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Folder O Discover
Page Surnames and Names of  Identify a language  Adjectives of nationality  Languages  Accentuation of last
14 to French Family  Present oneself (1) (Masculine/ Feminine)  Nationalities syllable
24  Inquire about someone’s  Verbs s’appeler & être  Numbers 0 to 69  Sounds & written
identity  Definite articles  Country names letters:
 Count  Gender of countries Alphabets
 Communicate in class Signs & accents

Folder 1 One and Others

1. Salutations  Greet & leave  Verb avoir in present  Events of the day & days  [y] / [u]
Usage of tu & vous  Present oneself (2)  Possessive adjectives (1) of week  Ascending &
 Ask / Give personal  Negation ne…pas  Some formulas of formal descending
information (1) & informal greetings intonation
 Elements of identity  Connection &
sequencing with
numbers
 Sounds & written
letters: [y] / [u]
2. Telephone  Ask politely  Indefinite articles  Months of the year  Pronunciation of
numbers in France  Ask / Give personal  Interrogative adjectives  Numbers 70 to 99 numbers
information (2) (quel/ quelle)  Signs and Punctuation  Liaison & numbers
 Ask price of something
3. Some cultural &  Give personal information  Prepositions + country  Expression of tests  [s] / [z]
festival events in (3) names (1)  Link with [z]
France  Speak about one’s  -er verbs in present  Sounds & written
French speaking passion, dreams  Avoir & Être in present letters: Mute letters
countries  Present of -er verbs
Travel France Locate France and neighbouring countries in Europe
Diary European Identify the symbols and understand the information on France and Europe
countries
Project Prepare identity card of the group
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Folder 2 Here , elsewhere
1. Pointoise et île-  Name and located the  Definite / Indefinite  Some places in the city  Pronunciation of un/
de-France places in the city articles  Some expressions of the une + name
City  Discuss the city  Prepositions of place + location  Sounds & written
 Ask / Give the explanations contracted articles letters: accents grave
 Pourquoi / Parceque & aigue
2. City of Annacy  Get information on lodging  Closed-ended question:  Terms related to  Intonation of question
Youth hostel and  Reserve accommodation Est-ce que accommodation (1)
lodging  Thank / Respond to thanking  Present of verbs  Some verbs & indications  Sounds & written
 Understand / Show a simple Prendre, descendre & of directions letters: -ent
route aller  Some formulas of verbs Prendre &
 Show the transfer mode  Walking/ bike – car /train politeness descendre
3. Description of  Write a postal letter  Prepositions + country  Terms related to  Elision of (de/d’) with
address in France  Give the feelings on a place names (2) correspondence the name of country
Postal code and  Ask / Show the country of  Demonstrative adjectives  Formulas to start/ end  Syllabification &
departments origin and destination  Present of verb venir postal letter friendly accentuation of last
 Describe weather (1) familiar syllable (2)
 Sounds & written
letters: Homophones
& Elision
Travel Paris Discover the places in Paris old and contemporaries
Diary Yesterday & Display the layout of Paris and its administrative districts
today
Project Discover your city
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Folder 3 Tell me who you are
1. French people &  Speak about tests (1) and  Aimer, Adorer, Detester +  Some professions  Masculine/ Feminine
sport activities name/ verb  Some sport and cultural distinction
Reality TV show  Profession  Present of verb Faire activities  Sounds & written
 Faire/ aller + contracted letters: Endings -eur. -
articles ère, -er
 Masculine/ Feminine of  eu & ɶu
professions
2. New modes of  Speak about oneself  Masculine / Feminine  Physical & psychological  Mark of gender in oral
meeting  Speak about tests (2) & Plural of qualificative characterization adjective
Men/ Women interests adjectives
differences  Characterize a person  Tonic pronouns
3. Family names  Speak about family  Possessive adjectives (2)  Family event  Links & connections
Married women /  Understand an  Present of verb dire  Avoir mal à + Body parts with possessive
children announcement  Family relationships adjectives
 Announce a Family event  Sounds & written
Announcement &  React, Facilitate letters: Masculine
Family events  Ask & Give the news of Feminine
someone Discrimination
Travel Cultural & outdoor Get acquainted with French practices regarding cultural & outdoor hobbies
Diary hobbies Speak about personal practices and dominant in its own country
Project Prepare a poster of a film on family

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Folder 4 Each one has its own pace
1. Life pace & pace of  Ask / Show the time and  Il faut/ Devoir + infinitive  Prepositions & time  Pronunciation of time
the city time table  Present of Devoir  Daily activities (1)  e silent in pronominal
Internet & media in  Express an obligation  Usually present  Chronological articulators verbs in present
daily life  Speak about daily habits  Pronominal verbs in
present
 Expressions of time:
Consistency (1)
2. Trips  Propose / Accept / Refuse  Present of verbs pouvoir/  Terms related to going  Sound [ɔ̃]
to go out (1) vouloir out  [œ] / [ø]
 Fix a meeting  Pronoun on = nous (1)  Family register  Sounds & written
 Invite  Imperative = 2nd Person letters: verbs in
 Give the instructions  Near future tense -ener, -eler, -eter
 Speak about projects
3. Family life &  Speak about his daily  Expression of time  Daily activities (2)  [e] / [ə]
household chores activities & regular Consistency (2) / Special  Some expressions of  Distinction present /
Routine & change schedule (2) moments frequency past tense
in pace  Narrate past events (1)  Past tense (1) :  Sounds & written
morphology & place of letters: past participle
negation of -er verbs
 Usual present / past
tense
Travel Distribution of Discuss the topic of distribution of household chores in the couple, through a song, statistics and evidences
Diary household chores
between the couple
Project Organize a day of trip

