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Le with days of the week
CHAPITRE
4
In English To say that you regularly do something on a certain day of the week, you
make the day plural (Sundays) or you can use an adjective, such as every (every
Sunday).
Louise has piano lessons on Saturdays.
We see a movie every Friday.
If you are talking about something that is going to happen on one specific day, you
use the singular (Sunday) or an adjective like this or next.
Louise has a piano lesson Sunday/this Sunday/next Sunday.
A Check the appropriate column to indicate whether the following sentences refer
to events that happen regularly or that will happen on one specific day.
1. They leave for Hawaii this Wednesday.
Regularly
One Specific Day
2. I do homework every Sunday.
3. Marla does yoga on Mondays.
4. On Friday I have a dentist appointment.
5. You ride the bus on Thursdays.
6. Her birthday party is on Saturday.
7. I’ll see you on Thursday.
8. Sam works at the mall on Fridays.
To say you do something regularly on a certain day of the week, you add
the article le in front of the day and leave it singular.
In French
Nous avons anglais le vendredi. (We have English class on Fridays.)
Je chante le mardi et le jeudi. (I sing every Tuesday and Thursday.)
To say that you are doing something on one specific day of the week, do not use the
article in front of the day of the week.
J’ai un examen jeudi. (I have an exam on Thursday.)
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LE WITH DAYS OF THE WEEK
CHAPITRE
4
B Check the appropriate column to indicate whether the following sentences refer
to events that happen regularly or that will happen on one specific day.
Regularly
One Specific Day
1. Samedi, je joue au hockey.
2. Elle dessine le mardi.
3. Je rends visite à mon oncle dimanche.
4. Le mardi et le jeudi, on a chimie.
5. Louise voyage lundi matin.
6. Zacharie surfe sur Internet le vendredi.
7. Nous mangeons au café le mercredi.
C Write four sentences telling what Serge does regularly throughout the week.
lundi
mardi
mercredi
jeudi
vendredi
samedi
jouer au
base-ball
nager à la
piscine
jouer au
base-ball
étudier à la
bibliothèque
cours de
musique
rendre
visite à sa
grand-mère
1. Serge joue au base-ball le lundi et le mercredi.
2. _______________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________
D Compare the following two sentences. Besides the differences pointed out on
page 29, what other difference do you notice about the days of the week in
English and in French?
We’re going to the movies Saturday. Nous allons au cinéma samedi.
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Adjectives as nouns
CHAPITRE
4
To avoid repeating a noun, you can use an adjective as a noun by placing
before the adjective and one or ones after the adjective. Notice in the following
sentences how one(s) stands for the noun (car, boots), which you don’t repeat.
In English
the
Do you like the red car or the blue one?
I don’t like small televisions. I prefer the big ones.
A Circle the phrase the + adjective + one(s) in the each sentence and underline the
noun it refers to.
1. I cannot see the brick building, but I can see the glass one.
2. This backpack isn’t mine; give me the black one.
3. The gold necklace is more expensive than the silver one.
4. We don’t have to do all the exercises, only the important ones.
5. I’d rather go to the good, affordable university than the overpriced one.
6. Tanasha is wearing her corduroy pants today, not the cotton ones.
7. Do you like this small dog or the big one?
To avoid repeating a noun, you can use an article followed by an
adjective. The article + adjective phrase acts as a noun and agrees in gender and
number with the noun.
In French
Est-ce que tu aimes la voiture rouge ou la bleue?
Je n’aime pas la petite télé. Je préfère la grande.
B Circle the phrase article + adjective in the each sentence and underline the noun to
which it refers.
1. Tu préfères le sac à dos vert ou le bleu?
2. Avez-vous les cahiers bleus ou les rouges?
3. Je n’aime pas le tee-shirt jaune, mais j’aime bien l’orange.
4. Est-ce que j’achète les baskets blanches ou les noires?
5. C’est qui, ton amie, la fille rousse ou la blonde?
6. Est-ce que vous aimez le portable noir ou le gris?
7. Yves aime les shorts bleus, mais Xavier préfère les verts.
8. Est-ce que Marguerite achète le sweat-shirt rose ou le violet?
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ADJECTIVES AS NOUNS
CHAPITRE
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C Circle the correct phrase in the following sentences.
1. Est-ce que Pierre vend le vieil ordinateur ou (la nouvelle / le nouvel)?
2. Prenez-vous les stylos bleus ou (le rouge / les rouges)?
3. Le tee-shirt blanc, ça va, mais je préfère (le noir / les noirs).
4. Qu’est-ce que j’achète? Le grand dictionnaire ou (la petite / le petit)?
5. Qui est la sœur de Jean Baptiste? La fille brune ou (la blonde / le blond)?
6. J’aime la voiture rouge, mais je préfère (le blanc / la blanche).
D Answer the following questions negatively. Use the adjectives in parentheses as
nouns.
1. Est-ce que vous aimez les stylos noirs? (bleu)
Non, j’aime les bleus.
2. Est-ce que tu aimes les nouvelles radios? (vieux)
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3. Est-ce qu’il préfère le tee-shirt vert? (blanc)
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4. Est-ce que tu achètes la grande voiture? (petit)
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5. Est-ce qu’elle n’aime pas les matières difficiles? (ennuyeux)
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6. Est-ce que les baskets rouges sont belles? (gris)
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E Compare the following sentences. English uses one to refer to the absent noun.
What does French do? Why is agreement of gender and number important?
I like the black car, but I love the green one.
