French greetings

Exercise A: Answer each question in French using the face symbol as a clue.

A : Bonjour Jean, ça va ? A : Salut Pierre, ça va ?

B:  B: 
............................................. ............................................

A : Bonjour Juliette, ça va ? A : Salut Delphine, ça va ?

B:  !!! B: 
............................................. ............................................

Exercise B: Match the French and English.

français anglais
bonjour very
au revoir thank you
salut goodbye
très how are you?
ça va? and
bien you
merci hello
mal bad
et not bad
pas mal hi
toi good, well

Exercise C: Find the English words hidden in the grid in French.

S A L U T A S D F G H hello
Q W E R T Y U A G J D
goodbye
A Z G T R T M C N M I
Z C B V U P L E Z Q M hi
A X S E R T H Y R P Z
thank you
S B D R Y H J L X C K
B I B C A V A X R G I and
F E R Q T U O P I B N
X N Q R Y J L R O Z W bad
C X B N K G U H V R O
very
P L I C Q O V N E V W
C O B M J H F E R Y I good, well
T O J N H B C Z U Q P
you
G H O I P R T W A Z L
B B N O L A M R K J F how are you?

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Exercise D: Use colour coding to match the French and the English.

bonjour et et toi? goodbye hi

au
je m’appelle I am fine you very
revoir

salut ça va? and hello and you?

ça va bien toi très I am called how are you?

Exercise E: Fill in each gap with a word from the box on the right.

ça
A Bonjour. Comment t’ .......................... -tu?

B Salut. Je m’appelle ........................ Et .................. ? Marc

A Je m’appelle Paul. très

B ............................. va, Paul? appelles

A Oui, ça .............................. bien. Et toi? au

B Ça va ........................... bien. toi

A Au .......................... Marc. va
B ....................... revoir, Paul. revoir

Exercise F: Fill in the English meanings.

bonjour salut

et très

au revoir je m’appelle

toi oui

comme ci, comme

et toi?
ça
comment
ça va bien
t’appelles-tu?

ça va? ça va mal

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Exercise G: Reply to the following questions in French:

1 Comment t’appelles-tu ? .......................................................................

2 Ça va ? ............................................................................................

3 Bonjour ! .........................................................................................

4 Au revoir ! .......................................................................................

Exercise H: Write down any French word beginning with the letter that your teacher
reads out.

1. ............................................ 5. . ..............................................

2. ............................................ 6. . ..............................................

3. ............................................ 7. . ..............................................

4. ............................................ 8. . ..............................................

Exercise I: Write the French word your teacher spells out and write its meaning in
English.

1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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Exercise J: Match up the greeting/question and the reply. Write the letters in the
boxes below.

1 Comment t’appelles-tu? a Salut!

2 Ça va? b Je m’appelle Suzanne.

3 Comment ça s’écrit? c Au revoir!

4 Bonjour! d Ça va très bien, merci.

5 Au revoir! e Ça s’écrit M E R C I.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Exercise K: Unscramble the letters to make a word in French.

1. j u b r o o n .............................. 6. l a m ......................................

2 s t u l a .................................... 7. n i b e .....................................

3 r è s t ...................................... 8. v a ç a.....................................

4 i o u ........................................ 9. c r i m e ..................................

5 m o m e c ................................. 10. i t o ......................................

Exercise L: Read these letters aloud in French:

C - say E - ur G - jay H - ash I - ee J - gee K - ca

R - air X - eeks Y - ee grek O - oh Z - zed T - tay B - bay

P - pay V - vay A - a(pple) D - day W - dooble vay

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Teaching notes

Exercise C: Find the English words hidden in the grid in French.

S A L U T A S D F G H hello
Q W E R T Y U A G J D
goodbye
A Z G T R T M C N M I
Z C B V U P L E Z Q M hi
A X S È R T H Y R P Z
thank you
S B D R Y H J L X C K
B I B Ç A V A X R G I and
F E R Q T U O P I B N bad
X N Q R Y J L R O Z W
C X B N K G U H V R O very
P L I C Q O V N E V W good, well
C O B M J H F E R Y I
you
T O J N H B C Z U Q P
G H O I P R T W A Z L how are you?

Exercise H: Write down any French word beginning with the letter that your teacher
reads out.

Suggested letters: P, C, T, E, B, S, M, A.

Exercise I: Write the French word your teacher spells out and write its meaning in
English.

1. M E R C I
2. T R E S
3. T O I
4. B I E N
5. E T
6. S A L U T
7. P A S M A L

Exercise J: Match up the greeting/question and the reply. Write the letters in the
boxes below.

Answers: 1b; 2d; 3e; 4a; 5c.

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