Making complex sentences
Making complex sentences
Key Words & Phrases
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“qui” and “que”
“dont”
“qui”, “que”, “dont” and “où”
“qui” or “que”
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Learn French with Frencheezi: “qui” or “que”
Love Learning Languages: “qui”, “que”, “dont” and “où”
Learn French with FrenchPod101: “dont”
Parapluie French: “dont” and “où”
Cours français facile: “c’est” ou “ce sont”
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Talk in French: relative pronouns
S-cool: “qui”, “que”, and “dont”
ThoughtCo: relative pronouns
Practice
Learn French with Alexa: practice “qui” and “que”
BBC Bitesize: practice relative pronouns “qui”, “que”, “dont”
To learn French: practice “qui”, “que”, “dont” and “où”
To learn French: practice “c’est” or “ce sont”
Using one of the recommended resources to get writing feedback, respond to the prompt below.
- Practice writing complex sentences by merging the two sentences on each line into a single sentence, as per the examples below.
Examples: Je me promène au parc. Le parc ferme à 17h l’hiver.
“Au parc” is a place; the relative pronoun for places is “où”
=> Le parc où je me promène ferme à 17h l’hiver.
Je prépare un plat pour le dîner. Le plat est français et s’appelle “tartiflette”.
“Un plat pour le dîner” comes directly after the verb “préparer”, it is a direct object. The relative pronoun for direct objects is “que”.
=> Le plat que je prépare pour le dîner est français et s’appelle “tartiflette”.
- J’ai vu un film hier. Le film était décevant.
- Le professeur nous a parlé d’un livre. Le livre n’est pas disponible dans ma librairie.
- Nous avons rencontré un vieil homme. Le vieil homme parle français couramment.
- Nos parents ont caché la PlayStation dans un placard. Le placard est fermé à clé.
- La dame vend des fruits et des légumes. La dame vend aussi des fleurs.
Using one of the platforms for finding a tutor or language exchange partner, practice the speaking activities below.
Partner Speaking Exercise:
- Make them guess who! Choose a famous person or character. You are allowed five sentences to make your partner guess who the famous person or character is. The catch? You need to use a relative pronoun in each of the five sentences.
- Once your turn is done, it’s your partner’s turn to make you guess who they are thinking about, in five sentences, and still using relative pronouns.
- Example: C’est un homme qui joue dans des films d’action.
Independent Speaking Exercise:
- Using “c’est” or “ce sont” and relative pronouns, make at least five sentences to describe objects, places, people and/or animals. It can be about things around you, or generalities.
- Examples: C’est la ville où j’habite.
C’est le Père Noël qui apporte les cadeaux à Noël.
- Examples: C’est la ville où j’habite.
You can find instructions and a download link in our flashcards module.
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