Learn French for Beginners –Greetings, Alphabet & First Words

Contents

1. My name is...

∎ Excercice

> Speaking
In this exercise, answer the questions using "Je m'appelle..."

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 2. Alphabet

| La logique de l'alphabet : français - anglais

∎ Discover and Analyze
To better understand how to pronounce the French alphabet, let's first compare the sounds of the English and French letters.
Match each letter sound to the correct category: is it a French sound or an English sound?

You see? You're already picking up on a pattern that will help you master the French alphabet.

Anglais			Français
A [eɪ]			A [a]
B [i]			B [e]
C [i]			C [e]
E [i]			E [ø]
F [ɛ]			F [ɛ]
I [aɪ]			I [i]
U [ju]			U [y]

Anglais			Français
G [dʒi]			G [ʒe]
J [dʒeɪ]			J [ʒi]

| L'alphabet
∎ Discover and Analyze
Now that we've covered the basics, let's discover the full French alphabet. Listen to the recording and write down the order in which you hear the letters.

∎ Understand
Here is a table so you can listen to each letter again anytime you want.

| Les sons de l'alphabet
∎ Discover and Analyze

Les sons de l'alphabet
Now that you know the French alphabet by heart, here’s a little trick to help you remember it and pronounce it perfectly.
In fact, except for two exceptions, you can group all the letters of the alphabet into 5 sound categories.
Help me sort them in the table below.

∎ Understand

Feel free to come back to this table whenever you want to review

∎ Apply and Memorize

> Listening + Writing

3. How to spell my name

∎ Excercice

> Listening + Writing
In this exercise, write down the first name of each person you hear.

4. Bonjour

In this exercise, you need to match what you would say to greet someone in this situation.

Bonjour !
Hello, Good morning (during the day)
To everyone

Salut !
Hi (during the day)
To close people (particularly friends)

Coucou !
Hi (during the day)
To close people (more feminine and kids)

Bonsoir !
Good evening (during the evening)
To everyone

∎ Excercice
> Listening
In this exercise, you need to match each audio clip with the person who is speaking.

> Writing
In this exercise, write what you would say to greet someone in this situation.

> Speaking
In this exercise, record what you would say to greet someone in this situation.

5. Au revoir

∎ Excercice

> Listening + Reading

> Writing

6. Ça va ?

∎ Excercice

> Speaking

In this exercise, record what this girl would say if someone asked her “Comment ça va ?”.

> Listening 
Try this memory game to help you recognize and pronounce the four most common answers to “Comment ça va ?”.

> Reading

Match each face to the correct answer.

> Writing

In this exercise, write what this girl would answer if someone asked her “Comment ça va ?".

7. Tu and vous 

∎ Discover and Analyze

8. Vowels 

∎ Discover and Analyze

∎ Excercice

> Listening + Writing

9. Numbers : 0-20 

∎ Discover and Analyze

∎ Understand

∎ Excercice

> Listening + Writing

> Reading

> Writing

> Speaking