Vocabulaire

•salutations
•présentations
•la salle de classe
•en classe
•les nombres cardinaux 1-69
•la date

Phonétique
•les accents

Grammaire
•1.1 subject pronouns
•1.2 être ‘to be’
•1.3 introduction to nouns
•1.4 determiners: definite
articles
•1.5 determiners: indefinite
articles
•1.6 gender: masculine,
feminine
•1.7 voilà vs. il y a

•testez-vous!, chapitre 01
•verb conjugation reference
•verb practice

Vidéos
Vocabulaire en contexte
•bienvenue à Lyon
•la salle de classe
•1 à 10
•les jours de la semaine
•le calendrier
•les anniversaires

Interviews
•je me présente
•qui est-ce?

1
Culture
•je m’appelle

Bonjour!
In this chapter we will learn to introduce ourselves. We will also learn useful vocabulary and
phrases pertaining to the classroom.

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Vocabulaire
Salutations Greetings
Monsieur Sir
Madame Ma’am (Mrs.)
Mademoiselle Miss

Bonjour, Monsieur Good day (Hello), Sir

Bonsoir Good evening
Au revoir Goodbye
Préparation Salut! Hi!
du vocabulaire A tout à l’heure! See you in a little while. (same day)
A ce soir. See you this evening.
Be sure to A demain. See you tomorrow.
download
A bientôt. See you soon. (probably not on the same day)
the pdf
vocabulary
preparation template Comment vous appelez-vous? What’s your name? (formal)
from the FI website to Comment tu t’appelles? What’s your name? (informal)
complete Exercises B,
E, and F. (Comment t’appelles-tu?)
Je m’appelle... My name is...
Your instructor will
collect this home-
work. Comment allez-vous? How are you? (formal)
Comment vas-tu? How are you? (informal)
Je vais très bien, merci. I am very well, thank you.
Je vais bien, merci. I am fine, thank you.
Pas mal, merci. Not bad, thank you.
Bien, merci! Great, thanks!
Comment ça va? How are things going?
Ça va (bien)? Are things going (well)?
Ça va bien. Things are going well.

Et vous? Vous êtes d’où? And you? Where are you from? (formal)
Et toi? Tu es d’où? And you? Where are you from? (informal)

Présentations Introductions
Monsieur, je vous présente... Sir, I would like to introduce to you... (formal)
Je te présente... I would like to introduce to you.... (informal)
Voici... This is...
Qui est-ce? Who is it?
C’est... It’s...
Ce sont... They are...
Comment s’appelle-t-il/elle? What’s his/her name?
Il/Elle s’appelle... His/Her name is...
Il/Elle est de... He/She is from...
Comment s’appellent-ils/elles? What are their names?
Ils/Elles s’appellent... Their names are...

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Vocabulaire
Qu’est-ce qu’il/elle fait? What does he/she do?
Qu’est-ce qu’ils/elles font? What do they do?
Il est... Elle est... He/She is a/an...
acteur / actrice actor / actress
architecte architect
chanteur / chanteuse singer
coiffeur / coiffeuse hair dresser
dentiste dentist
Les nombres
ingénieur engineer
cardinaux 1-69
journaliste journalist
médecin doctor 1 un, une
professeur teacher, professor 2 deux
3 trois
retraité / retraitée retired man/woman 4 quatre
stagiaire intern 5 cinq
6 six
7 sept
La salle de classe The classroom 8 huit
9 neuf
Qu’est-ce que c’est? What is it?
10 dix
C’est... It’s...
C’est une salle de classe. It’s a classroom. 11 onze
Dans la salle de classe, il y a... In the classroom, there is... 12 douze
13 treize
une porte door 14 quatorze
une fenêtre window 15 quinze
16 seize
un tableau (noir) blackboard 17 dix-sept
une télévision television 18 dix-huit
19 dix-neuf
une carte (du monde) map (of the world) 20 vingt
une affiche poster
une chaise chair 21 vingt et un
22 vingt-deux
un bureau desk 23 vingt-trois
Sur le bureau, il y a... On the desk, there is... 24 vingt-quatre
25 vingt-cinq
une craie chalk
26 vingt-six
un crayon pencil 27 vingt-sept
28 vingt-huit
un stylo pen
29 vingt-neuf
un cahier notebook’ 30 trente
un livre book
un dictionnaire dictionary 31 trente et un
32 trente-deux
un sac à dos backpack 39 trente-neuf
Au labo, il y a... In the lab, there are... 40 quarante
41 quarante et un
des ordinateurs (m) computers 42 quarante-deux
Les étudiants travaillent! The students work! 49 quarante-neuf
50 cinquante
des devoirs (m) homework 51 cinquante et un
un exercice exercise 52 cinquante-deux
59 cinquante-neuf
un examen test 60 soixante
61 soixante et un
62 soixante-deux
69 soixante-neuf

