Pages 8–23
Mon monde à moi
French-speaking countries
Masculine, feminine and plural nouns
Pronouncing cognates
V – Language learnt at primary school, if any
Recognising French-speaking countries
Introductions and greetings
Pronouns je and tu; Conjunction et; Emphatic pronouns moi / toi
ç
V – French-speaking countries; cognates and false friends G – Gender of nouns
French names and where French is spoken (francophone countries)
Saying your age and numbers 1–20
Using the verb avoir to give your age (j'ai, tu as); Contraction: j'ai
Silent final consonant (SFC) (-s)
V – Greetings and name G – je; emphatic pronouns moi and toi P – ç
Days, dates and birthdays
c'est
in (vingt / juin)
P – SFC (-s)
Celebration dates – French-speaking world calendar, e.g. la fête nationale, Noël
Describing personalities
être: je suis, tu es; Adjectival agreement (m. / f.); Intensifiers
Silent final -e, -t, -d
G – Gender of nouns; le, la, les; adjectival agreement
Describing physical appearance
Adjectival agreement (m. / f. / pl.); Word order; Intensifiers
eu; Silent final -x
G – je and tu pronouns; avoir – j'ai; être – je suis, tu es; adjectival agreement (m. / f.) P – ç, silent final letters (-s, -e, -t, -d), in
Francophone countries – North Africa: people refer to les yeux noirs