Module 4 of the free French course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 5 of 30: Both helpers in one paragraph: Hier, je suis allé au marché. 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 5.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| j'ai acheté | I bought | zhay ahsh-TAY |
| je suis resté au parc | I stayed at the park | zhuh swee ress-tay oh PAHRK |
| je suis arrivé à six heures | I arrived at six | zhuh swee zah-ree-vay ah see ZUHR |
| j'ai lu mon livre | I read my book | zhay lew moh(n) LEEVR |
| toute la journée | all day | toot lah zhoor-NAY |
| le soir, j'ai regardé un film | in the evening I watched a movie | luh swahr zhay ruh-gahr-day uh(n) FEELM |
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.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
Both helpers in one paragraph: Hier, je suis allé au marché. J'ai acheté des fraises. Ensuite, je suis resté au parc et j'ai lu mon livre. Je suis arrivé à la maison à six heures.
Write YOUR yesterday the same way: two être sentences, two avoir sentences, connectors between.
One day mixes both helpers: je suis allé (être) beside j'ai acheté (avoir). The helper depends on the VERB, not on the sentence.
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.
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