LearnModule 3 · Lesson 29 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2, first halfUnit 6 · Reading and writing I

Mes phrases — writing frames

Module 3 of the free French course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 29 of 30: Writing frames turn your words into your sentences: Hier, j'ai ___. On this page: 6 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 29.

The words

French	English	Say it
écrire	to write	ay-KREER
j'écris	I write	zhay-KREE
le mot	the word	luh MOH
le cahier de français	the French notebook	luh kah-yay duh frah(n)-SEH
la lettre	the letter	lah LETR
cher Tom	dear Tom	shehr TUM

Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.

Hear the words

Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.

La règle · The rule

Writing frames turn your words into your sentences: Hier, j'ai ___. Demain, je vais ___. Ma ville est plus ___ que ___.

Et aussi · And also

Fill each frame truthfully, out loud first, then in pencil. Six filled frames is a diary entry.

Attention · Watch out

cher Tom (dear Tom) opens a letter; cher also means expensive. Same word — only the sentence tells you which.

Do it now — on paper

Say all 6 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with écrire.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 29 in Module 3 are the written half of this page.

This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.

Keep these words

Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.

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