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Métro 1 – Unit 2
Toi et moi ~ Me and you!
Learning Intentions
We are learning to understand, speak and write about:
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Saying where you live and what nationality you are
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Talking about brothers and sisters
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Talking about pets
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Talking about what you look like
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Saying how tall you are and what you are like
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Grammar:
« in »
« My »
Plurals
« the »
Verb « avoir »
Verb « être »
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Toi et moi! – You and me !
a) Les pays
J’habite en/au
Allemagne
Angleterre
Autriche
Belgique
Écosse
Espagne
États-Unis
France
Pays de Galles
Grande-Bretagne
Irlande
Irlande du Nord
Italie
Luxembourg
Suisse
Mexique
a) Countries
I live in…
Germany
England
Austria
Belgium
Scotland
Spain
United States
France
Wales
Great Britain
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Mexico
b) Je suis...
anglais/anglaise
belge/belge
écossais/écossaise
espagnol/espagnole
français/française
gallois/galloise
irlandais/irlandaise
b) I am…
English
Belgian
Scottish
Spanish
French
Welsh
Irish
c) as-tu des frères et soeurs ?
c) Have you got any brothers or
sisters?
I have a brother
I have a sister
I have 2 brothers
I have 2 sisters
I have a bother and a sister
I don’t have brothers or sisters
I’m an only child
J’ai un frère
J’ai une soeur
J’ai deux frères
J’ai deux soeurs
J’ai un frère et une soeur
Je n’ai pas de frères et soeurs
Je suis fils/fille unique
J’ai un demi-frère
J’ai une demi-soeur
Mon frère
Ma soeur
Mon copain
Ma copine
Mes copains
Mes copines
I have a half-brother
I have a half-sister
My brother
My sister
My friend (male)
My friend (female)
My friends (male/male and female)
My friends (females)
d) As-tu un animal ?
J’ai...
Une araingnée
Un chat
Un chien
Un hamster
Un lapin
Un oiseau
Un poisson
Une souris
Des araignées
Des chats
Des chiens
Des hamsters
Des lapins
Des oiseaux
Des poissons
Des souris
Je n’ai pas d’animal
Je préfère le / la/ l’/ les...
d) Do you have a pet?
I have…
A spider
A cat
A dog
A hamster
A rabbit
A bird
A fish
A mouse
Some spiders
Some cats
Some dogs
Some hamsters
Some rabbits
Some birds
Some fish
Some mice
I don’t have a pet
I prefer the…
e) Les cheveux et les yeux
J’ai...
Tu as…
Il a...
Elle a ...
As-tu... ?
Les yeux bleus
Les yeux bruns
Les yeux noisette
Les cheveux blonds
Les cheveux bruns
Les cheveux châtains
Les cheveux noirs
e) Hair and eyes
I have…
You have…
He has…
She has…
Do you have…?
Blue eyes
Brown eyes
Hazel eyes
Blond hair
Brown hair
Light brown hair
Black hair
Les
Les
Les
Les
cheveux roux
cheveux courts
cheveux longs
cheveux mi-longs
f) Tu es comment ?
Je suis...
Tu es...
Il est ...
Elle est ...
Es-tu... ?
Grand/grande
Petit/petite
De taille moyenne
Bavard/bavarde
Ennuyeux/ennuyeuse
Marrant/marrante
Paresseux/paresseuse
Sportif/sportive
timide
Red hair
Short hair
Long hair
Medium-length hair
f) What sort of person are you?
I am…
You are…
He is…
She is…
Are you…?
