Aides d'étude Françaises

Friday, January 31, 2014

Introduction

Bonjour!

My name is Cierra and as a former French independent study student I have created this blog to provide some resources that will hopefully help you through your independent study course! Throughout this blog you will find one post per chapter in Bien dit! Each post will consist of some general information about the chapter and aids to learn vocabulary and grammar. (Crosswords, quizzes, etc.) I hope this helps!

Bonne Chance!
Cierra Filla

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Chapter 1

This chapter is composed almost entirely of review. Review of past vocabulary as well as basic French conjugations.

Vocabulary 1-

These vocabulary words can be used to describe your school, classes and extracurricular activities. In order to help you commit these words to memory here are a couple resources.

Grammar 1-

This grammar unit is composed a review of the conjugation of regular and irregular verbs. Use the activities below for practice.

Regular Verbs:

http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?language=french&id=4&source=public&type=verbs

Irregular Verbs:

http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?language=french&id=8&source=public&type=verbs

Vocabulary 2-

This vocabulary includes how to describe places and times as well as things associated to them.

Crossword Puzzle: to view solution passcode=1111

https://crosswordlabs.com/view/chapter-1-vocabulary-2

Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz: passcode=1234

https://testmoz.com/300257

Audio: pronunciation of vocabulary

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qal3r3r0kt3twbw/Ch1V2Audio.wav

Grammar 2-

This grammar is a review of the past tense verb conjugations of passé compose and imparfait. Use the following links to practice your conjugations.

Passé Compose:

http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?language=french&id=17&source=public&type=verbs

Imparfait:

http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?language=french&id=10&source=public&type=verbs

Passé Compose vs. Imparfait

The most difficult part about this grammar unit is discerning whether to use the passé compose or the imparfait. Remember the three broad rules are:
                                               1. Use the imparfait to describe people, things, and situations in the past and also to talk about events that used to happen or were happening.
                                               2. Use the passé compose to talk about events that happened at a specific time in the past or during a well-defined period of time.
                                               3. When a continuous action is disrupted you use the imparfait when describing the continuous action and the passé compose to describe the interrupting event.

Here is a link to a site to practice choosing between imparfait and passé compose. The more you practice the better you'll do on the quiz and the test.

http://www.quia.com/quiz/393303.html

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Chapter 2

Chapter two deals with French professions and communication. Also in chapter two the future and future perfect verb conjugations are reviewed.

Vocabulary 1-

French professions and how to ask about future plans.

Cross Word: to view solution passcode=1111

https://crosswordlabs.com/view/chapter-2-vocab-1

Fill-in-the-Blank: to access passcode=1234

testmoz.com/300366

Video: common French professions

Grammar 1:

Conjugating verbs in the future and review of feminine forms of nouns.

Future: verb conjugation activity

http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?language=french&id=11&source=public&type=verbs

Noun Gender: further reading

http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/grammar/le_or_la_in_french.html

Vocabulary 2:

Useful vocabulary for telephone conversations.

Cross Word: to view solution passcode=1111

https://crosswordlabs.com/view/chapter-2-vocab-2

Fill-in-the-Blank: to access passcode=1234

testmoz.com/300383

Grammar 2:

Future perfect (futur anterieur): practice with futur anterieur

http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?language=french&id=19&source=public&type=verbs

Present Participle: further reading and fill in the blank activity

https://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/vpp1.html

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Chapter 3

This chapter is comprised of vocabulary to describe world events and set the scene of a story and introduces the passé simple and the past perfect.

Vocabulary 1-

vocabulary used to set the scene of a story.

Cross Word: to access solution passcode=1111

https://crosswordlabs.com/view/chapter-3-vocab-1

Fill-in-the-Blank: to access passcode=1234

testmoz.com/300456

Audio: pronunciation of vocabulary

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gij3gsd5l8havuc/Ch3V1Audio.wav

Grammar 1-

Passé Simple:

The passé simple is a mainly only used in literary works.

Practice the passé simple here:

http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?language=french&id=13&source=public&type=verbs

Relative Pronouns with ce:

Vocabulary 2-

to relate a sequence of events

Cross Word: to access solution passcode=1111

https://crosswordlabs.com/view/chapter-3-vocab-24

Fill-in-the-Blank: to access passcode=1234

testmoz.com/300467

Audio: pronunciation of vocabulary

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qlmcs02bvqikhgi/Ch3V2Audio.wav

Grammar 2-

Past Perfect:

The past perfect or plus-que-parfait is formed with the helping verb avoir or etre in the imparfait and the past participle of the verb you are conjugating. You use the past perfect to say that one past event happened before another past event.

Go here to practice forming the plus-que-parfait-

http://conjuguemos.com/activity.php?language=french&id=18&source=public&type=verbs