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Je me présente

Almost every French conversation starts the same way: your name, your age, where you live. Get these five sentences automatic and you can start any conversation without panicking.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Writing: Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing

Key learning points

  • • The five opening sentences
  • • Numbers you need for age
  • • Joining sentences up

This lesson at a glance

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

Words to know

simplesentencespreparationextendedindependent

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Je me présente

An English teaching video on this topic from tialela99. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Write short texts using simple sentences, in preparation for extended and independent writing

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · The five opening sentences

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

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Explore the idea

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Learn

The five opening sentences

Je m'appelle Savannah — my name is Savannah. J'ai treize ans — I am thirteen (French uses avoir, to have, for age, never être). J'habite à Manchester — I live in Manchester. Je suis anglaise — I am English (add the -e for a girl). J'ai un chat qui s'appelle Luna — I have a cat called Luna.

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Learn

Numbers you need for age

onze (11), douze (12), treize (13), quatorze (14), quinze (15), seize (16). After sixteen the pattern changes: dix-sept (17), dix-huit (18), dix-neuf (19). Say them out loud in order until the jump at seventeen stops surprising you.

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Quick check

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Quick check

How do you say 'I am thirteen' in French?

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Quick check

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Quick check

What does 'J'habite à Manchester' mean?

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Reset break

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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
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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 2 of 2

Part 2 · Joining sentences up

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

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Joining sentences up

Five short sentences sound like a list. Join them with et (and), mais (but) and aussi (also): 'J'habite à Manchester avec ma mère et j'ai un chat aussi.' One joining word turns two facts into one sentence, and that is what moves writing up a level.

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Quick check

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Quick check

Which word joins two ideas that contrast?

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Quick check

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Quick check

Which number is 'quinze'?

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Explore the idea

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Worked example

Model paragraph

Salut ! Je m'appelle Savannah et j'ai treize ans. J'habite à Manchester, dans le nord de l'Angleterre. J'ai un chat qui s'appelle Luna et j'adore les animaux. Notice: five facts, three sentences, two joining words. That is the shape to copy with your own details.

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Challenge round

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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

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Challenge round

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Game · Fill the gaps

Finish the sentences

Choose the word that belongs in each gap.

Five short ____ sound like a list.

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Mastery quiz

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Je me présente

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

  1. 1. Which is a correct simple sentence about age?

  2. 2. How do you say 'I am thirteen' in French?

  3. 3. What does 'J'habite à Manchester' mean?

  4. 4. Which word joins two ideas that contrast?

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Lesson round-up

Ready when you are

Quiz score

Not sat

Games

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Points this lesson

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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

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