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Vocabulaire
En classe In class
Ecoutez. Listen.
Ecrivez. Write.
Levez le doigt. Raise your finger (hand).
Répétez. Repeat.
Ouvrez vos livres. Open your books.
Ouvrez le livre à la page... Turn to page...
s’il vous plaît please
Vous comprenez? Do you understand?
Oui, je comprends. Yes, I understand.
Non, je ne comprends pas. No, I don’t understand.
Que veut dire...? What does... mean?
Comment dit-on …? How do you say...?
Voici... Here is … (here are...)
Voilà... There is… (there are...)
Il y a... There is, there are...
Il y a combien de...? There are how many...?

La date The date

le calendrier calendar
le jour day
Quels sont les jours de la semaine? What are the days of the week?
lundi SaturdayMonday
Note that days of
the week are not mardi SaturdayTuesday
capitalized in French! mercredi SaturdayWednesday
jeudi SaturdayThursday
vendredi Friday
samedi Saturday
dimanche Sunday

C’est quel jour? What day is it?

C’est lundi. It’s Monday.

aujourd’hui today
demain tomorrow
la semaine week
la semaine prochaine next week
la semaine dernière last week

Quelle est la date? What’s the date?

C’est le premier septembre. It’s September 1st.
C’est le deux octobre. It’s October 2nd.
C’est le 30 août. It’s August 30th.

le mois (not capitalized in French) month

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Vocabulaire
Quels sont les mois de l’année? What are the months of the year?

janvier January
février February
mars March
avril April
mai May
juin June
juillet July Note that months of the
août August year are not capitalized
in French!
septembre September
octobre October
novembre November
décembre December

Phonétique
Go to the
website for
a complete
explanation
and practice
exercises.

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Introduction
Regardons la video ensemble pour répondre aux questions suivantes: Qui présente le
NOTE CULTURELLE chapitre? Où est-il/elle? Quels sont les thèmes du chapitre?

Exercice 1. Salutations polies

Using the dialogue suggestions below, greet three students formally. Tell them your
name, ask about theirs and ask them how they are doing. Say good-bye.

‘Tu’ ou ‘Vous’? Bonjour, (Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle)

Forms of address Je m’appelle ___________________________
Et vous, comment vous appelez-vous?
When introducing oneself
for the first time, does Moi, je m’appelle ________________________
one use the informal
French pronoun ‘tu’ or the Comment allez-vous?
formal ‘vous’? In general, Je vais très bien ( bien / pas mal / mal), merci.
‘tu’ is used with friends,
Et vous?
family, and children.
‘Vous’ is used to express ______________________________ , merci.
politeness, formality, and Au revoir, (Monsieur/ Madame/ Mademoiselle)
social distance. ‘Vous’ is
the form of address used
for all formal situations.
Exercice 2. Salutations familières
Using the informal dialogue suggestions below, greet two students that you haven’t
talked to yet. Tell them your name, ask about theirs and ask them how they are doing.
Tell them you will see them soon.

Salut, je m’appelle _ ________________________

Et toi, comment t’appelles-tu?

Moi, je m’appelle _______ ____________________

Comment vas-tu? (Comment ça va?)

Je vais ( très bien / pas mal / mal). Et toi?

Je vais ( très bien / pas mal / mal), merci.

________________________________________

Exercice 3. Répondez!
Would you be prepared to greet your host family in Lyon? Give logical responses to
the following greetings or farewells. Be prepared to go over these in class.

