DESCRIBING THE TOWN YOU LIVE IN

House and Home

Lesson 3

CULTUROSCOPEFrance is divided into 95

“départements”. Many are named after mountains (le jura, les pyrénées), rivers, estuaries,

coastlines and other land characteristics. They are

numbered 01-95 in mostly alphabetical order. These numbers

appear in postcodes and on car number plates.

Map of the French départements

VOCABULARY • C’est comment – What is it like?• Beau / Belle – Beautiful / lovely• Calme – quiet• Beaucoup – many / lotsC’est – it is

• Assez – quite• Trés – very• Trop – too• Un quartier – area / district

C’est trop moderne!!

VOCABULARY - Adjectives

•Ancienne – old•Animée – lively•Historique – historic•Touristique – touristy• Interessante – interesting• Agréable – pleasant •Joli (e) – pretty / nice•Moderne – modern

C’est une ville ___________

__=

It is a _________

town

Saying what a place is like….

1 – It is 2 3 - Adjective ENGLISH

C’est Assez Petit It is quite small

C’est Très Calme It is very quiet

C’est Trop Moderne It is too modern

IT IS…..

1. It is not 2 3 – Adjective ENGLISH

Ce n’est pas Très Agrèable It is not very nice

IT IS NOT…

YOUR TURN….

COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET :

“Where we live..”SOME USEFUL ADJECTIVES HAVE

BEEN INCLUDED ON YOUR SHEET TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR EXPLANATION.

LOOK BACK IN YOUR VOCAB FOR EXTRA ASSISTANCE.