French French for an English-speaking child: silent letters, nasal vowels and the French r, accents, greetings, tu or vous, numbers up to a hundred with soixante-dix and quatre-vingts, colours, days and months, dates and the time. The lessons are in English about French.
The questions of the French course of Mova's primary school: 40 lessons, 628 questions, every question and option parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: the course at school .
1 Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes 16 questions · Jade whispers, "it's French, they don't say the s, you plonker." ("Plonker" means a silly person.) Is Jade r… 2 Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u 16 questions · Harry in Swansea moans, "That's tamping, I can't say bon." ("Tamping" means fuming.) What tip would help? 3 Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends 16 questions · Poppy moans, "cafe is literally the same as English, so unfair." What would café sound like without its é? 4 Hello and goodbye: greetings 16 questions · Zara texts her mum, "is she saluting me lol?" What does salut mean when her penpal says it? 5 Tu or vous? Manners in French 16 questions · Archie's friend mutters, "Bit much, mate," when Archie says tu to the teacher. Why? 6 Numbers 0 to 20 16 questions · Jacob asks, "Is five really 'sank' like a ship?" What's the answer? 7 Numbers 21 to 69 16 questions · Daniel moans, "Why's 21 got 'and' in it? Man, that's canny daft." ("Canny" means very.) What's the rule? 8 Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts 16 questions · Jayden says, "Sixty-ten?! Nah, bruv, that's maths homework." What's the best reply? 9 Colours 16 questions · Amelia jokes the flag is "blue, white, red, but posh." ("Posh" means fancy.) How would she say it, and in wh… 10 Days of the week and months 16 questions · Holly says, "But it's a day! Days get capitals!" What is the French rule? 11 Dates and birthdays 16 questions · Emily asks, "Why's only the first one special?" What's the rule? 12 Telling the time 16 questions · Noah asks, "Three hours of what?" What's the truth about Il est trois heures? 13 Weather and seasons 16 questions · It's chucking it down in Manchester ("chucking it down" means raining hard) and Ellie says "Il est rain." Th… 14 My family 16 questions · Ava says, "Wee s, big deal." ("Wee" means small.) Why does it matter? 15 Pets and animals 16 questions · The class falls about when Ollie says "Mon chat est un chien." Which tip helps? 16 The body 16 questions · Archie's mate laughs, "Ey up, wrong bit," when Archie touches his knee. ("Ey up" means hey.) What would happ… 17 Clothes 16 questions · Max says, "One trousers? That's mad, bruv." ("Bruv" means mate.) What's the truth? 18 Food and drink 16 questions · Olivia asks, "Why does bread need 'the'?" What's the rule? 19 At the café: ordering in French 16 questions · Jayden's mum is mortified ("mortified" means terribly embarrassed) when he shouts "Garçon !" Why? 20 In the classroom 16 questions · Oliver says, "Gum? I'm not chewing it." What is the truth about une gomme? 21 My house and my home 15 questions · Your mate goes, "Houses are boys in French, innit - un maison." Put him right. 22 The town and directions 15 questions · Jake from Sheffield hears "tout droit" and goes, "Drwa, droite, same thing, love, I'm turning right." What h… 23 Hobbies and sport 15 questions · Your mate goes, "Bruv, it's je joue du football, same as piano, innit." Put him right. 24 Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas 15 questions · Your mate goes, "Je ne aime pas sounds fine, bruv, don't be extra." What's the rule? 25 Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl 15 questions · Your mate from Leeds goes, "Easy, mate: boys' things are le, girls' things are la." What do you tell him? 26 Plurals: les, des and silent s 15 questions · Your mate goes, "Bruv, you can't even hear the s, so why bother writing it?" What's the answer? 27 Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing 15 questions · Your mate from Manchester goes, "French is backwards, every adjective goes after, our kid." What's true? 28 Être: to be 15 questions · Jacob's mate in Liverpool goes, "Je suis, tu es, il est - sounds like a footy chant, la." Which line keeps t… 29 Avoir: to have 15 questions · Charlotte's mate says, "J'ai, tu as, il a - it's like a sneeze then a hiccup!" Which one comes next for elle? 30 Questions and simple sentences 15 questions · ★★★ Leo's friend says "J'ai dix ans, et toi ?" Leo is one year younger. What does he answer? 31 Songs and rhymes 16 questions · Your mate goes, "Frère Jacques is the same song in French and English, word for word, innit." Is he right? 32 Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style 16 questions · Charlotte from Kent goes, "They have the big dinner the night before? Bit early, innit?" What's true? 33 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days 16 questions · Jayden from London writes, "Happy Bastille Day, bruv!" and his penpal answers "Ici on dit le 14 Juillet !" W… 34 France and the French-speaking world 16 questions · Oliver from Leeds says, "French? That's just France, Miss, and maybe a bit of Canada." What does the map show? 35 False friends 16 questions · Your mate writes to a French pal, "Raisins are dry, innit?" when she said she ate du raisin. What's the mix-… 36 English words that came from French 16 questions · Your mate goes, "French and English have nothing in common, bruv." What do you say? 37 Olympiad: number-word puzzles ★★★ 16 questions · ★★★ Zoe from Leeds goes, "Easy-peasy: quatre-vingt-dix-sept is 4, 20, 10, 7, so 42107." What did she do wrong? 38 Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ 16 questions · ★★★ Harry from Leeds goes, "Fromage is soft and creamy, so it's a girl word, like." Use the ending to put hi… 39 Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★ 15 questions · ★★★ Emma from Leeds reads "on a nagé dans la mer" and goes, "Easy, they swam with their mum, like." What's t… 40 Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ 15 questions · ★★★ Ella from Dundee says, "It's all the same word, ken? Vair, vair, vair." 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