Language Foundations

Worked examples (4)

• 1Spell a word aloud using the French alphabet
• 2Place the correct accents on a sentence
• 3Decode an unfamiliar word using spelling-to-sound rules
• 4Fix liaison and elision in a phrase

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Worked examples (5)

• 1Work out the day after tomorrow
• 2Say when your birthday is
• 3Habit or one occasion? le lundi vs lundi
• 4Pick the right preposition for each season
• 5Build a routine sentence with day, season and frequency

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Worked examples (5)

• 1Build the number 87 in French
• 2Tell 71 and 91 apart
• 3Say 4:45 the conversational way
• 4Read a train time from a timetable
• 5Write the date 'Saturday 1 August 2026'

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Worked examples (5)

• 1Choose the right greeting for each situation
• 2tu or vous? Make the politeness decision
• 3Introduce yourself and ask a name back
• 4Greet an official politely in a role-play
• 5Work out a polite reply using cognates

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Worked examples (5)

• 1Work out what the teacher wants you to do
• 2Ask for a word in French — politely
• 3Choose tu or vous correctly
• 4Write classroom objects with correct gender and spelling
• 5Survive a moment you didn't understand

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Worked examples (4)

• 1Decode an unseen word using the -tion pattern
• 2Translate a sentence and avoid two false friends
• 3Unpick a sentence with three false friends
• 4Sort the words: true friend or false friend?

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