
Asking for directions
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World Languages
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2nd - 11th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Easy
Jeremy Fourgeot
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10 Slides • 13 Questions
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Asking for directions is one of the most important element of basic conversation, especially when you're new to a French-speaking city.
In French there is many way to ask the directions and the locations.
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Let's say you are looking for the closest subway station (station de métro)....
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3 important verbs:
Savoir= to know
Je sais
Tu sais
Il/elle sait
Nous savons
Vous savez
Ils/Elles savent
Trouver= to find
Je trouve
Tu trouves
Il/elle trouve
Nous trouvons
Vous trouvez
Ils/Elles trouvent
Pouvoir= to can
Je peux
Tu peux
Il/elle peut
Nous pouvons
Vous pouvez
Ils/Elles peuvent
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Match
savoir
trouver
pouvoir
to know
to find
to can
to know
to find
to can
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Match
Match the following
je
tu
il/elle
vous
ils/elles
sais
sais
sait
savez
savent
sais
sais
sait
savez
savent
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Match
Match the following
je
tu
nous
ils/elles
vous
trouve
trouve
trouvons
trouvent
trouvez
trouve
trouve
trouvons
trouvent
trouvez
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Open Ended
How do you say:
"I do not find my shoes"
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"Est-ce que vous savez où est.....?"
"Do you know where is....?"
"Où est/sont....?"
"Where is/are.....?"
"Où est-ce que je peux trouver....?"
"Where can i find.....?"
"Est-ce qu’il y a…..près d’ici?"
"Is there....near here?"
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Multiple Choice
What is the translation of:
"Est-ce que vous savez où est.....?"
Do you know where is ....?
Where is/are....?
Where can I find.....?
Is there..... near here?
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Reorder
Reorder the following
Je
ne
sais
pas.
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Reorder
Reorder the following
"Where can I find the subway station?"
Ou
est-ce que
je peux
trouver
la station de metro?
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Reorder
Reorder the following
"Is there some toilets near here?"
Est-ce qu'
il y a
des toilettes
pres
d'ici?
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Reorder
Reorder the following
"Excuse me, where is the exit please?"
Excusez moi
ou
est
la sortie
s'il vous plait?
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A droite: on the right
A gauche: on the left
Tout droit: straight
La première à droite: the first (street) on the right
La rue suivante: the next street
En face de: in front of
Au coin de: in the corner of
A côté de: next to
Au bout de la rue: at the end of the street
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Match
Match the following
a droite
a gauche
tout droit
en face
a coté
to the right
to the left
straight
in front
next to
to the right
to the left
straight
in front
next to
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Match
Match the following
au bout de la rue
la premiere a droite
la rue suivante
au coin de
a coté
at the end of the street
the first on the right
the next street
in the corner of
next to
at the end of the street
the first on the right
the next street
in the corner of
next to
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Appropriate Transition Words for Giving and Understanding Directions:
PRENDRE
In French, when giving direction we usually use the verbe PRENDRE when we take about taking a turn:
"Vous allez tout droit et ensuite vous prenez a gauche" (Go straight and then you take/go left)
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Prendre= to Take
Je prends
Tu prends
Il/elle prend
Nous prenons
Vous prenez
Ils/Elles prennent
another important verbs:
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Multiple Choice
"Vous allez tout droit et ensuite vous prenez a gauche"
Go straight and then you go right.
Go straight and then you go left
Go right and then go left
Go right, then go straight ahead.
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Appropriate Transition Words for Giving and Understanding Directions:
Puis
Puis, or “then,” is a simple transition word that is used when giving consecutive directions.
How it’s used:
“Prenez à droite, puis allez tout droit.” (Go right, then go straight ahead.)
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Appropriate Transition Words for Giving and Understanding Directions:
Après
Après, or “after,” has functionality similar to puis.
How it’s used:
“Prenez à droite, et après, allez tout droit.” (Go right, and after that, go straight ahead.)
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Appropriate Transition Words for Giving and Understanding Directions:
Enfin
If you’re receiving a set of directions that’s particularly long, you may hear enfin, or “finally.”
How it’s used:
“Prenez à droite, puis allez tout droit, et, enfin, prenez à gauche au parc.”
(Go right, then go straight ahead, and finally, take a left at the park.)
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Open Ended
How do you say in French:
"The school is in front of the subway station"
Asking for directions is one of the most important element of basic conversation, especially when you're new to a French-speaking city.
In French there is many way to ask the directions and the locations.
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