1. Bonjour, Mademoiselle.________________________________________________________
2. Au revoir, Monsieur.___________________________________________________________
3. Comment allez-vous?_ ________________________________________________________
4. Salut._ _____________________________________________________________________
5. Ça va?_____________________________________________________________________
6. A demain!___________________________________________________________________

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Exercice 4. Salut!
In this photo Toño is meeting his NOTE CULTURELLE
host family in Lyon for the first
time. As homework, write a brief
dialogue of 6 sentences to imagine
the conversation. In class, your
instructor will ask you to act out your
dialogue with a partner.
(Use a blank sheet of paper)

Faire connaissance
Getting to know
someone
Exercice 5. Ça s’écrit comment?
Introduce yourself to a classmate who will ask you to spell your last name. Write down In France, friends and
each other’s last names. family members ex-
change kisses on alter-
nating cheeks to say
hello and goodbye. This
Modèle: action is expressed by
Salut, je m’appelle Laila Kiblawi. the French phrase ‘faire
la bise’. While the num-
Kiblawi, ça s’écrit comment? ber of kisses exchanged
K-I-B-L-A-W-I Et toi, comment tu t’appelles? varies by region, the
most common practice is
Je m’appelle Blake Dublin.
two kisses, one on each
Dublin, ça s’écrit comment? cheek, although it is not
D-U-B-L-I-N uncommon to exchange
three or even four.
Check to see that your partner spelled your last name correctly and be prepared to spell your In an informal situation,
partner’s name to the class. young adults will most of-
ten ‘faire la bise’. Older
adults or men would nor-
Exercice 6. Grammaire interactive. mally shake hands. In a
A. Do you remember how to spell the following subjects? Take turns asking your formal situtation, it is nec-
partner to spell the subjects below. essary to shake hands
with everyone. A ‘bise’ is
always given to children.

English: l’______________________________________________________ Contrary to the hug in the

Business: le_____________________________________________________ United States, kisses are
History: l’______________________________________________________ exchanged with friends
and family members that
Languages: les_ ___________________________________________________ one sees everyday. In
Computer science: l’______________________________________________________ France, hugging is re-
Accounting: la _____________________________________________________ served for more intimate
(romantic) relationships.
B. le, la, les and l’ are called definite articles.
What is the English equivalent? Do you use it before nouns referring to school subjects in English?

Give the gender of each noun in Exercice A.

Modèle: les maths = feminine
(If you don’t remember a gender, refer back to the vocabulary list in Chapitre Préliminaire.)

Fill in the blanks:

Before a plural noun , the form of the definite article is: _____
Before a singular noun starting with a vowel or a mute “h”, the form of the definite article is: ____
_ (regardless of whether the noun is masculine or feminine)
Before a singular masculine noun starting with a consonant, the form of the definite article is: ___
Before a singular feminine noun starting with a consonant, the form of the definite article is: ____

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Exercice 7. Singulier ou pluriel?

Listen and decide if the following sentences are singular or plural. Listen again and
write the sentence.

singulier pluriel
Modèle: Ils sont étudiants. You check: q √
1. ______________________________________________________ q q
At home, please go to
the Français interactif 2. ______________________________________________________ q q
website. Read the fol-
3. ______________________________________________________ q q
lowing grammar points
in Tex’s French Gram- 4. ______________________________________________________ q q
mar and complete all
5. ______________________________________________________ q q
Texercises which you
will turn in to your in- 6. ______________________________________________________ q q
structor.
1.1 subject pronouns
Exercice 8. Vrai ou faux?
Are the following sentences true or false? In groups of three, one student will read the
je nous following statements, and the other two will react. Afterwards, your group will report
tu vous your answers to the class.

il Vrai Faux
ils
elle
elles 1. Toi, tu es de Beaumont et toi, tu es de San Antonio. q q
on
2. Le professeur de français est de Paris. q q
3. Vous êtes à l’université du Texas. q q
1.2 être ‘to be’ 4. Virginie est architecte. q q
5. Nous sommes étudiants. q q
je suis 6. Jean-Charles est ingénieur. q q
tu es 7. Stéphanie et Laila sont professeurs. q q
8. Toi, tu es chanteur (chanteuse) et toi, tu es acteur (actrice). q q

}
il
elle est
on
Exercice 9. Tu es d’où?
Find students in your class who are from the same city as you. Ask your classmates
nous sommes where they are from and group yourselves according to city. Use only French!

vous êtes
Modèle: Tu es d’où? -> Je suis de Dallas. Et toi? -> Moi aussi! Je suis de Dallas.
ils
elles } sont
Il y a combien d’étudiants de chaque ville (each city)? Il y a combien d’étudiants du Texas? Ecrivez
les résultats au tableau.

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Exercice 10. Bonjour!
This photo was taken at a reception for UT students at the University of Lyon. Who
are the people in the photograph? To find out, complete the following paragraph with
the appropriate form of the verb être. You will go over this in class.

