Good Learning Co.
SavannahYear 8
← Languages
LanguagesManger et rester en forme25 min★★ difficulty

Au café et au marché

Ordering food is the first thing most people actually do in French. It rewards clear pronunciation more than long sentences.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Speaking: Speak coherently and confidently, with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Speak coherently and confidently, with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation

Key learning points

  • • Ordering politely
  • • Some of something: du, de la, des
  • • Sounds to get right

This lesson at a glance

  • 25 minutes
  • 15 parts to scroll through
  • 4 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

coherentlyconfidentlyincreasinglyaccuratepronunciation

Scroll down — the lesson carries on below

Part 1 of 15 · Discover7%
1

Watch & discover

Part 1 of 15

Watch first

Au café et au marché

An English teaching video on this topic from Pearson UK & International Schools. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Speak coherently and confidently, with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation

2

Learning cycle

Part 2 of 15

Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · Ordering politely

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

3

Explore the idea

Part 3 of 15

Learn

Ordering politely

Je voudrais un croissant, s'il vous plaît. Pour moi, un jus d'orange. C'est combien ? L'addition, s'il vous plaît (the bill). Je voudrais is a polite conditional — much better than 'je veux', which sounds blunt.

4

Explore the idea

Part 4 of 15

Learn

Some of something: du, de la, des

du pain (some bread, masculine), de la confiture (some jam, feminine), de l'eau (before a vowel), des fraises (some strawberries, plural). English often drops 'some'; French never does.

5

Quick check

Part 5 of 15

Quick check

Which is the polite way to order?

6

Quick check

Part 6 of 15

Quick check

Complete: '___ eau, s'il vous plaît.'

7

Reset break

Part 7 of 15

Pause

That's sitting 1 of 2 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

Stop here for now
8

Learning cycle

Part 8 of 15

Learning cycle 2 of 2

Part 2 · Sounds to get right

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

9

Explore the idea

Part 9 of 15

Learn

Sounds to get right

The French r comes from the back of the throat, not the tongue tip. Final consonants are usually silent: croissant sounds like 'crwa-sson'. The u in jus is made with rounded lips and the tongue high and forward — practise 'tu' and 'tout' side by side to hear the difference.

10

Quick check

Part 10 of 15

Quick check

'L'addition, s'il vous plaît' asks for the...

11

Quick check

Part 11 of 15

Quick check

In 'croissant', the final -t is...

12

Explore the idea

Part 12 of 15

Worked example

Model role play

Serveur : Bonjour, vous désirez ? Client : Bonjour, je voudrais un chocolat chaud et une part de tarte aux pommes, s'il vous plaît. Serveur : Autre chose ? Client : Non merci. C'est combien ? Serveur : Six euros cinquante.

13

Challenge round

Part 13 of 15

Game · Sort it

Which of these are true?

Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.

True

Not true

14

Mastery quiz

Part 14 of 15

Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Au café et au marché

4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. Which is the polite way to order?

  2. 2. Complete: '___ eau, s'il vous plaît.'

  3. 3. 'L'addition, s'il vous plaît' asks for the...

  4. 4. In 'croissant', the final -t is...

15

Lesson round-up

Part 15 of 15

Lesson round-up

Ready when you are

Quiz score

Not sat

Games

Not played

Points this lesson

0

Best run

0 in a row

Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

Ask Luna

Do the work

Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Extract

Une journée à Lyon

Samedi matin, je me lève à sept heures et demie. Je prends le petit déjeuner avec ma sœur — du pain, du beurre et un chocolat chaud. Ensuite, nous prenons le bus jusqu'au centre-ville.

J'aime beaucoup Lyon parce qu'il y a un grand marché près du fleuve. Ma sœur préfère les magasins, mais moi, je préfère le marché : c'est moins cher et c'est plus intéressant. À midi, nous mangeons un sandwich au parc.

L'après-midi, il commence à pleuvoir, alors nous rentrons à la maison en tram. Le soir, je fais mes devoirs et je regarde un film avec mes parents.

Original text written for Good Learning Co.

Reading questions

  1. In English, say what the writer does in the morning, at midday and in the evening.
  2. Find the phrases that give an opinion and a reason, and copy them out.
  3. Write 8–10 sentences about your own Saturday, using at least three phrases from the text.

  • Written practice

    Writing

    Write the sentences out in the language, then translate them back into English.

    8–10 sentences

  • Vocabulary page

    Working out

    Copy the new words, cover them, and test yourself. Note the ones you keep missing.

    15 words

Saved as you type.

Part 1 of 15 · Watch & discover

How this is going

  • Not looked at yet

    Speak coherently and confidently, with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation

Good Learning Co. — personalised UK curriculum learning, built around what each learner loves.