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Conversational Patterns
S Speaking

Can Talk About Well-Being

Comment vas-tu ? Je vais bien.

How are you? I'm good.

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good bien am not so good ne pas aller très bien

Notes: for ne
ga
sentences, w tive
e
great très bien am not good ne pas aller bien before the ve add “ne”
rb “vais”

bad mal am terrible n’aller vraiment pas bien

Can Talk About The Weather

Simply insert one of the responses

below into the pattern to answer the
Quel temps fait-il ? question.
How's the weather?
Il fait________.

It’s ________.
Il fait soleil.
It's sunny.

Vocab File 1 Vocab File 2 Vocab File 3

sunny soleil chilly frais beautiful beau

warm chaud gloomy mauvais muggy lourd

hot chaud cold froid

nice bon bad mauvais

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Can Talk About Your Hobby

Quel est votre passe-temps ? J'aime faire du shopping.

What's your hobby? It’s shopping.

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shopping shopping music musique reading books lire des livres

travel voyager piano piano taking pictures prendre des photos

soccer football guitar guitare drawing dessiner

movies cinéma
karaoke karaoké singing chanter

Can Talk About Things You Like

TIP
To continue
the conversa
can use the tion, you
Simply insert one of the responses following pa
“and you?” ttern to ask
below into the pattern to answer the
Aimez-vous les chats ? question.
Et vous, [nam
e] ? (formal)
Et toi, |nam
e] ? (inform
Do you like cats? al)
How about
Oui, j'aime ______. you, [name]
?
You can use
“vous” for fo
conversation rmal
or
Do you like ______? person ( a co “toi” if you know the
worker, a frien
Oui, j'aime les chats. d...)

Yes, I do.

Vocab File 1 Vocab File 2 Vocab File 3

cats les chats ratatouille la ratatouille opera l’opéra

animals les animaux Camembert le camembert Yéyé singers les yéyés

Louise Attaque Louise Attaque snail les escargots pétanque la pétanque

Daft Punk Daft Punk croissant les croissants cooking la cuisine