Bonjour! Je m’appelle Marylène et voici Carl et

Marie-Christine. Nous____________________
professeurs. Je _ _______________________
de Lyon et Marie-Christine_ _______________
de la Réunion. Et vous? Vous_____________
d’où?

Exercice 11. Présentations

Answer the following questions according to the photos below. If you aren’t sure, ask a
classmate (en français, bien sûr!). Write out the answer in a complete sentence.

Il/elle est d’où? Qu’est-ce qu’il/elle fait?

Qui est-ce?
Ils/elles sont d’où? Qu’est-ce qu’ils font?

Devoirs: Bring a photo of a famous person to class and be prepared to answer ... there is NO article in
questions from your classmates about them (who they are, where they are from, what French in the sentenc-
es above with profes-
they do for a living). sions.

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Exercice 12. Masculin Exercice 13. Singulier
ou féminin ? ou pluriel?
Listen and decide if the following Listen and decide if the following
words are masculine or feminine. words are singular or plural.

masculin féminin singulier pluriel

Modèle: √ q Modèle: √ q
You hear: le livre. You hear: la porte.
At home, please go to 1.  q q 1.  q q
the Français interactif 2.  q q 2.  q q
website. Read the fol-
lowing grammar points 3.  q q 3.  q q
in Tex’s French Gram- 4.  q q 4.  q q
mar and complete all
Texercises which you 5.  q q 5.  q q
will turn in to your in- 6.  q q 6.  q q
structor.
7.  q q 7.  q q
1.3 gender: 8.  q q 8.  q q
masculine, feminine

est Exercice 14. La salle de

Joe Bob... classe de Mme Meunier.
étudiant.
Complete the following paragraph
est with the appropriate definite
Tammy...
étudiante article: le, la, or les. Be prepared
to go over these in class.
1.4 introduction to
nouns Voici tableau dans salle
de classe de Mme Meunier ,
1.5 determiners:
definite articles: forms professeur. Voilà bureau et
chaise de Mme Meunier. Et
masc. sing.: le (l’)
voici livres et stylos de
fem. sing.: la (l’)
ses (her) étudiants.
pl.: les

Exercice 15. Grammaire interactive.

Look at the underlined element:
1.6 determiners:
indefinite articles:
forms
un bureau une carte une chaise
masc. sing.: un une affiche un ordinateur un tableau
fem. sing.: une How would you translate the underlined elements in English?
pl.: des What do you think the difference between “un” and “une” is related to?

Fill in the blanks:

un is used when the noun is ______________________________________________________
une is used when the noun is _____________________________________________________

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Look at the following pairs. What is the difference between the words in each pair?
un ordinateur / des ordinateurs une affiche / des affiches
un cahier / des cahiers une chaise / des chaises

Fill in the blanks:

des is used when the noun (masculine or feminine) is: �����������������������������������

Now, compare the two sentences:

Il y a des ordinateurs dans le bureau. / There are computers in the office.
What do you notice about the bolded sections in these two sentences?

Exercice 16. Masculin Exercice 17. Singulier ou

ou féminin ? pluriel?
Listen and decide if the following Listen and decide if the following
words are masculine or femi- words are singular or plural.
nine.

masculin féminin singulier pluriel

Modèle: q √ Modèle: q √
You hear: une porte. You hear: des cahiers.
1.  q q 1.  q q
2.  q q 2.  q q
3.  q q 3.  q q
4.  q q 4.  q q
5.  q q 5.  q q
6.  q q 6.  q q
7.  q q 7.  q q
8.  q q 8.  q q

Exercice 18. Qu’est-ce

que c’est?
Complete the following paragraph
with the appropriate indefinite ar-
ticle: un, une, or des. Be prepared
to go over these in class.

Ça, c’est cahier et ça,

c’est stylo. Voici
livres et crayons. Dans
la salle de classe il y a
tableau noir, chaises et
télévision.

Exercice 19. Grammaire interactive.

In Exercice 18, look at “voici” and “il y a”.
How would you translate these two phrases into English?

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Exercice 20. Ouvrez vos

livres, s’il vous plaît!
Listen as your teacher reads a
dialogue between Mme Meunier
at Lyon 3 and students in the Lyon
program. Working in groups of two
or three, reconstruct the text with as
many details as possible.

