1. Communication! French I Unit 3
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French I
Unit 3

2. Communication Game Board
Les Nourritures
Les Boissons
Paying the Bill
Le Temps
Notes Culturelles
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Final Challenge

3. How do you say “I am hungry” in French?
Les Nourritures for 100
How do you say “I am hungry” in French?
J’ai faim.

4. Les Nourritures for 200 How do you ask what someone wants?
“Qu’est-ce que tu veux?”

5. Les Nourritures for 300 Name three French foods that are feminine.
What are: une salade, une pizza, une omelette, une crepe, une glace

6. What are four French foods that are masculine?
Les Nourritures for 400
What are four French foods that are masculine?
Some masculine French food names are un croissant, un sandwich, un steak, un steak-frites, un hamburger, un hot dog.

7. Je voudrais une pizza, un sandwich, et un hamburger.
Les Nourritures for 500
Pronounce this sentence with proper French intonation: Je voudrais une pizza, un sandwich, et un hamburger.
Je voudrais une pizza, un sandwich, et un hamburger.

8. How do you say you are thirsty in French?
Les Boissons for 100
How do you say you are thirsty in French?
J’ai soif.

9. How do you ask someone in French if they are thirsty?
Les Boissons for 200
How do you ask someone in French if they are thirsty?
Tu as soif?

10. Les Boissons for 300
Masculine words for beverages include: un soda, un jus d’orange, un jus de pomme, un jus de tomate, un jus de raisin, un café, un the, un chocolat. Feminine word for a beverage is une lemonade.
Give the words for two beverages that are masculine in French and one that is feminine.

11. Les Boissons for 400
What are two ways to say please and what is the difference?
“S’il te plait” is used with friends and family.
“S’il vous plait” is used with adults.

12. Les Boissons for 500 Request something from an adult. (Be polite.)
“S’il vous plait, donnez-moi . . .”

13. How do you ask how much something costs?
Paying the Bill for 100
How do you ask how much something costs?
C’est combien? Or
Ca fait combien?
Combien coute ?

14. How do you say “It costs. . .” for a feminine thing?
Paying the Bill for 200
How do you say “It costs. . .” for a feminine thing?
Elle coute . . .

15. How do you say how much something costs that is masculine?
Paying the Bill for 300
How do you say how much something costs that is masculine?
il coute . . .

16. How do you ask a friend for a loan?
Paying the Bill for 400
Prete-moi , s’il te plait.
How do you ask a friend for a loan?
(Be polite.)

17. Je voudrais un steak-frites, un soda, et une glace. Ca fait combien?.
Paying the Bill for 500
Order a steak with fries, a soda, and ice cream and ask how much it costs.
Je voudrais un steak-frites, un soda, et une glace. Ca fait combien?.

18. Le Temps for 100
Say the weather is hot.
Il fait chaud.

19. What is the French word for “winter”?
Le Temps for 200
What is the French word for “winter”?
L’hiver

20. Say “The weather is hot in summer.”
Le Temps for 300
Say “The weather is hot in summer.”
En ete, il fait chaud.

21. Le Temps for 400 Il neige. It snows.
Il pleut. It rains.
Name the two weather expressions in your text that do not use “il fait” and tell what they mean.

22. Le Temps for 500
Tell in French what the weather is like in Benton in spring.
Use two weather expressions.
(In spring, it is____ and it____ in Benton.)
Au printemps, il fait frais et il pleut a Benton.

23. French teenagers like to eat at fast-food restaurants?
Notes Culturelles for 100
What kinds of food do
French teenagers like to eat at fast-food restaurants?
French teens eat pretty much the same types of foods as Americans at fast food restaurants.

24. Describe a typical French sandwich.
Notes Culturelles for 200
Describe a typical French sandwich.
Traditionally, French sandwiches are very simple: a piece of French bread with a slice of ham or cheese and no condiments or lettuce.

25. Explain how and why French cafes are important.
Notes Culturelles for 300
French cafes are important places, not just for dining, but also for gathering with friends or relaxing after a hard day.
Explain how and why French cafes are important.

26. Notes Culturelles for 400
What is the beverage of choice for French teens and name at least two brands of
French soft drinks.
Most French teens prefer to drink mineral water or juice.
Soft drinks include:
un Coca, un Orangina, un Pepsi, un Schweppes, un Perrier, un Evian.

27. (You may answer in English.)
Notes Culturelles for 500
Name an eating place in France where food is inexpensive and one where it would be quite expensive.
(You may answer in English.)
A country inn (l’auberge de campagne) would be inexpensive, and a three-star restaurant (restaurant trois etoiles) would be expensive.

28. Write Your Final Challenge Wager
Francs
Euros
1 euro = about $1.30US
Money in France:
What currency was used before France joined the
European market?
What is today’s currency called?
What is the approximate conversion rate?
Write Your
Final Challenge
Wager