Practice Makes Perfect

partout everywhere

près 

near, close 

loin 

far

à côté 

next to, beside 

auprès 

next to, close to

dehors 

outside 

dedans 

inside

devant 

in front of 

derrière 

behind

dessus 

on top 

dessous 

under

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  practice makes perfect  Complete French All-in-One   

Ici, tout est possible. 

Here, everything is possible.

Les femmes d’ici sont très belles. 

Local women are very beautiful.

Fitzgerald est mort ici même. 

Fitzgerald died in this very place.

Je le vois là, sur l’étagère. 

I see it over there, on the shelf.

Mets ton sac dessous. 

Put your bag underneath.

C’est écrit dessus. 

It’s written on it.

Nous désirons voyager ailleurs. 

We want to travel elsewhere.

Tu es juste devant. 

You are right in front of it.

Vous êtes juste derrière. 

You are right behind it.

C’est beaucoup trop loin. 

It is much too far.

Je vois des erreurs ça et là. 

I see mistakes here and there.

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EXERCICE

  

Traduire les phrases suivantes en utilisant vous et l’inversion si nécessaire.

    1.  He planted flowers everywhere.

    2.  Do you want to live here?

    3.  My car is parked just behind yours.

    4.  We’ll go somewhere else.

    5.  He is outside.

    6.  I live near the river.

    7.  You live too far.

    8.  I see strange things here and there.

    9.  He is in front of you.

  10.  Come sit next to me.

 

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Transitional words or phrases serve to link parts of a sentence or to connect one 

sentence to another as well as one paragraph to another. They help build orga-

nized paragraphs that can be read smoothly, and help to ultimately construct 

extended pieces of writing such as letters.