J’aime bien la voiture noire, mais j’adore la verte.
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ANSWER KEY
7. one specific day
8. regularly
C’est versus il/elle est
A 1. These are my parents, Henry and
Lucille.
2. Edith? She is a very nice girl.
3. This/That is my French teacher,
Mme Duquenne.
4. Those are my cousins who live in
Québec.
5. Let me introduce to you my brother.
He is a college student.
6. Who’s the blond girl? That is Josette,
a good friend of mine.
7. This/That is Vincent, the new
student.
B 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
C 1. Serge joue au base-ball le lundi et
le mercredi.
2. Serge nage à la piscine le mardi.
3. Serge étudie à la bibliothèque le
jeudi.
4. Serge a cours de musique le
vendredi.
5. Serge rend visite à sa grand-mère le
samedi.
B 1.
2.
3.
4.
C’est mon oncle.
Ça, c’est Roger. Il est génial.
Elle est créative, a mon avis.
Il est assez jeune et il a les yeux
marron.
5. Éléonore? C’est une copine.
6. Elle n’est ni petite ni grande.
7. C’est un garçon pénible.
C 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
D Answers will vary. Possible answer: In
French, the days of the week are not
capitalized.
Adjectives as nouns
C’est ma tante Virgine.
C’est le fils de M. Lagaffe.
Elle est rousse.
C’est un gros chat.
Il est très paresseux.
Il est vieux et méchant.
C’est un monsieur fort.
C’est le beau-père d’Arnaud.
A 1. I cannot see the brick building, but I
can see the glass one.
2. This backpack isn’t mine; give me
the black one.
3. The gold necklace is more expensive
than the silver one.
4. We don’t have to do all the exercises,
only the important ones.
5. I’d rather go to the good affordable
university than the overpriced one.
6. Tanasha is wearing her corduroy
pants today, not the cotton ones.
7. Do you like this small dog or the big
one?
D Answers will vary. Possible answer:
She’s an athletic girl can be translated
into C’est une fille sportive, and She’s
athletic into Elle est sportive. C’est is
used in the first sentence because it is
followed by a noun phrase. Elle est is
used in the second sentence because it is
with an adjective by itself.
B 1. Tu préfères le sac à dos vert ou le
bleu?
2. Avez-vous les cahiers bleus ou les
rouges?
3. Je n’aime pas le tee-shirt jaune mais
j’aime bien l’orange.
4. Est-ce que j’achète les baskets
blanches ou les noires?
5. C’est qui ton amie, la fille rousse ou
la blonde?
CHAPITRE 4
Days of the week
A 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
one specific day
regularly
regularly
one specific day
regularly
one specific day
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regularly
one specific day
regularly
one specific day
regularly
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ANSWER KEY
6. Est-ce que vous aimez le portable
noir ou le gris?
7. Yves aime les shorts bleus mais
Xavier préfère les verts.
8. Est-ce que Marguerite achète le
sweat-shirt rose ou le violet?
3. Est-ce que tu fais du jogging? (jog/go
jogging)
4. Jeanne fait du patin à glace. (iceskates)
5. Ignace adore faire du surf. (to surf)
6. Est-ce que vous faites du skate?
(skateboard)
C 1. Est-ce que Pierre vend le vieil
ordinateur ou (la nouvelle /
le nouvel)?
2. Prenez-vous les stylos bleus ou (le
rouge / les rouges)?
3. Le tee-shirt blanc, ça va, mais je
préfère (le noir / les noirs).
4. Qu’est-ce que j’achète? Le grand
dictionnaire ou (la petite / le petit)?
5. Qui est la sœur de Jean Baptiste? La
fille brune ou (la blonde / le blond)?
6. J’aime la voiture rouge mais je
préfère ( le blanc / la blanche).
D 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Non, j’aime les bleus.
D 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
fais
faire
fais
faisons
font
fait
The answer to a question containing the
verb faire may or may not contain a form
of faire.
Question words
A 1. (Where / Who) do you live?
2. (What / When) does summer
vacation begin?
3. (How / What) time is it?
4. (What / Where) do you like to do
after school?
5. (How / Who) did you do that?
6. (What / Where) are you from?
7. (Why / How) doesn’t she call me
back?
8. (Who / When) is the science teacher?
The French uses the definite article and
an adjective in place of the absent noun.
Keeping gender and number in
agreement in French is important
because it is the only way for the speaker
to understand what deleted noun the
article refers to.
CHAPITRE 5
The verb faire
What do you do for fun?
Tara makes most of her clothes.
When are we going swimming?
What sports do you play?
I like to go jogging every evening.
My friends do community theater.
What are you doing this weekend?
Can Sam make a cake for tomorrow?
B 1. Je préfère faire du ski. (ski)
2. Nous faisons du vélo. (bike)
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e
a
b
d
f
E Answers will vary. Possible answer:
Non, j’aime les vieilles.
Non, il préfère le blanc.
Non, j’achète la petite.
Non, elle n’aime pas les ennuyeuses.
Non, les grises sont belles.
E Answers will vary. Possible answers:
A 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
C 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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B 1. (Quand / Qui) est-ce que on va à la
bibliothèque?
2. (Qu’ / Quand) est-ce que tu fais
demain?
3. (Comment / Pourquoi) est ton amie?
4. (Qui / Avec qui) est-ce que tu vas au
cinéma?
5. (Pourquoi / Où) est-ce qu’elle n’aime
pas la télé?
6. (Où / Qu’) est-ce que vous faites en
été?
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