Useful French Expressions/greetings

Useful Expressions: Review

​Review some basic French expressions

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Match

Match the following greetings:

• Bonne journée

• Bonjour

• Au Revoir

• salut

• A bientôt

Have a good day

Hello/Good morning

Goodbye

Hi

see you soon

• Have a good day

• Hello/Good morning

• Goodbye

• Hi

• see you soon

​Addressing adults

When talking to adults in France it is always important to address them as:

Mr. or “Monsieur”

Mrs. or “Madame”

Miss or “Madamoiselle”

Multiple Choice

It's not a greeting in French!

• Bonsoir!

• coucou!

• s'il vous plaît

• Âllo

Match

Match the following

• coucou

• Bonsoir

• Allô

• enchanté(e)

• Bienvenue

Hey/Hi

good evening

Hi (on the phone)

Nice to meet you

Welcome

• Hey/Hi

• good evening

• Hi (on the phone)

• Nice to meet you

• Welcome

​Addressing people during different times of the day

You can always say “bonjour” to almost everyone during the day.

Saying “bonjour” actually means “good day”

If you are talking to someone your age, you can say “Salut!” Which means “hi!”. You would normally not use this with adults unless they are close family members.

If you want to wish some one “Have a good day!” You would say “Bonne journée!”

In the evening, once the sun goes down, you say “bonsoir” or “good evening”.

Finally, when you are going to bed at night, you say “Good night” or "Bonne nuit".

Match

Match the following expressions:

• Merci

• De rien

• oui

• S'il vous plaît

• non

Thank you

you are welcome

yes

Please

no

• Thank you

• you are welcome

• yes

• Please

• no

Match

Match the following expressions

• Je suis désolé(e)

• Je ne sais pas

• Je suis d'accord

• Je pense que

• D'accord

I am sorry

I don't know

I agree

I think that

OK

• I am sorry

• I don't know

• I agree

• I think that

• OK

Multiple Select

What do you tell a French person after he/she sneezes?

• À votre santé!

• À tes souhaits!

• salut!

• À vos souhaits!

Match

Match the following question words:

• Quand?

• Comment?

• Combien?

• Pourquoi?

• Ou'?

When?

what?

how many?

Why?

Where?

• When?

• what?

• how many?

• Why?

• Where?

Match

Match the following

• et toi?

• il y a

• moi aussi

• Merci beaucoup

• Pardon

and you?

there is/are

me too

Thank you very much

Pardon

• and you?

• there is/are

• me too

• Thank you very much

• Pardon

Match

Match the following

• À quelle heure?

• Quelle heure est-il?

• Il est..

• c'est bon!

• c'est terrible

At what time?

what time is it?

it's

It's good

it's terrible

• At what time?

• what time is it?

• it's

• It's good

• it's terrible

Reorder

Reorder the following to make the sentence: Repeat, please!

• Répétez,

• s'

• il

• vous

• plait!

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following words to make the sentence: I don't speak French well/I cannot speak French well

• Je ne

• parle

• pas

• bien

• français

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Match

Match the following French farewell expressions

• Ciao!

• À plus tard

• À tout à l’heure!

• À demain!

• Au revoir!

see you!

see you later

I’ll See You Later!

I Will See you tomorrow!

Goodbye!

• see you!

• see you later

• I’ll See You Later!

• I Will See you tomorrow!

• Goodbye!

​Good Bye

There are many ways to say good bye in French.

You can always say "Au revoir!"

But you can also say:

À toute a l'heure!- See you later!

À bientôt!- See you soon!

À demain!- See you tomorrow

À (day of the week) - See you (day)!

Bonsoir- Good evening!

Bonne Nuit!- Good night!

Salut!- Bye!

ciao! - ciao!

Match

Match the following most common ways of asking how someone is doing:

• Comment ça va?

• Ça va?

• Comment allez-vous?

• Comment vas-tu?

how is it going?

Informal for “how is it going?”

Formal for "how are you?"

informal to ask, “how are you?”

• how is it going?

• Informal for “how is it going?”

• Formal for "how are you?"

• informal to ask, “how are you?”

​Asking Questions:

When you ask a question to an adult, you always use "vous". When speaking to someone your own age, you can be much more casual. You can use "tu" or maybe not use it all.

Multiple Choice

This is not a possible response when someone asks how you are doing.

• Ça va bien

• Je vais bien, merci.

• j'ai seize ans

• Oui, Ça va.

Multiple Choice

What is the question to the answer : " j'ai quinze ans"

• Comment ça va?

• Comment t'appelles-tu?

• quel age as tu?

• Où habites-tu?

Multiple Choice

How do you say: "Do you..?" in French?

• Est-ce que..?

• Quel/quelle/quels/quelles..?

• Qu'est-ce que..?

• Qui..?

Poll

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