Chut! ���������������������������������������������������������������� vos livres

���������������������������������������������������������������������������� .
Quelle page, Madame?
Ah... ������������������������������������������������������������ bien, Léonard!
Et�������������������������������������������������������������������������� .
A la page 12, le premier dialogue. ��������������������������������������� le dialogue?
�������������������������������������������������������������������� ”stagiaire”?
”Stagiaire” ������������������������������������������������������������� “intern.”

Exercice 21. En classe.

How would you say the following in French? Translate the following sentences.

1. What’s your name? (asking a classmate)_ ___________________________________________

2. How do you say ‘armadillo’? ______________________________________________________
3. I don’t understand. _ ____________________________________________________________
4. Please repeat. _________________________________________________________________
5. Here is a book. ________________________________________________________________
6. There are how many computers? __________________________________________________
7. What does ‘chef d’entreprise’ mean? _______________________________________________
8. See you in a little while! (later today) _ ______________________________________________

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Exercice 22. Une salle de classe à Lyon!

A. Name at least six objects / people in the classroom at Lyon 3 below. Remember to
add the appropriate indefinite article: un, une, or des.

Il y a ……
1. __________________________________ 4. __________________________________
2. __________________________________ 5. __________________________________
3. __________________________________ 6. __________________________________

B. Compare the classroom above to your classroom. How many of the same
objects/people are in your French classroom? Make a list of items in your classroom
with a partner. Compare your lists with those of your classmates.

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Exercice 23. Ecrivez en Exercice 24. Calculez!

toutes lettres! Write out the following arithmetic
Write out the following numbers. problems. Be prepared for a
Be prepared for a possible quiz. possible quiz.
+ plus / - moins / = égal

47 ____________________________ 10 + 9 = ____________________________
16 ____________________________ 18 + 7 = ____________________________
25 ____________________________ 29 + 4 = ____________________________
61 ____________________________ 45 + 19 = ____________________________
52 ____________________________ 16 - 5 = ____________________________
39 ____________________________ 57 - 6 = ____________________________
12 ____________________________ 36 + 13 = ____________________________
8 ____________________________ 34 - 7 = ____________________________

Exercice 25. Les numéros de téléphone.

Listen as your teacher gives the addresses and telephone numbers for the UT
students in Lyon and complete the table below.

Adresse Numéro de téléphone

Laila _____ quai Jean-Jacques Rousseau ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Blake _____ rue M. Dutarte ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Karen _____ rue Chambonnet ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Exercice 26. Comment dit-on?

How would you say the following in French? Translate the following sentences. Be
prepared to go over these in class.

1. Here’s the classroom._ ________________________________________________________

2. There are twenty-one students.__________________________________________________
3. What is it? It’s a poster.________________________________________________________
4. Who is that? It’s Mrs. Meunier. She’s a professor.___________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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Exercice 27. Quelle est la date?

Write out the dates of the following French holidays:

1. la Saint-Sylvestre (December 31): _ ______________________________________________

2. la Saint-Valentin (February 14): _ ________________________________________________
3. l’Assomption (August 15): ______________________________________________________ At home, please go to
4. la Toussaint (November 1): _____________________________________________________ the Français interactif
website. Read the fol-
lowing grammar points
Exercice 28. Répondez! in Tex’s French Gram-
Answer the following questions with a partner. mar and complete all
Texercises which you
will turn in to your in-
structor.
1. On est quel jour aujourd’hui?____________________________________________________ 1.7 Voila vs. il y a
2. Quelle est la date aujourd’hui?__________________________________________________
3. Quelle est la date de l’examen?__________________________________________________ Here is Voila/
Here are Voici...
There is
Il y a..
There are
Exercice 29. C’est quand ton anniversaire?
Find the students in your class who have birthdays in the same month as you. Ask your
classmates their birthdays and group yourselves according to the month of your birth.
How many students have birthdays in the same month? Does anyone have the same
birthday? Report the results to your teacher. Use only French!

Modèle:
C’est quand, ton anniversaire?
C’est le 2 mai.

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Exercice 30. Paris - Gare de Lyon.

Look at the group train ticket that the Lyon Program used to travel from Paris to Lyon and
answer the following questions.

1. Comment s’appelle la gare (train station) à Paris?_________________________________________

2. Comment s’appelle la gare à Lyon?____________________________________________________
3. Il y a combien de voyageurs?_________________________________________________________
4. Quelle est la date du départ?_ ________________________________________________________
5. Quel est le numéro du train?__________________________________________________________
TGV = Train à Grande Vitesse (Bullet train)

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