Checkpoint: cafés, shopping, and time
Check your recall of cafés, shopping, and time and choose what to revisit.
What you’ll work on
- Check the sentence patterns from this unit.
- Complete a speaking and writing task.
- Choose a specific next practice step.
A short conversation
Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback. Read along, then try each line aloud.
Bonjour. Je voudrais un thé et du pain, s'il vous plaît.
Hello. I would like a tea and some bread, please.
Sur place ou à emporter ?
For here or to take away?
Sur place. Vous fermez à quelle heure ?
For here. What time do you close?
À dix-huit heures.
At six p.m.
Merci. Et l'addition, s'il vous plaît.
Thank you. And the bill, please.
Try it before looking back
Complete the questions before returning to the earlier explanations. Revealing an answer helps you study but does not earn points for that attempt. Mistakes identify useful review items; they do not stop you from continuing the course.
Choose the amount and the article
One serving can use un or une, as in un café. An unspecified amount uses du, de la, or de l’, as in du pain and de l’eau. When the noun is plural and unspecified, use des. After a basic negative quantity, use de.
Check numbers in context
Read a price, a clock time, and a date aloud. They use related numbers but different frames: vingt euros, il est vingt heures, le vingt novembre. If a price or time is unclear, repeat it back or ask to see it written.
Lesson vocabulary
Listen once, say it aloud, and try to recall the French before looking.
| French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| je voudrais | I would like | |
| un café | a coffee | |
| un thé | a tea | |
| de l'eau | some water | |
| du pain | some bread | |
| l'addition | the bill | |
| sur place | for here / on the premises | |
| à emporter | to take away | |
| combien | how much / how many | |
| coûter | to cost | |
| un euro | a euro | |
| une chemise | a shirt |
Practice questions
Try every question, then check your answers. Capital letters and punctuation do not affect your score. Accents and ç do matter.
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Independent practice
These are independent practice tasks. The site does not record your voice, save your writing, or grade open-ended answers. Ask a teacher or conversation partner for feedback when you can.
Speaking practice
Order at a café, ask the price, state a payment method, and ask when it closes.
Writing practice
Write a short invitation to a café, including a date, time, and what you would like to order.
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