Practice Makes Perfect

le lundi 

on Mondays (every Monday)

Mercredi, je vais voir Guy. 

I’m going to see Guy (on) Wednesday.

Relationships and possessions

To express relationships and possession, use the appropriate structure and include the preposi-

tion de (of) as in the following examples:

la famille de Didier 

Didier’s family

la copine de Didier 

Didier’s girlfriend

la maison de Didier 

Didier’s house

Votre and vos

There are two words for formal your: votre (used before all singular nouns) and vos (used before 

all plural nouns).

J’admire votre mère. 

I admire your mother.

J’admire vos parents. 

I admire your parents.

C’est / ce sont

Use C’est / ce sont before noun phrases.

C’est Didier. C’est mon meilleur ami. 

This is Didier. He’s my best friend.

Faire

Remember that the verb faire (to do/make) is irregular in the present tense: je/tu fais, il/elle/on 

fait, nous faisons, vous faites, ils/elles font. Faire is used in numerous idiomatic expressions 

where the English equivalent is not always to do or to make.

Tu fais du vélo? 

Are you riding a bike?

Les voisins font du bruit. 

The neighbors are making noise.

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EXERCICE

La famille de Didier. Didier’s family. Write the appropriate possessive adjective son, sa, or 

ses in the blank spaces.

Dans la famille de Didier, il y a (1) 

      

 mère, Mme Dupoint; il y a (2) 

      

 

père, M. Dupoint; il y a (3) 

       

 sœur Hélène; il y a (4) 

      

 beau-frère; il 

y a aussi (5) 

      

 cousins et (6) 

      

 cousines.

Qui est-ce? Who is this? Translate the sentences in parentheses into French.

  7.  M. Dupoint? 

                  

. (He is Didier’s father.)

 8. 

                  

. (He is delighted to make Chris’s 

acquaintance.)

  9.  Mme Dupoint? 

                  

. (She is his mother.)

10. 

                  

. (She is affectionate.)

11. Hélène? 

                  

. (She is his sister.)

12. 

                  

. (She is married.)

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EXERCICE

La rencontre d’Hélène et de Chris. Hélène’s and Chris’s meeting. In this dialogue, Chris 

meets Didier’s sister Hélène for the first time. Write the dialogue between these two people 

using the English guidelines provided.

1.  Hélène greets Chris in a formal manner by saying hello and asking him how he is.

h

élène

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2.  Chris says he is fine and then expresses how delighted he is to make her acquaintance.

C

hris

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3.  Hélène asks Chris if he is indeed Didier’s English friend.

h

élène

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4.  Chris tells her that is not exactly the case. Then he explains that he is his American friend.

C

hris

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5.  Hélène apologizes. Then she adds that she does know that he is American.

h

élène

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6.  Chris states that today being Saturday, they both have a little free time.

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hris

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7.  Hélène says that it’s nice. Then she adds that on Saturdays, the family always eats together 

  and that everyone wanted to meet him.

h

élène

: 

                        

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