Collins Easy Learning Primary Languages - French Ages 7-9: Ideal for home learning

French Je m’appelle / My name is

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How to use this book • Look at the left-hand page first to familiarise yourself with the vocabulary being covered. the pronunciation given for each word to help you to pronounce words correctly. There • Use are links to audio files online which will give you further support with pronunciation.

• Read out the instructions clearly and ensure children understand what they have to do.

• Discuss with the children what they have learnt.

• Recap regularly and return to previous topics that the children have enjoyed.

• Reward children with plenty of praise and encouragement. children to say new words out loud. This will help them to practise speaking French, • Encourage and help them to remember new words.

• Make learning French fun for you and your children!

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• Yellow boxes: introduce and outline the key vocabulary and structures in French.

• Yellow shaded boxes: provide additional information about French language and culture.

• White boxes: give instructions for an activity to reinforce learning. symbols ( ): indicate where further activities and support are available online at • Audio collins.co.uk/homeworkhelp HarperCollins Publishers Westerhill Road Bishopbriggs Glasgow G64 2QT HarperCollins Publishers Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 C9W8, Ireland First Edition 2016 This Edition 2022 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 © HarperCollins Publishers 2022 ISBN 978-0-00-815947-4 www.collins.co.uk Printed and bound the U.K. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior

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Contents How to use this book L’essentiel The basics Tout sur moi All about me Voici ma famille This is my family Je suis comment?

What do I look like?

Comment je me sens How I feel La météo The weather Les nombres jusqu’à 100 Numbers to 100 Les jours de la semaine/Les mois Days of the week/Months Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire?

What do you like doing?

La nourriture Food Les boissons Drink Mes choses préférées My favourite things Mon profil My profile Additional suggestions for language practice Les traditions en France French traditions

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L’essentiel The basics Whether you’ve already started learning French, or have only just begun, this vocabulary will be useful for you to practise. Why not cover the pictures up and see if you can remember the French words?

When you first start speaking French you want to be able to say some simple things to people you meet: Bonjour! [bongjoor] Hello!

Ça va? [sa va] How are you?

Ça va bien, merci. [sa va beeyan, mercee] Fine, thanks.

Comment tu t’appelles? [kommon too tappell] What’s your name?

Salut! [saloo] Hi!

Je m’appelle Eva. [juh mappell] My name is Eva.

Au revoir! [oh ruhvwar] Goodbye!

Au revoir! [oh ruhvwar] Bye!

Here are the numbers you need to count up to 20 in French:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

un [ung]

deux [duh]

trois [trwa]

quatre [katr]

cinq [sank]

six [seess]

sept [set]

huit [weet]

9 10

neuf [nuhf]

dix [deess]

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 onze [onz]

douze [dooz]

treize [trez]

quatorze [katorz]

quinze [kanz]

seize [sez]

dix-sept [deess-set]

dix-huit dix-neuf [deess-weet] [deess-nuhf]

vingt [vang]

Use these words to introduce some members of your family: Voici... [vwasee] Here is...

...ma maman ...mon frère ...ma sœur ...ma grand-mère ...mon grand-père ...mon papa [ma mamong] [mong frair] [ma grong-mair] [mong grong-pair] [mong papa] [ma suhr] ..my grandad ..my mum ..my brother ..my sister ..my grandma ..my dad

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These are the names of some colours in French:

bleu [bluh] blue

rouge [rooj] red

vert [vair] green

jaune [zhohn] yellow

blanc [blong] white

noir [nwar] black

rose [rose] pink

violet [veeolay] purple

orange [oronge] orange

brun [brung] brown

Here are the French words for pets that you might have:

un lapin [ung lapang] a rabbit

un chien [ung sheeang] a dog

un poisson [ung pwasong] a goldfish

un chat [ung sha] a cat

un hamster [ung amstair] a hamster

une tortue [oon tortoo] a tortoise

un cochon d’Inde [ung koshon dand] a guinea pig

It’s useful to know the French words for parts of your body: la tête [la tett] head

l'épaule [laypaul] shoulder

le doigt [luh dwa] finger

le bras [luh bra] arm

le ventre [luh vontruh] tummy

la main [la mang] hand

le genou [luh zhenoo] knee

le pied [luh peeyay] foot

le nez [luh nay] nose

un cheval [ung shuhval] a horse

les cheveux [lay shuvuh] hair les yeux [lays yuh] eyes

les dents [lay dong] teeth

les oreilles [lays awrigh] ears

la bouche [la boosh] mouth

la jambe [la zhawmb] leg

Here are some of the things you might need at school:

le stylo [luh steeloh] pen

le crayon [luh krayong] pencil

la gomme [la gom] rubber

la trousse [la troos] pencil case

le taille-crayon [luh tye-krayong] sharpener

la règle [la regl] ruler

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Tout sur moi All about me As well as being able to say hello to someone and tell them your name – Bonjour, je m’appelle… Hello, my name is… – you might want to talk about how old you are.

Bonjour! Je m’appelle André.

(Hello, my name is André.)

Comment tu t’appelles?

(What’s your name?)

J’ai huit ans.

Et toi?

(I’m eight. What about you?)

Salut! Je m’appelle Emma.

(Hi, my name is Emma.)

Quel âge as-tu?

(How old are you?)

J’ai onze ans.

(I’m eleven.)

When you are talking about your age, use the phrase J’ai… [zhay] which actually means I have… in French, for example, J’ai neuf ans. You will be saying the equivalent of “I have nine years”. It is important to say the French word ans [ong], otherwise you could be talking about nine of anything! To ask someone else’s age, say Quel âge as-tu? [kell azh a too].

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Make finger puppets or draw faces on your fingers and give each one a name and age. Have a conversation between your fingers or with a partner’s fingers.

Did you know? In France children don’t start school until they are 6 leave school at the age of 16.

years old and they can

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You are talking with your friend. Only their half of the conversation is written down. Fill in your missing greeting words and answers.

Bonjour!

Comment tu t’appelles?

Quel âge as-tu?

Au revoir!

_______________________________! ____________________________ _________________________________ __________________________________!

Draw a cartoon strip of two characters meeting and finding out about each other. You can use animals or cartoon characters if you prefer. Use the language you have been learning to write speech bubbles.

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