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Le nouveau docteur
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Le nouveau docteur

The new doctor

Reading time
3 min
Total words
863
Unique words
300
Avg frequency
#147

Story

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Comprehension drill

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

Depuis combien de temps Marie a-t-elle mal à la tête ?

How long has Marie had a headache?

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116-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
116 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
20enin, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun)
22çathat, it (informal demonstrative pronoun)
23unea, an (feminine)
25toutall, every, quite, everything
26pouvoirto be able to, can
27direto say, to tell
28dessome, of the (plural indefinite and partitive article; also contraction of de + les)
30maisbut
32savoirto know (facts, how to)
33dansin, inside
35elleshe, her, it (feminine)
37bienwell, good, very
38siif; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)
41nonno, not
43plusmore; no more (in negation ne...plus)
45voirto see
48moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)
49ouiyes
50suron, on top of, about, over (preposition); also 'sure, certain' as the adjective sûr/sûre
53sehimself, herself, itself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
55venirto come
56quelquesome, a few, a little
57bongood, right, okay (adjective and interjection)
67riennothing, not anything
69sonhis, her, its (masculine singular possessive)
70prendreto take
71penserto think
72parlerto speak, to talk
79aimerto love, to like
80mercithank you, thanks
81justejust, only, right, fair, correct
82trèsvery
85mêmesame, even, self
89maintenantnow
90falloirto be necessary, must, to need
91attendreto wait, to expect