Making complex sentences

BBC Bitesize: “qui”, “que”, “dont”

Lingolia: relative pronouns

Kwiziq: “c’est” ou “ce sont”

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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

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.