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Un message pour Hélène
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Un message pour Hélène

A message for Helene

Reading time
4 min
Total words
831
Unique words
281
Avg frequency
#142

Story

Lucie Hélène . . Hélène . "J' ," Lucie. " , ."

Hélène . Lucie . , ' ' . Lucie . "".

" l' ," Lucie. ". ' . . , Hélène. J' sûre."

Hélène . . , . . "'- ' ?" -- .

" ' ," Lucie. " , , . , ' . . '- , ?"

Hélène . cette . , c' . , . , . "," -. " ' . , c' ."

"Hélène," Lucie. "-. , . , . l' . , '. J' sûre."

Hélène . C' . l' . . ' . "' ," - Lucie. "- ."

Lucie . Hélène . , , . . - cette , c' . - cette , .

, Hélène . . l'. l'. , , c' .

aux Lucie. " l' ." , c' . , . . , .

Hélène . . appelle. cette , . "Marc ? C' . Hélène. ' . ?"

Comprehension drill

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

De qui Lucie parle-t-elle, sans jamais dire son nom ?

Who is Lucie talking about, without ever saying his name?

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79-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
79 words
#Word
1êtreto be
4avoirto have
18faireto do, to make
20enin, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun)
22çathat, it (informal demonstrative pronoun)
24pourfor, in order to
25toutall, every, quite, everything
26pouvoirto be able to, can
27direto say, to tell
31vouloirto want
32savoirto know (facts, how to)
35elleshe, her, it (feminine)
37bienwell, good, very
40ythere, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun)
42avecwith
45voirto see
47devoirto have to, must; duty
48moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)
50suron, on top of, about, over (preposition); also 'sure, certain' as the adjective sûr/sûre
54commelike, as, such as, how
56quelquesome, a few, a little
60toiyou (stressed tonic second-person singular pronoun)
62luihim, her, to him, to her (tonic and indirect object pronoun)
65chosething
70prendreto take
71penserto think
72parlerto speak, to talk
78croireto believe, to think
79aimerto love, to like
81justejust, only, right, fair, correct
84aussialso, too, as well, as (comparison)
85mêmesame, even, self
89maintenantnow
90falloirto be necessary, must, to need
95appelerto call, to phone
96peulittle, few, not much
97tempstime, weather
101toujoursalways, still
102encorestill, again, more, yet
106regarderto look at, to watch
110partirto leave, to go
111laisserto leave, to let, to allow
112peut-êtremaybe, perhaps
113foistime, occasion
114seulalone, only, single
118arriverto arrive, to happen
119jourday, daylight
128vraitrue, real
132connaîtreto know (a person or place), to be familiar with
145malpain, evil, badly