3 Finding a location
In this section you will focus on the prepositions that allow you to express where things are located.
Activity 6
Match the English words with their French translation. You may need a dictionary.
Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 7 items in each list.
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on the left of
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on the right of
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next to
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at the end of
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in
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in front of
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behind
Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list:
a.à côté de
b.dans
c.au bout de
d.devant
e.à droite de
f.derrière
g.à gauche de
- 1 = g,
- 2 = e,
- 3 = a,
- 4 = c,
- 5 = b,
- 6 = d,
- 7 = f
You will now hear these prepositions used in conversation.
Activity 7
Listen again to the audio from Section 1 (repeated below). Drag the names of the places mentioned to the number corresponding to their position on the map.
The first one (la gare = number 3) has been completed for you as an example.
Transcript
Dialogue 1
Dialogue 2
Dialogue 3
Dialogue 4
Dialogue 5
Dialogue 6
Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 6 items in each list.
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la poste
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l’hôpital
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la gare
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la cathédrale
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le parc
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le cinéma
Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list:
a.6
b.1
c.3
d.5
e.2
f.4
- 1 = b,
- 2 = e,
- 3 = c,
- 4 = f,
- 5 = d,
- 6 = a
Discussion
1 la poste; 2 l'hôpital; 3 la gare; 4 la cathédrale; 5 le parc; 6 le cinéma
Listen to the recording again and identify where the following places are in relation to each other. Using drag and drop, fill in the gaps with the correct expressions.