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1 Lessons Workbook Exercise 1 (lessons 41-45) CoffeeBreakFrench.com Translate the following phrases using the present tense. Some help has been provided for certain questions. Use the constructions in the help provided to answer the remaining questions. 1 What are you doing? Qu est-ce que tu? 2 What are you eating? 3 Where are you going? Où -vous? 4 Where are you working? 5 We watch television in the evening. Nous la télévision le soir. 6 We work in the evening. 7 We are not washing the car. Nous ne pas la voiture. 8 We are not leaving the house. 9 The children wake up. Les enfants se. 10 The children are showering. 11 I don t shower in the evening. Je ne me pas le soir. 12 I don t put makeup on. 13 Dad gets up at 7. Papa se à sept heures. 14 Dad wakes up at 6. Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 1

2 Exercise 2 (lessons 41-45) Match up the following questions and answers: Que fais-tu le soir? Je vais au Japon On se voit à quelle heure? À dix-neuf heures devant le cinéma. À quelle heure tu te lèves? Jʼaime les fruits. Où vas-tu en novembre? Je me lève à sept heures. Quʼest-ce que tu aimes manger? Je regarde la télé. Quel sport aimes-tu? Non, nous restons à la maison. Allez-vous en ville? Jʼadore le foot. Exercise 3 (lessons 46-50) Translate the following sentences into French using the correct form of the irregular verbs avoir, être and aller. 1 Where are you? 2 I am at home. 3 She is in the garden. 4 They are in town. 5 Do you have children? 6 They have a son and a daughter. Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 2

3 7 I have a brother and two sisters. 8 He s an only child. 9 She is a doctor. 10 He is 15 years old. 11 They are hungry. 12 Are you thirsty? 13 Where are you going? 14 We are going into town. 15 He is going to Spain. Exercise 4 (lessons 46-50) Using the noun given, translate the English. Consider carefully the position and agreement of the adjective. 1 a small red car (une voiture) 2 a new house (une maison) 3 a beautiful castle (un château) 4 the big houses (les maisons) 5 they have 2 handsome boys (ils ont deux garçons) 6 lots of beautiful girls (beaucoup de filles) 7 the old harbour (le port) 8 an old church (une église) 9 a tired old man (un homme) 10 a good Italian meal (un repas) 11 it s a beautiful flat/apartment (c est un appartement) 12 they are very old (ils sont... ) Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 3

4 Exercise 5 (lessons 51-55) Change the present tense in the phrases below to the immediate future following the example given. Translate the resulting phrase into English. eg je prépare le dîner (I m making the dinner) je vais préparer le dîner (I m going to make the dinner) 1 je lave la voiture 2 vous aimez ce gâteau 3 ils vont en Espagne 4 nous achetons une nouvelle maison 5 elle ne va pas en France 6 ils mangent des fruits 7 elle ne chante pas 8 elle travaille en Angleterre 9 il écoute la radio 10 il ne regarde pas ce film 11 il apprend l espagnol 12 j étudie le français 13 il finit son travail 14 il vend son appartement 15 nous mangeons des escargots 16 il se lève 17 je m habille 18 ils ne se couchent pas 19 vous vous trompez 20 elle ne danse pas avec son copain Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 4

5 Exercise 6 (lessons 51-55) Match up these verbs with their correct translation. il a mangé he isnʼt eating il mange he hasnʼt eaten il va manger he ate / he has eaten il ne mange pas heʼs not going to eat il nʼa pas mangé he eats / he is eating il ne va pas manger he is going to eat Exercise 7 (lessons 56-60) Fill in the missing part of être or avoir to complete the perfect tenses. 1 he saw il vu 2 he went il allé 3 we arrived nous arrivés 4 we sold nous vendu 5 they came ils venus 6 they saw ils vu 7 they got dressed ils se habillés 8 they listened ils écouté Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 5

6 9 you did vous fait 10 you went out vous sorti 11 she died elle morte 12 she waited elle attendu 13 I did not get up je ne me pas levé 14 she did not wash elle ne s pas lavée Exercise 8 (lessons 56-60) Translate the following sentences into French. 1 he bought that car 2 I went to bed this afternoon 3 He did not shave this morning. 4 That man did not pay. 5 Do you see that girl? Exercise 9 (lessons 61-65) Fill in the blanks with these words. Some words are used several times. habitait, travaillait, était, avait, étaient. Mes parents Mon père comme acteur quand il jeune. Il grand et beau et il les cheveux noirs et les yeux gris-bleu. Il à Londres où il a rencontré ma mère. Elle chanteuse. Elle dix-huit ans. Elle blonde et petite et ils se sont mariés après trois mois. Ils très heureux. Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 6

7 Exercise 10 (lessons 61-65) Complete these sentences by adding qui or que, and translate the sentence into English. 1 Je veux une chambre donne sur la mer. 2 J ai un chien s appelle Bob. 3 J ai un fils de 4 ans s appelle Marc. 4 Nathalie a deux frères s appellent Luc et Thierry. 5 Tu as vu les photos j ai prises en France? 6 Les lunettes j ai perdues étaient dans la voiture. 7 C est ma fille aime la musique classique. 8 C est le fromage pue! 9 Voici Marie arrive. 10 Voici la lettre j ai reçue ce matin. Exercise 11 (lessons 66-70) Translate the following phrases into French. 1 Before eating 2 After eating 3 Before going into town 4 Before I left, I... 5 After I left, I... 6 After I bought the house, I... 7 After he watched the film, he... 8 Before she started work, she... 9 After finishing his book, he He s just gone out 11 I ve just finished my book 12 They ve just gone to town. Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 7

8 Exercise 12 (lessons 66-70) Match up the two halves of the sentence. lʼaéroport est à lʼappareil? la voiture est de numéro je voudrais louer une voiture pour une semaine quel est votre tombée en panne je me suis trompé à quarante minutes dʼici qui est numéro de téléphone? Exercise 13 (lessons 71-75) Translate the following sentences into French, all of which involve the word never. 1 I never go out. 2 I never speak French. 3 I never know how to say... 4 He s never been to France. (Use aller) 5 They never got married. (Use se marier - to get married). Exercise 14 (lessons 71-75) Test your knowledge of the conditional tense by translating the following sentences into English. 1 Ça serait parfait. 2 Ça vous dirait de manger avec nous? Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 8

9 3 Je voudrais jouer au golf. 4 Vous pourriez passer la journée à Nice. 5 Je serais content d aller à Monaco. Exercise 15 (lessons 76-80) You now know six tenses: present, imperfect, perfect, pluperfect, future and conditional. Match up these verbs with the appropriate translations. il a regardé he had watched il regarde he watches il avait regardé he would watch il regardera he watched il regarderait he was watching il regardait he will watch Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 9

10 Exercise 16 (lessons 76-80) This exercise is the same format as exercise 15, using the verb aller. Match up the verbs with their correct translation. elle va she would go elle ira she was going elle irait she went elle allait she is going elle est allée she had gone elle était allée she will go Exercise 17 (lessons 76-80) As you know, there is often more than one way to translate a particular tense, eg. je chante could be translated as I sing or I am singing. Put the English translations into the correct column below based on which tense they translate. I eat I do eat I will eat I have eaten I would eat I used to eat I am eating I used to eat I would eat (if I was hungry) I would eat (fish on a Friday when I was young) I will be eating I would be eating I ate I have been eating I shall be eating I shall eat I had been eating Present Imperfect Perfect Pluperfect Future Conditional je mange je mangeais j ai mangé j avais mangé je mangerai je mangerais Coffee Break French: Level 2 Workbook page 10