French penpals220208.indd
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French penpals220208.indd
Je me présente! ___________________ , le _______________ (ville/village) (date) Bonjour! Je m’appelle ________________________________ . J’ai __________ ans. Quel âge as-tu? J’habite à ______________ , en / au ___________________ . Où habites-tu? (ton pays) Je suis une fille. / Je suis un garçon. J’aime ____________________ et ___________________ . Je n’aime pas _________________________________ . Au revoir! _________________________ (ton prénom) 10 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. French Pen Pals Made Easy © Sinéad Leleu and Brilliant Publications Let me introduce myself! ___________________________ (town/village) ___________________________ (date) Hello! My name is ________________________________ . I’m __________ years old. How old are you? I live in ____________________ , in ____________________ . Where do you live? (your country) I’m a girl. / I’m a boy. I like ____________________ and ___________________ . I don’t like _________________________________ . Bye for now! _________________________ (your first name) French F hP Pen P Pals l M Made d E Easy © Sinéad Leleu and Brilliant Publications 11 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. Je me présente! Vocabulaire en plus Extra vocabulary le foot le sport la danse le basket l’équitation la natation l’athlétisme football sports dancing basketball horse riding swimming athletics le chocolat les bonbons le coca le brocoli la pizza les épinards les choux de bruxelles la glace chocolate sweets cola broccoli pizza spinach Brussels sprouts la musique la musique classique l’école le cinéma les films d’horreurs la mode le théâtre Les Simpsons rock music classical music school the cinema horror movies fashion drama/theatre The Simpsons (en) France (en) Angleterre (en) Écosse (au) Pays de Galles (en) Irlande (in) France (in) England (in) Scotland (in) Wales (in) Ireland ice-cream Points en plus Extra points 1. Boy or girl? Your pen pal may not know from your first name if you are a girl or a boy. So, it’s a good idea to tell them. 2. J’ai 10 ans Did you notice that, to say how old we are in French, we say ‘J’ai 10 ans’? This literally means ‘I have 10 years’! 3. Le, la, l’, les In English we say: I like football. I like ice-cream. I like sweets. I like school. le la l’ les } but in French we say: J’aime le foot. J’aime la glace. J’aime les bonbons. J’aime l’école. the 12 This page may be photocopied for use by the purchasing institution only. French Pen Pals Made Easy © Sinéad Leleu and Brilliant Publications Let me introduce myself! Le means ‘the’ before a masculine word such as: le fromage the cheese le brocoli the broccoli le jus d’orange the orange juice La means ‘the’ before a feminine word such as: la glace la pomme la purée the ice-cream the apple the mashed potatoes l’école l’équitation l’athléthisme the school the horse riding the athletics les pommes les chips les bonbons the apples the crisps the sweets If a word begins with a vowel (a e i o u), you must use l’ instead of le and la. This makes pronunciation easier. So: Les means ‘the’ before a word in the plural such as: Des idées en plus! Extra ideas! Include a map of your country showing where you live. Write ‘J’habite ici’ (I live here) and draw an arrow pointing to where you live. J’habite ici! Draw the flag of both your country and your pen pal’s country on your letter page. Alternatively, you could draw a page-size flag of your country or your pen pal’s country and write your letter on the flag! Use the colour-by-number flags below to help you. 2 3 The United Kingdom Flag 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 Draw or include pictures of anything that you think is particular to your country such as a double-decker bus or a red postbox. 1 3 2 Le Tricolore 1 2 3 1 = bleu (blue) 2 = blanc (white) 3 = rouge (red) French Pen Pals Made Easy © Sinéad Leleu and Brilliant Publications 13 This page may bbe photocopied h d ffor use bby the h purchasing h institution only.