Checkpoint: people, things, and places
Check your recall of people, things, and places 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.
Il y a une petite école dans cette rue.
There is a small school on this street.
Elle est près du café ?
Is it near the café?
Oui. Les livres sont dans la classe.
Yes. The books are in the classroom.
Tu es étudiant ?
Are you a student?
Oui, et j'ai vingt ans.
Yes, and I am twenty years old.
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.
Match the noun phrase
Learn the noun’s gender, choose the article, and then check the adjective. L’ does not reveal gender, so use un or une when learning a new noun. A written plural can be present even when its final consonant is silent.
Choose the message before the verb
Use être for identity and location, avoir for age and possession, and il y a to introduce the existence of something. Say one example of each without reading. Then move the objects in an imaginary room and describe the new arrangement.
Lesson vocabulary
Listen once, say it aloud, and try to recall the French before looking.
| French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| un livre | a book | |
| une table | a table | |
| une école | a school | |
| un hôtel | a hotel | |
| petit / petite | small | |
| calme | calm / quiet | |
| les | the (plural) | |
| des | some (plural indefinite article) | |
| être | to be | |
| avoir | to have | |
| étudiant / étudiante | student | |
| professeur | teacher |
Practice questions
Try every question, then check your answers. Capital letters and punctuation do not affect your score. Accents and ç do matter.
Showing an answer makes that question a practice item worth zero for this attempt. Retry with the answers hidden when you’re ready. If audio cannot play, use Show answer / text to practice by reading.
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
Describe an imaginary person and their room: role, age, two objects, and the position of one object.
Writing practice
Write six short sentences using être, avoir, and il y a. Check articles and plural endings.
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