Le jour du travail
A day at work
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Total words
- 901
- Unique words
- 360
- Avg frequency
- #164
Story
Aujourd'hui, Marc au Dubois. ' . Marc l'. ' ', Dubois .
bonne , . Dubois . . Marc . .
", Marc, - . - ?" Marc , , l' ' . essaie . Dubois . . .
. Dubois l'. Marc . . . "" , "j'". . .
Marc . . : ", - ?" ' . " ," -. " . . . ." . .
Marc . ", ' . . J' ." Dubois . " ," -. " ," Marc. " , ."
sortent . Marc . . . , . , . heureuse . Dubois . Marc . .
, Dubois . Marc . "Marc, . . , l'. . ."
Marc . ' l' ' . c' - . . , . , aujourd'hui. , c' tous .
Comprehension drill
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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.
Pourquoi Marc va-t-il au bureau de monsieur Dubois ?
Why is Marc going to Mr Dubois's office?
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Words in this story
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | êtreto be |
| 4 | avoirto have |
| 14 | ilhe, it (masculine) |
| 18 | faireto do, to make |
| 19 | allerto go |
| 20 | enin, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun) |
| 26 | pouvoirto be able to, can |
| 27 | direto say, to tell |
| 30 | maisbut |
| 32 | savoirto know (facts, how to) |
| 35 | elleshe, her, it (feminine) |
| 37 | bienwell, good, very |
| 45 | voirto see |
| 47 | devoirto have to, must; duty |
| 48 | moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun) |
| 54 | commelike, as, such as, how |
| 55 | venirto come |
| 57 | bongood, right, okay (adjective and interjection) |
| 62 | luihim, her, to him, to her (tonic and indirect object pronoun) |
| 65 | chosething |
| 70 | prendreto take |
| 72 | parlerto speak, to talk |
| 73 | autreother, another |
| 76 | commenthow; what (when mishearing or asking for clarification) |
| 78 | croireto believe, to think |
| 79 | aimerto love, to like |
| 80 | mercithank you, thanks |
| 82 | trèsvery |
| 84 | aussialso, too, as well, as (comparison) |
| 88 | ohoh |
| 89 | maintenantnow |
| 90 | falloirto be necessary, must, to need |
| 91 | attendreto wait, to expect |
| 93 | trouverto find, to think |
| 102 | encorestill, again, more, yet |
| 103 | besoinneed |
| 106 | regarderto look at, to watch |
| 107 | vielife |
| 108 | accordagreement, ok |
| 110 | partirto leave, to go |
| 111 | laisserto leave, to let, to allow |
| 113 | foistime, occasion |
| 114 | seulalone, only, single |
| 118 | arriverto arrive, to happen |
| 119 | jourday, daylight |
| 127 | donnerto give |
| 128 | vraitrue, real |
| 130 | avantbefore, in front |
| 131 | fillegirl, daughter |
| 132 | connaîtreto know (a person or place), to be familiar with |