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Describe Routines and Experiences

Learners describe their days in more detail and talk about what they have just done and what they are going to do. They use pronominal verbs for routines (je me lève, tu te couches, elle s'habille, nous nous brossons les dents), the most common irregular present-tense verbs grouped by their stem patterns (prendre, venir, pouvoir, vouloir, devoir, boire, sortir, partir, dormir, lire, écrire, mettre), and the near future and recent past (je vais partir, je viens de finir). They compare school days in Lyon, Dakar and Montréal and finish with a written exchange about their own routine.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 105 minutes
  • Routines and plans check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, choose a reply, highlight a text, match pairs and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Describe daily routines with pronominal verbs and the matching pronoun (je me lève, tu te couches, elle s'habille, nous nous brossons les dents), including after aller (je vais me coucher) and in the negative (je ne me lève pas).
  • Use common irregular present-tense verbs (prendre, mettre, venir, pouvoir, vouloir, devoir, sortir, partir, dormir, lire, écrire, boire) by recognising their stem patterns.
  • Talk about plans with the near future (aller + infinitive) and about just-finished actions with the recent past (venir de + infinitive).
  • Compare school-day routines in Lyon, Dakar and Montréal, including regional meal words, and take part in a written exchange about routines.

Lessons

  1. Je me lève, je m'habille 6 steps4 practiceabout 26 min
  2. Irregular verbs with a pattern 7 steps5 practiceabout 27 min
  3. Just done, going to do 6 steps4 practiceabout 24 min
  4. School days in Lyon, Dakar and Montréal 6 steps4 practiceabout 28 min
  5. Routines and plans check 9 questions at the end

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