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Le dernier train de la nuit
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Le dernier train de la nuit

The last train of the night

Reading time
3 min
Total words
685
Unique words
310
Avg frequency
#118

Story

minuit. . , . , ' '. , ' ' .

j' , . tous . . 'assois. .

, . . , : " , raté ?" "," . "J' j' rater."

. ", tous ," . " , pars . , rater . ." . " c' ." ", ."

. . . ' l', ' -. , . '. , l' quelqu' ' inconnus.

. , , . . . , . , -.

, ' prénom. Camille. . . - , - . c' ' : ' soi.

Comprehension drill

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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.

À quelle heure le narrateur doit-il prendre le train ?

At what time does the narrator have to catch the train?

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107-word session

A quick mix of exercises - recognise, recall, type and build each word. Miss one and it comes back round until it sticks.

Words in this story

Curriculum
107 words
#Word
1êtreto be
2deof, from
3jeI
4avoirto have
5pasnot (in ne...pas negation)
7lethe (masculine singular)
8quethat, which, what
9lathe (feminine singular)
12una, an (masculine)
13etand
14ilhe, it (masculine)
17lesthe (plural)
18faireto do, to make
19allerto go
23unea, an (feminine)
25toutall, every, quite, everything
26pouvoirto be able to, can
27direto say, to tell
30maisbut
32savoirto know (facts, how to)
33dansin, inside
34nouswe, us
35elleshe, her, it (feminine)
36meme, to me, myself (first-person singular object pronoun)
38siif; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)
42avecwith
43plusmore; no more (in negation ne...plus)
45voirto see
48moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)
49ouiyes
53sehimself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
54commelike, as, such as, how
55venirto come
56quelquesome, a few, a little
57bongood, right, okay (adjective and interjection)
58icihere
62luihim, her, to him, to her (tonic and indirect object pronoun)
65chosething
68quandwhen
70prendreto take
72parlerto speak, to talk
73autreother, another
74alorsso, then, well (discourse marker); at that time
76commenthow; what (when mishearing or asking for clarification)
79aimerto love, to like
80mercithank you, thanks
81justejust, only, right, fair, correct
82trèsvery
83jamaisnever, ever
84aussialso, too, as well, as (comparison)