Vocabulaire 1-2 Grammaire: Subjects and Verbs 1) In English, sentences have a subject and verb. The subject is the person or thing that is doing the action or that is being described. The verb is the action word, like jump or sing, or a linking word, like are or is, that links the subject to a description. Marie sings well. Simon is blond. 2) French sentences also have a subject and a verb. _______________________________________________. ________________________________________________. 3) Both English and French use nouns as subjects. Nouns can be replaced by pronouns. Some of the French pronouns you have already seen are: je, tu, il, and elle. Marie is a friend. She is fifteen years old. Marie est une amie. ________ a quinze ans. A. Identify the subject and verb in each sentence/question below: 1. Elle a quinze ans. subject : ___________________ verb : _________________ 2. Marc a quel âge ? subject : ___________________ verb : _________________ 3. J’ai seize ans. subject : ___________________ verb : _________________ B. Create complete sentences by matching each phrase in the first column with it’s logical completion in the second column. 1. ______ Comment il a. va ? 2. ______ Tu b. a dix ans. 3. ______ Comment allezc. s’appelle ? 4. ______ Je te d. vous ? 5. ______ Comment ça e. as quel âge ? 6. ______ Il f. présente Nina. 1 Vocabulaire 1-2 Grammaire: French Subject Pronouns / Les pronoms personnels En français je / j’ tu il elle on nous vous ils elles En anglais I you (informal, singular) he she everyone, one we you (plural, formal) They (all boys or mixed) They (all girls) 1) Je changes to j’ before a verb beginning with a vowel sound. Je m’appelle Pierre. __________ parle français. J’ai quinze ans. __________ adore la musique. 2) The subject pronouns tu and vous both mean you. These are used when talking directly to someone. A friend, a family member or someone your own age or younger Tu Vous More than one person or an adult who is not a family member 3) The pronoun “on” has no direct equivalent in English. It can mean we, they as in people in general, everyone or one. The meaning of “on” will depend on the context. En France, on parle français. In France, they (people in general) speak French. 2 Vocabulaire 1-2 Grammaire: Le Verbe Avoir AVOIR (To ) Je/J’ai Nous avons Tu as Vous avez Il a Ils ont Elle a Elles ont On a J’ai deux questions. Elle a un crayon. Nous avons cinq stylos. Grammaire: La Négation (Negative sentences) 1) To make any sentence negative, add “ne … pas” around the verb. 2) Notice that “ne” becomes “n’” before a verb that begins with a vowel sound. 3) “Un”, “une”, and “des” all change to “de” in a negative sentence. Ça va bien. ___________________________ It’s going fine. It’s not going fine. Elle a dix ans. ___________________________ She is 10 years old. She isn’t 10 years old. Léa a un crayon. _______________________________________ Léa has a pencil. Léa doesn’t have a pencil. 3