Mastering French

11/11/25

A. Fill in the blank

1. ___________________ ! Ça va ? (Hello)
2. Je m’________________ Marie. (My name is Marie)
3. _________________ (Nice to meet you)

1. Bonjour

2. appelle

3. Enchanté(e)

B. Match the French to English

1. Tu t’appelles comment ?
2. Je suis américain.
3. Ça va bien.

a) I’m American.�b) What’s your name?�c) I’m doing well.

C. Translate into French

1. Good morning!
2. My name is John.
3. How are you?

B.

1. B
2. A
3. C

C.

1. Bonjour!
2. Je m’appelle John.
3. Ça va?

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Chapter 2: Qui êtes-vous? �/ Talking about yourself

👨 David: Bonjour, je m’appelle David. Vous venez d’où?�👩 Sophie: Bonjour David. Je viens du Canada. Et vous ?�👨 David: Je suis américain, de New York.�👩 Sophie: Ah, très bien ! Vous avez quel âge?�👨 David: J’ai soixante ans. Et vous ?�👩 Sophie: J’ai cinquante ans.

Key Vocabulary

• Vous venez d’où? = Where are you from? (formal)
• Tu viens d’où ? = Where are you from? (informal)
• Je viens de… = I’m from…
• Je suis américain(e). = I am American.
• Vous avez quel âge? = How old are you? (formal)
• Tu as quel âge ? = How old are you? (informal)
• J’ai… ans. = I am… years old.
• Et vous ? / Et toi ? = And you?
• Nationalities: français(e), américain(e), canadien(ne), italien(ne), espagnol(e), allemand(e), anglais(e), irlandais(e). The first is masculine and the second feminine.�You can use the first word for languages. Je parle anglais. I speak English

See page 162

You may also use Vous êtes d’où? or Tu es d’où? To ask where you are from.

Venez and viens mean… come… hence, where do you come from?

Useful Expressions

• Je viens des États-Unis. (I come from the U.S.)
• Je suis des États-Unis. (I am from the U.S.)
• Je parle anglais et un peu français. (I speak English and a little French.)
• Je suis étudiant(e). (I’m a student.)
• Je suis à la retraite. (I am retired.)
• Je travaille comme… (I work as a…)
• Moi aussi ! (Me too!)

Vocabulary Builder

• Je ne travaille pas… (I don’t work.)
• Où est-ce que vous travaillez? (formal) / Tu travailles où? (informal)… (Where do you work?)
• Je suis… (I am)
• Vous êtes (formal) / Tu es (informal)... (You are / Are you)
• J’ai… (I have)
• Vous avez (formal) / Tu as (informal)... (You have / Do you have)
• et… (and)
• j’aime… (I like) / je n’aime pas… (I don’t like)
• vous aimez / tu aimes (you like / do you like)

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Note:  In spoken French est-ce que is used for questions instead of inversion. So you might see the following:

D’où est-ce que vous venez? Formal spoken.�Vous venez d’où? Less formal spoken.�Tu viens d’où? Informal spoken.�D’où venez-vous? Formal written.

They all mean… Where are you from?

Practice Prompts

• Role-play: Ask and answer where you’re from and your age.
• Solo drill: Practice saying “Je viens de…” with 3 different countries. (see page 162)
• Writing practice: Write 3 sentences: your name, nationality, and age

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Practice Prompts

1. Role-play: Pretend you are meeting someone new. Ask them what they do for work.
2. Solo drill: Say 3 professions and use them in sentences (e.g., Je suis médecin, Je travaille dans un hôpital).
3. Writing practice: Write a short introduction: your profession, where you work, and if you like your job

Quick Review

✅ Can you say “I am from Canada” in French?�✅ Do you know how to ask someone’s age formally and informally?�✅ Can you introduce yourself with your nationality?

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Outside of the US, when you tell someone your nationality, it’s where you were born or where you are a citizen of, not your heritage.

We stopped class HERE.

Here are some basic activities in French. You can find more in the appendix.

regarder la télé = to watch TV�écouter la musique = to listen to music�prendre un verre = to have a drink�lire = to read�écrire = to write�sortir avec des amis = to go out with friends�aller à un concert = to go to a concert�aller au bar = to go to the bar�chanter = to sing�danser = to dance�aller au cinéma = to go to the movies�bavarder avec des amis = to chat with friends�faire une promenade = to go for a walk�voyager = to travel�faire du vélo = to ride a bike

Aller + the infinitive … the near future�Aller is the verb to go and the infinitive is a whole (unconjugated) verb.�For ex: Je vais jouer au tennis. I am going to play tennis.

aller = to go

je vais I go, I do go, I am going

tu vas you go, you do go, you are going

il/elle va he/she goes, he/she does go, he/she is going

nous allons we go, we do go, we are going

vous allez you go, you do go, you are going (formal singular and plural)

ils/elles vont they go, they do go, they are going

So if I want to say… I am going to retire.

Je vais prendre ma retraite.

You try… say that you are going to watch TV.

Notes

les États-Unis = the USA�layz ay tahz unee

des États-Unis = from the USA�dayz ay tahz unee

aux États-Unis = in/to the USA�ohz aytahz unee

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est-ce que = means a question is coming�es keu

qu’est-ce que = what�kes keu