Travel and Tourism - Vocabulary and Places
Talk about holidays, transport and places in French. Build your Travel and Tourism vocabulary and master how the little word "a" changes when you say where you are going.
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Bienvenue en vacances !
Talking about travel and holidays is a favourite exam topic. This module builds your Travel and Tourism vocabulary - holidays, transport, places and accommodation - and teaches one key grammar point: how the little word à changes when you say where you are going. (A native speaker should review this module before launch.)
Le vocabulaire des vacances
Learn these travel words with their articles - the article tells you the gender.
Match the French to the English
- l'avion
- le train
- la montagne
- la valise
- the plane
- the train
- the mountain
- the suitcase
Le bon mot
Which French phrase means 'the beach'?
- la plage
- la montagne
- la valise
- la gare
Où vas-tu ? La règle de à
To say where you are going, use aller + à. But à joins with le and les: - à + le = au -> je vais au marché - à + la = à la -> je vais à la plage - à + l' = à l' -> je vais à l'hôtel - à + les = aux -> je vais aux magasins Only le and les change; à la and à l' stay the same.
à + le = ?
Complete: 'Je vais ___ cinéma' (I am going to the cinema). 'le cinéma' is masculine. Which is correct?
- au
- à la
- aux
- à l'
Comment voyages-tu ?
For transport, French uses en for vehicles you travel inside, and à for a few open ones.
Les transports
Select the TWO words that are means of transport.
- le train
- l'avion
- la plage
- l'hôtel
Complétez la phrase
Pendant les _____, je vais _____ plage en _____. Je reste dans un _____ et je dois _____ une chambre.
Construisez la phrase
Put the words in order to make: 'This summer I am going to the mountain by car'.
- Cet été
- je
- vais
- à la montagne
- en voiture
La règle de à
Complete with the correct form of à. Je vais _____ cinéma (à + le). Je vais _____ plage (à + la). Je vais _____hôtel (à + l'). Je vais _____ magasins (à + les). All of these use the verb _____.
à + les = ?
Complete: 'Je vais ___ magasins' (I am going to the shops). 'les magasins' is plural. Which is correct?
- aux
- au
- à la
- à l'
En vacances en France
You are on holiday in France. Choose the best French response each time.
- At the hotel reception, you want to book a room. What do you say?
- You want to ask where the beach is. What do you say?
- Someone asks how you are travelling to Paris. You are going by train. You say:
Articles and accents, every time
To hit the top grades on travel topics, get your articles and accents right every time - la plage, l'hôtel, réserver - and nail the à contractions: à + le = au, à + les = aux, while à la and à l' stay as they are. Then combine them: "Je vais au marché", "Je vais à la plage", "Je vais aux magasins". Accurate little words are what separate a grade 9 from a grade 6.