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Название: Collins Primary Illustrated French Dictionary

Автор: Collins Dictionaries

Издательство: HarperCollins

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СКАЧАТЬ them in people’s gardens.

       Even more words

      At school you will learn to talk about subjects such as the time and the weather, your family, your pets, and your clothes. The most important words for talking about these subjects are shown in the dictionary itself, and even more words are given in Language Plus, the supplement in the middle part of the dictionary. Have a look!

       Answer key

      1 demain and bonbon

      2 the French side; French words on it; French-English written at the side of the page.

      3 fire → fish

      4 It’s the last word on page 411.

      5 first

      6 Chantal, Hélène, Jean-Marie, Luc, Pierre, Sophie

      7 Harry – because ‘a’ comes before ‘e’

      8 Friday comes first and Wednesday comes last.

      9 because the second letter of Thursday is ‘h’, which comes before ‘u’, the second letter of Tuesday

      10 Friday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday

      11 June

      12 correspondant

      13 animaux

      14 un ballon – the clue is in the example: un ballon de football

      15 4 – car, tyre, dent, door

      16 2 – brown, blue

      17 bonbon – a sweet is a noun, it means candy; the example helps too

      18 2 – quietly, happily; they both end in -ly

      19 dur

      20 2 – starts, finishes

      21 because clean has an adjective meaning in this sentence; the example helps too

      22 a noun

      23 because it’s a verb

French – English

       A a

      a VERB

see avoir

       Language tip

      Don’t confuse a with the preposition à.

      1 has

       Elle a beaucoup d’amis.

      She has lots of friends.

       Language tip

      Sometimes a is used to show that something has happened in the past.

      Il a joué au football. He played football.

      2 is

       Il a neuf ans.

      He is nine years old.

      il y a there is/there are

       Language tip

      il y a has two translations. Look at the examples.

      Il y a un bon film à la télé. There’s a good film on TV. Il y a beaucoup de monde. There are lots of people.

       Language tip

      il y a can also mean ago.

      Elle est partie il y a dix minutes. She left ten minutes ago.

      Qu’est-ce qu’il y a? What’s the matter?

      à PREPOSITION

       Language tip

      Don’t confuse à with the verb form a. See also au (= à + le) and aux (= à + les).

      1 at

       Je suis à la maison.

      I am at home.

      Je finis à quatre heures.

      I finish at 4 o’clock.

      2 in

       Il est à Paris.

      He is in Paris.

      Elle habite au Portugal.

      She lives in Portugal.

      Mes grands-parents habitent à la campagne.

      My grandparents live in the country.

      au printemps

      in the spring

      au mois de juin

      in June

      3 to

       Je vais à Paris.

      I’m going to Paris.

      Elle va au Portugal.

      She’s going to Portugal.

      Cet été je vais à la campagne.

      I’m going to the country this summer.

      Il l’a donné à son frère. He gave it to his brother. Je n’ai rien à faire. СКАЧАТЬ