

Talking about where you live - Key Stage 3

Où habites-tu? Tu es de quelle nationalité?
Where do you live? What nationality are you?

Study the list of countries and nationalities.
Try to learn which countries are masculine and which are feminine.
Practise what you've learnt with these exercises about countries and nationalities.
Remember in French when you talk about your own or someone else's nationality you use a lower case letter not a capital letter. "Il est français", "He is French".