language learning center · A2 · Lesson 2
Recent events
Practice this topic in French: Recent events.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Camille
Cette semaine, j'ai eu beaucoup de travail.
This week I have had a lot of work.
Malik
Hier, je suis allé au cinéma.
Yesterday I went to the cinema.
Camille
J'ai beaucoup aimé le film.
I liked the film a lot.
Malik
Ensuite, nous avons dîné au restaurant.
Afterwards we had dinner in a restaurant.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
Cette semaine, j'ai eu beaucoup de travail.
This week I have had a lot of work.
Cette semaine, j'ai eu beaucoup de travail.
Hier, je suis allé au cinéma.
Yesterday I went to the cinema.
Hier, je suis allé au cinéma.
J'ai beaucoup aimé le film.
I liked the film a lot.
J'ai beaucoup aimé le film.
Ensuite, nous avons dîné au restaurant.
Afterwards we had dinner in a restaurant.
Ensuite, nous avons dîné au restaurant.
Je suis rentré assez tard.
I returned home quite late.
Je suis rentré assez tard.
Notice, try, and speak
Which French sentence has this meaning: “This week I have had a lot of work.”
Make it yours
Say the five French turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.
Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.
Use it with someone
Use this French in a real conversation
- 1. Cette semaine, j'ai eu beaucoup de travail.
- 2. Hier, je suis allé au cinéma.
- 3. J'ai beaucoup aimé le film.
- 4. Ensuite, nous avons dîné au restaurant.
- 5. Je suis rentré assez tard.