1. Ma ville(my town)
Location
Ma ville est situé dans … = My town is situted in…
le Nord d’Angleterre = the North of Englandle sud d’Angleterre = the South of Englandl’Ouest d’Angleterre = the West of Englandl’Est d’Angleterre = the East of England
j’habite à Southampton = I live in Southampton
j’habite dans… = I live in…un appartment = an apartment/flatune maison = a houseun pavillon = a bungalow
avec ma famille = with my familyavec mes amis = with my friendsavec mes parents = with my parents
To improve the level of your work:•Vary tenses (past/present/future)•Include connectives and quantifiers•Express your opinion and justify it
Connectiveset = andmais = butaussi = alsopourtant = howeverdonc = thereforecar = becauseou = orparce que = because
Quantifierstrès = veryassez = quitevraiment = reallyun peu = a little
Describing your townC’est une ville ______________ = it’s a ______________ town
ancienne = oldmoderne =modernanimée = livelymorte = deadindustrielle = industrialagricole = agriculturalhistorique = historiccalme = calmtouristique = touristyinteressante = interesting
Time Phrases
maintenant = now
avant = before
dans le passé = in the past
dans le futur = in the future
en 2001 = in 2001
Add one (or more) of these adjectives here
What does your town have?
il y a une boulangerie = there is a bakeryil y a une poste et un supermaché = there is a post office and a supermarket
il n’y a pas de gare = there isn’t a stationil n’y a pas de marché ou de pharmacie = there isn’t a market or a pharmacy
*When using ‘il n’y a pas’ it must always be followed by de and not un/une
2. Ma ville(my town)
To improve the level of your work:•Vary tenses (past/present/future)•Include connectives and quantifiers•Express your opinion and justify it
Opinions
J’aime ma ville – I like my townJ’adore ma ville – I love my townJe n’aime pas ma ville – I don’t like my townJe déteste ma ville – I hate my town
J’aime habiter à Fawley – I like living in FawleyJe déteste habiter à Bournemouth – I hate living in BournemouthJ’adore habiter à Totton – I love living in TottonJe n’aime pas habiter à Southampton – I don’t like living in Southampton
Past tense phrases
j’habitais à Dibden - I used to live in Dibden
il y avait – there was/there were/there used to be…il n’y avait pas de – there wasn’t/weren’t
il y avait une boucherie – there used to be a butchersil n’y avait pas de parc – there wasn’t a park
C’était – it was ____________
génial – greatcool – coolaffreux – awfulnul – rubbish
Add any one of these adjectives into the sentence above
Describing size
c’est – it isc’était – it was
c’est trop grande - it’s too big
une petite ville – a small townune grande ville – a large town
il y a une population de 1.000 gens – there is a population of 1,000 people
Add a justificationparce que – because…
car – because...
Quantifierstrès = veryassez = quitevraiment = reallyun peu = a littletrop = too
Future tense phrases
J’habiterai à London – I will live in Londoncela sera cool / intéressant - this will be cool / interestingIl y aura – there will be…Il n’y aura pas de – there will not be any…
Time Phrases
maintenant = now
avant = before
dans le passé = in the past
dans le futur = in the future
en 2001 = in 2001
Conditional tense phrases
Je voudrais habiter à Paris – I would like to live in ParisCela serait fantastique – that would be fantasticSi je pourrais, j’habiterais à Rome – if I could I’d live in Rome
il y aurait… – there would be…
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