Module 5 of the free French course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 24 of 30: A2 writing task two: answer an invitation or message, accept or decline. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 24.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| accepter | to accept | ahk-sehp-TAY |
| j'accepte | I accept | zhahk-SEPT |
| refuser | to decline | ruh-few-ZAY |
| je suis désolé | I am sorry (m) | zhuh swee day-zoh-LAY |
| je suis désolée | I am sorry (f) | zhuh swee day-zoh-LAY |
| la raison | the reason | lah reh-ZOH(n) |
| merci pour ton message | thanks for your message | mehr-see poor toh(n) meh-SAHZH |
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.
A2 writing task two: answer an invitation or message — accept or decline, give a reason, ask one question. The Module 4 frames are the whole answer.
Salut Léa! Merci pour ton message. Oui, je suis libre dimanche! On va au parc ou chez toi? À dimanche! Emma. — Four sentences, every task box ticked.
je suis désolé for a male speaker, désolée for a female one: the agreement is on the speaker. Both are said day-zoh-LAY.
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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