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Nouns - Useful to Know 01

What do ‘pourboire’, ‘choix’ and ‘morceau’ mean? How would you say, ‘slice’, ‘wave’ or ‘wood’?

In Year 10 or 11 and studying French? This fast and fun revision quiz was written especially to help you.

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This is the first of two quizzes on French nouns which are useful to know. In our other quizzes on nouns we look at French names for items related to a specific subject, such as places, occupations, family and friends or food and drink. In this one we have a selection of forty French nouns with no specific theme. Have a go and see how many questions you can get right first time. It’s a great way to revise for your GCSE exams.

In each question you will be given a word or words in English. All you have to do is choose the French equivalent from the four choices offered.
1.
Test
L’épreuve
La licence
L’avion
Le choix
La licence = degree
L’avion = plane
Le choix = choice
2.
Thing
Le risque
La chose
Les soldes
La tâche
Le risque = risk
Les soldes = sales
La tâche = task
3.
Slice
La tranche
Le paquet
La boîte
La bouteille
Le paquet = packet
La boîte = box / tin / can
La bouteille = bottle
4.
Place
Le pourboire
La tournée
Le lieu
Le tournoi
Le pourboire = tip
La tournée = tour
Le tournoi = tournament
5.
Wood
Le cuir
Le fer
Le bois
La laine
Le cuir = leather
Le fer = iron
La laine = wool
6.
Silk
L’or
Le verre
La soie
L’argent
L’or = gold
Le verre = glass
L’argent = silver / money
7.
Wave
La marée
Le trou
Le bateau
La vague
La marée = tide
Le trou = hole
Le bateau = boat
8.
Piece
Le demi
La moitié
Le nombre
Le morceau
Le demi = half
La moitié = half
Le nombre = number
9.
Type / kind
L’établissement
L’espèce
L’ado
L’apprenti
L’établissement = establishment
L’ado = adolescent
L’apprenti = apprentice
10.
A-level
Le conseiller d’orientation
Le baccalauréat
L’année sabbatique
Le besoin
Le conseiller d’orientation = careers adviser
L’année sabbatique = gap year
Le besoin = need
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - French nouns and articles

Author:  Graeme Haw

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