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How can you describe your family using what you have already learned?

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In this module, you have already learned to say your birthday and your age, and to talk about some activities you do during the year. In previous lessons, you learned how to introduce and give short descriptions of people. Now that you have learned family vocabulary, you can put all this knowledge together to talk about birthdays, ages, activities, names, and short descriptions of the people who make up your immediate family.

Click through this slideshow of French teenagers talking about their families and answer the questions that follow. Read and listen carefully to each slide.

Match each sentence below with the person it describes. If you need to, go back through the slide show one more time after reading all the sentences in the matching activity.

To match items, click or tap an item in the left column and then click or tap its match in the right column. If you change your mind, make a different choice. Once you have matched all items, click "Check Answers" to see how you did. Click "Reset" to try again.
Great job!

Now, answer these questions with the correct person from the slides: Vanessa, Karidja, or Virginie.

Which girl lives with her grandfather?

Which girl has sixteen cousins?

Which girl has an annoying little brother?

Which girl has grandparents who live in Africa?

Which girl has a stepmother who is a musician?

Which girl’s grandparents live in Chartres?

Your Responses Sample Answers
Virginie
Virginie
Vanessa
Karidja
Karidja
Vanessa

Tes grands-parents vivent avec toi? Ou est-ce qu’ils habitent loin de toi? Do your grandparents live with you? Or do they live far away from you? In French you can use the verbs vivre or habiter to say where you live.

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How do you say My brother lives in Paris in French?

Mon frère habite à Paris.