Media and Technology: Vocabulary and Present-Tense Habits
The everyday French words for media and technology, and the present tense used to say what you do online: regular verb endings and the irregular verb recevoir.
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Your online habits in French
Il y a beaucoup de médias en ligne, et nous utilisons un réseau tous les jours. To talk about what you do online you use the present tense: what you watch, what you play and the messages you receive. This module builds the words for media and technology and the present tense that describes your everyday habits.
Technology words
Learn these four words before you build sentences.
Regular and irregular
The present tense describes what you do online.
Say what you do online
To describe a habit you use the present tense. For a regular -er verb the je-form ends in e and the nous-form ends in ons, so je regarde and nous regardons. The verb recevoir is irregular and gives je reçois. Learn the endings and you can describe any online routine.
Match the word
- les médias
- le réseau
- le message
- une appli
- the media
- the network
- the message
- an app
Match the verb
- je regarde
- nous utilisons
- je reçois
- je joue
- I watch
- we use
- I receive
- I play
Say I watch
Which is the correct French for I watch videos?
- je regarde des vidéos
- je regardes des vidéos
- je regarder des vidéos
- je reçois des vidéos
Correct present tense
Select the TWO sentences that are correct present tense.
- nous utilisons une appli
- je reçois un message
- je regardons des vidéos
- je joues à des jeux
Build the sentence
Put the French words in order to say I watch videos online.
- je
- regarde
- des vidéos
- en ligne
Complete the French
To say I watch, the je-form ends in _____: je regarde. To say we watch, the nous-form ends in _____: nous regardons. The media is les _____. A network is un _____. The irregular verb meaning to receive is _____.
Build we use
Build the French for we use an app.
Build I receive
Build the French for I receive a message.
Choose the form
For each English sentence, choose the best French translation.
- I play games.
- We use a network.
- I receive a message.
Write your habits
Write three or four sentences in French about what you do online. Use the present tense.
- Say one thing you watch or play, using a je-form ending in e
- Say one thing you and your friends do, using a nous-form ending in ons
- Say one thing you receive, using je reçois