Collins Primary Illustrated French Dictionary

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It’s raining. Il pleut.

22 Is la pluie a noun or a verb?

23 Why is It rains a lot here. in part B?

Learn useful phrases

In the dictionary you’ll see phrases that are especially important in orange boxes. Try to learn these when you come across them, and you’ll soon know lots of useful things to say in French.

What time is it? Quelle heure est-il? It’s lunch time. C’est l’heure du déjeuner. How many times? Combien de fois?

Find out interesting things about life in France

There are also boxes which tell you about French customs, and about differences between life in France and Britain.

Did you know…?

In France, Easter eggs are said to be brought by the Easter bells orcloches de Pâqueswhich fly from Rome and drop them in people’s gardens.

Even more words

At school you will learn to talk about subjects such as the time and the weather, your family, your pets, and your clothes. The most important words for talking about these subjects are shown in the dictionary itself, and even more words are given in Language Plus, the supplement in the middle part of the dictionary. Have a look!

Answer key

1 demain and bonbon

2 the French side; French words on it; French-English written at the side of the page.

3 fire → fish

4 It’s the last word on page 411 (#litres_trial_promo).

5 first

6 Chantal, Hélène, Jean-Marie, Luc, Pierre, Sophie

7 Harry – because ‘a’ comes before ‘e’

8 Friday comes first and Wednesday comes last.

9 because the second letter of Thursday is ‘h’, which comes before ‘u’, the second letter of Tuesday

10 Friday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday

11 June

12 correspondant

13 animaux

14 un ballon – the clue is in the example: un ballon de football

15 4 – car, tyre, dent, door

16 2 – brown, blue

17 bonbon – a sweet is a noun, it means candy; the example helps too

18 2 – quietly, happily; they both end in -ly

19 dur

20 2 – starts, finishes

21 because clean has an adjective meaning in this sentence; the example helps too

22 a noun

23 because it’s a verb

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A a

a VERB

seeavoir

Language tip

Don’t confuseawith the prepositionà.

1has

Elle a beaucoup d’amis.

She has lots of friends.

Language tip

Sometimesais used to show that something has happened in the past.

Il a joué au football. He played football.

2is

Il a neuf ans.