Big, tall
Small, short
Of medium height
Talkative
Boring
Fun, funny
Lazy
Sporty
Shy
Grammar
1. Names of countries
The names of countries are either masculine or feminine. Most of them are feminine,
for example:
La France, l’Italie, l’Espagne, l’Angleterre, l’Écosse
A few are masculine, including :
Le pays de Galles; le Canada; le Luxembourg
To say « in » with the name of the country, you use en with feminine countries and au
with masculine countries:
La France -> J’habite en France
Le Portugal  J’habite au Portugal
2. The definite article : « the »
« the » is called the definite article because it refers to a specific item, an item
known by the speaker or already mentioned. In French “the” has 4 different forms
Masculine
Feminine
Plural
Before vowels or silent h
Le livre
la table
les livres
l’araignée
3. Nouns (2): the plural
To talk about more than one of something you need to use the plural. In English most
nouns are made plural by adding –s to the end and the same applies in French:
Singular
Plural
J’ai un frère – One brother
deux frères – two brothers
Une règle – one ruler
deux règles – two rulers
Words which already end in s stay the same:
Une souris- one mouse
deux souris – two mice
A few words make the plural by adding –x
Un oiseau – a bird
trois oiseaux – three birds
Un bateau – a boat
cinq bateaux – five boats
Un animal – an animal
deux animaux – two animals
4. Possessive adjectives (1): « My » and « your »
The words “my” and “your” are called possessive adjectives because they say who
something belongs to. Like other adjectives, they change to “agree” with the noun
they describe:
There are 3 words in French for 1 in English, they change according to the noun they
modify, if the noun is feminine, the possessive adjective will be feminine, and if it is
plural, the possessive adjective will be plural.
Masculine
Feminine
Plural
Mon
Mon stylo
ma
ma gomme
mes
 My
mes ciseaux
Ton
Ton cahier
ta
ta règle
tes  Your
tes livres
5. Verbs (1) : action words
Verbs are action words : they describe what someone or something does.
You use the je (I) form to talk about yourself. Remember that je becomes j’ if the
verb begins with a vowel or silent h.
You use the tu (you) form to talk to a friend
You use the il/elle (he/she) form to talk about someone or something else.
In French the ending of the verb usually varies for each of these froms.
VERB AVOIR: To have. Used to say that you have something
J'ai: I have
Tu as: You have
Il/elle a: He / she has
VERB ÊTRE: To be. Used to say how you are
Je suis: I am
Tu es: you are
Il /elle est: He/she is
My Progress Diary
1. These are the things I can do really well in this unit:
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2. I need more help with:
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3. Something I enjoyed doing in this unit which helped me learn was
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4. Something I want the teacher to know is:
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5. Teacher comments
What you do well: _______________________________
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Your next steps:
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1. Where do these flags come from? Write your answers in French
L’Espagne
l’Italie
Le Brésil
l’Allemagne
L’Écosse
La Grèce
La Grande Bretagne
La France
2. Now write a sentence with each of the above countries, saying that you live
there. Refer to grammar point number 1.
a) ____J’habite en Écosse_____________
b) _______________________________
c) _______________________________
d) _______________________________
e) _______________________________
f) _______________________________
g) _______________________________
h) _______________________________
3. Reading comprehension. Read the texts and say if the following statements are
true or False
J’ai un frère et deux soeurs. Mon frère s’appelle Olivier et mes
soeurs s’appellent Jean et Aurélie. Je n’ai pas d’animal mais j’adore
les chats et les souris. J’ai les cheveux bruns et les yeux verts. Je
suis paresseux.
Je m’appelle Dionne,
J’ai trois frères, deux chats et une
Je n’ai pas de frères et soeurs, Je suis fils
souris. J’ai treize ans et j’habite à
unique. J’ai un lapin et deux chiens. Mon
Aberdeen. Je suis sportive et très
lapin s’appelle George. J’ai douze ans et
bavarde!
j’habite à Edinbourg mais je suis espagnol.
Je déteste le foot mais j’adore l’équtiation.
Ma mère s’appelle Jean et elle aime la
danse. Mon père adore le basket.
Manuel
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2.
3.
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5.
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Olivier has two mice
Dionne likes dogs
George is an only child
Dionne is 14
Manuel is Spanish
Manuel lives in Scotland
7. Dionne is very shy
8. Olivier has blond hair and blue eyes
4. Lable and write the colour of the following animals :
Write the plural of the animals you have described in the previous exercise :
E.g un poisson  des poissons
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5. Describe the hair and eyes of the following people :
a)
b)
c)
d)
E.g J’ai les cheveux châtins et les yeux bruns
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6. Choose one appropriate adjective from the box to describe the following people
Ennuyeux
sportif
Marrant
timide
bavard
paresseuse