Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for French for Secondary education

Cursed Objects

Many centuries ago, a priest stole a diamond from a Hindu statue in India. The diamond was later bought by a French jeweler, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, weighing 112.5 carats. Tavernier sold it to King Louis XIV of France, where it became known as The Blue Diamond of the Crown.

• Tavernier: Brutally killed by wild dogs during a trip.
• Princess de Lamballe: Beaten to death by an angry street crowd.
• Queen Marie Antoinette: Executed by guillotine.
• Mrs. McLean: Purchased the diamond for $154,000. Her 9-year-old son, Vinson, was killed by a car, her daughter died by suicide at 25, and her husband suffered mental illness, losing his newspaper business.

The Legend of James Dean

Legendary film idol James Dean owned a car nicknamed "Little Bastard.

Essential English Vocabulary

• To lose someone's temper: Perder los estribos
• To make someone's blood boil: Hacer hervir la sangre de una persona
• Anger: Ira
• To fume: Echar humo
• Fast-paced: Frenético
• Red mist: Estar muy enfadado
• To curse: Maldecir
• To shove: Empujar
• To cram: Atiborrar / Empollar (colloquial)
• To blame: Culpar
• Ongoing (conversation): En curso
• To fit in something: Encajar
• To lead: Dirigir
• Fair / Unfair: Justo / Injusto
• To annoy / To bother: Molestar
• To pose / To raise / To ask: Hacer una pregunta
• Enquiry: Pregunta
• To be kept on hold: Que se mantenga en espera
• Answering machine: Contestador automático
• Tone: Tono
• Odd: Strange / Weird / Bizarre / Rare
• Even or odd: Par o impar
• Tantrum / Pataleta: Berrinche
• To keep someone's cool: Mantener la calma
• To be in a

last week, i went to my cousin's wedding. I hadn't seen my cousin for many years and I didn't know many of the other guests, so I wasn't expecting to enjoy myself. In the end, I had a great time.

House Rooms and Floors

Ground floor: garage, kitchen

First floor: sitting room, terrace, bathroom, toilets

Second floor: attic

Negative Forms and Expressions

I haven't talked. You're not speaking. He/She did not speak.

Professions and Activities

Fashion designer, guide, filmmaker, footballer, journalist, musician, cook, user, tennis player, dancer, hairdresser.

Past Tense Practice

I woke up.

Possessive Adjectives

I / my, my / our, our

You your / your / your

He / his / his / his, they their / their / their

Clothing Vocabulary

Men: sweatshirt, sneakers, socks, cap, t-shirt, tracksuit, jacket, vest, tie, shirt

Women: tank top, skirt, belt, scarf, shoes, boots, dress

Opinions and Comments

(The sweatsuits I find very comfortable. Our uniform, I find it very practical....

French Daily Routines

Examples

• D'habitude, je me lève à sept heures: Usually, I get up at 7
• Le dimanche, je me lève à dix heures: On Sunday, I get up at 10
• En semaine, je prends le petit déjeuner vers dix heures et quart: During the week, I take breakfast around 10:15
• Chaque jour j'étudie de 5h à 7h: Every day, I study from 5 to 7
• Le weekend je me couche vers minuit: On weekends, I go to bed around midnight

Questions

• Qu'est-ce que tu fais pendant une journée typique?: What do you do during a typical day?
• Tu te couches vers quelle heure?: What time do you go to bed?
• Est-ce que tu sors beaucoup?: Do you go out often?

Friends' Routines

• Mon ami John se lève le weekend à 9h et en semaine à 7h et demie: My friend John gets up at 9 on weekends and

Alternative Plan for Bill's Knee Injury

Dear Bill,

I'm sorry to hear about your knee injury. Despite that, I've come up with an alternative plan for our trip.

There's a camping site with a lake and beautiful views where we can do various activities, such as a guided forest walk or sailing on the lake. This way, you won't have to walk too much due to your knee injury.

The weather is usually sunny, but it can be a bit chilly in the mornings, so I recommend bringing a jacket.

For lunch, we can have a picnic in the forest under the shade of the trees. I'll bring some Spanish food, like gazpacho, for us to enjoy.

Information Request for Spanish Course in Malaga

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am interested in taking a Spanish course in Malaga and would appreciate it...

Analysis of Dream Texts and Vocabulary

Dream Text Answers:

• 1. Which is most likely to make a relationship inimical (hostile)? Frequent maledictions.
• 2. As used in paragraph 2, which is the best synonym for invectives (insult)? Insult.
• 3. If the story were true, which would best describe its genre? Memoir.
• 4. The father's comment in paragraph 3 is best described as: Symbolism.
• 5. What is the tone of this story? Matter-of-fact (prosaic).
• 6. Relationship between the narrator, her mother, and her sister: From destructive to collaborative.
• 7. As used in paragraph 7, antonym for pellucid (traslúcido): Unclear (no claro).
• 8. "The professor derides me for my poor performance": The professor laughs mockingly at my poor performance.
• 9. "I bite into an apple.

Popular Theatre and Its Roots

Teatre popular enjoyed wide acceptance among the popular classes. It reflected everyday life and defended the colloquial language, full of vulgarisms and castellanisms. The genre was mainly comedy, with frequent comedy sketches, brief ceremonies, humorous presentations and satirical criticism of the customs and characters of the nineteenth century. Scripts were often written in verse, rhymed and frequently performed by professional actors in popular environments.

Other Popular Authors

Other: Josep Robrenyo and Pitarra.

Valencian Theatre

Valencians: Josep Bernat i Baldoví, advocate, judge and alcalde of Sueca, was published posthumously. His work El Virgo Visantta (known as Ací presenta) contains no erotica. Other...

Le futur simple

Formation : infinitif du verbe + ai / as / a / ons / ez / ont.

Lexique

À la montagne

• sentier (path)
• montagne (mountain)
• sommet (top)
• vallée (valley)
• pré (meadow)
• bois (wood)
• torrent (torrent)
• lac (lake)
• arbres (trees)
• colline (hill)
• rivière (river)
• parcours (path, route)
• itinéraire (path, route)
• randonnée (hiking)

Le temps

• pluvieux (rainy)
• nuageux (cloudy)
• incertain (uncertain)
• instable (unstable)
• maussade (gloomy)

Le ciel est :

• bleu (blue)
• gris (grey)
• nuageux (cloudy)
• couvert (overcast)
• dégagé (clear)

La météo

• ciel (sky)
• averse (shower)
• tonnerre (thunder)
• tempête (storm)
• orage (thunderstorm)
• éclairs, foudre (lightning)
• nuages (clouds)
• brouillard (fog)
• grêle (hail)
• neige (snow)
• pluie (rain)
• vent (wind)

Il y a :

• du soleil (sun)
• du brouillard (fog)
• de la neige

Ma passion pour la musique

Mes intérêts pour la musique ont commencé quand j'étais très petite. Dans ma maison et dans ma famille, j'ai toujours écouté beaucoup de musique, principalement du flamenco (qui est très populaire là où je vis), ainsi que de la pop et du reggaeton.

À partir de là, mon intérêt s'est développé. J'écoute de la musique tout le temps :

• Quand je me douche
• Quand je fais mes devoirs
• Quand je veux me détendre
• Quand je veux me sentir dans une ambiance de fête

J'adore l'écouter parce que cela m'aide énormément. Ça me rend plus heureuse, et comme je l'ai déjà dit, cela m'aide à me concentrer ou à me détendre, selon le moment et le genre musical. Pour écouter mes morceaux favoris, j'utilise principalement...