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Folder 5 Key moment
 1. Festivals and rituals  Understand a survey  Questioning structure  Names of festivals &  Intonation of Question
in France questionnaire  Chez + tonic pronoun terms related to festivals (2)
 Ask questions  Present of verbs -yer & ir  Sounds & written
 Speak about Festive rituals  On in general area letters:
[k] & [s] with letter c
[g] & [ʒ] with letter g
2. Telephonic  Call/ Reply on telephone  Recent past and Near  Formulas of Telephonic Distinction [ɛ̃] / [ɛ]
conversation  Give advice (1) Future tenses conversation Sounds & written
Social network  Imperfect of avoir & être  Terms related to traveling letters:
Guides & forums of and reflexive verbs [jɛ̃] & [jƐη]
travel
3. People magazine &  Mention past events  Past tense (2): reflexive  Physical description  e silent in pronominal
life of celebrities  Understand biographical verbs and verbs with être verbs in past tense
information  C’est / Il est
 Describe physical a person 
& mention the
resemblances
Travel Giants of French Identify the famous French singers, heritage or contemporary
Diary songs
Project Complete a reporting on a Flash Mob

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Folder 6 Voyage, Voyages
 1. Montreal  Speak about seasons  Structures to speak about  Verbs & names related to  Held & released
Season, climate  Express sensations, climate / weather directions, sensations & consonants
perceptions & sentiments  Structures to locate an perceptions  Sounds & written
 Understand simple event in year  Terms of weather & letters:
information on the climate, (season, month, date) climate [s] & [z] with letter s
weather forecast
 Locate the events in the
year
 Weather outside (2)
2. Overseas France &  Geographical place  Structure to characterize  Geographical locations  [o] & [ɔ]
Réunion  Present & characterize the a place  Some adjectives to  Sounds & written
places  Place of qualificative characterize a place letters:
 Outdoor activity adjectives (1)  Outdoor activities [o] & [ɔ]
 Pronoun y (complement
of place)
3. Brussels,  Understand/ Write a visit  Future tense  Terms related to visit a  Distinction [o] /[ʒ]
European capital program  Place of qualificative city & the leisure activity  Sounds & written
 Hobbies & cultural adjectives (2) letters:
activities  Continuous present Verbs -er in Future
 Write a letter of vacation  Pronoun on (2)
Travel Song from French Discover the success of songs in French speaking countries
Diary speaking countries Identify poetic metaphor
Write a poetic text on a city
Project Plan a stay in French speaking country

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Folder 7 That’s my choice
1. National program  Test & food consumption  Prepositions de and à in  Food  e silent in the
on health &  Understand / Write a menu the name of a plat  Some expressions of expression of quantity
 nutrition  Definite, indefinite & frequency  Sounds & written
Typical meal & food partitive articles letters:
habits in France  Negation : pas de de/des – le/les –
ce/ces – te/tes
2. Great fashion  Describe clothing  Direct object pronoun  Cloths & accessories  Intonation: positive or
designers & High  Positive/ Negative 3rd person (name & characterization) negative appreciation
fashion appreciation  Structures to advice  Adjectives for positive & (1), doubt &
Fashion & personal  Ask/ Show size, shoe size negative appreciation persuasion
image  Give advice (2)  Adverbs to nuance an  Sounds & written
appreciation letters:
 Size & shoe size Two pronunciations of
e
3. Purchases on  Choose a gift for someone  Direct object pronoun  Terms related to purchase  [k] & [g]
Internet  Characterize the object, 3rd person on Internet  Sounds & written
Occasions of gifts Show its function  Relative pronouns qui &  Characterization of letters:
que objects Direct Object
 Adjectives en – able Pronoun /
Travel Philipe Starck & the Discover French designer & imagine design objects of daily life
Diary design Express oneself on colours
Colours & Understand/ Write a poem on colours
Symbolism
Project Organize a theme party

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Folder 8 To live in a city?
1. Super markets  Purchase daily goods  Expression of specific  Cultural / technological  Nasal [ã]
Purchases of daily  Shopping list, specific quantity articles  Sounds & written
consumables quantity  Pronoun en  Trade & traders letters: [ã]
Means & habits of  Characterize the food  Expressions of quantity
 payment products
2. Great chefs &  Understand a presentation  Place of qualificative  Familier language (2)  Distinction of main
restaurant guides of restaurant adjectives (3)  Adjectives of positive/ three nasals
Restaurant critics  Offer an exit, react (2)  Negation ne…plus negative characterization  Intonation: positive/
 Characterize a restaurant  Restriction ne…que  Terms related to meals in negative appreciation
 Order, express one’s  Ne…non plus restaurant (2)
satisfaction or  Assez/pas assez/trop (de)  Sounds & written
dissatisfaction in the letters: [ã], [ɔ̃] & [ɛ̃]
restaurant
 Express a restriction
3. Memories of a  Reminiscing  Imperfect to reminisce  Expressions to reminisce  [e] / [ɛ]
place to live  Compare old and current  Imperfect for past  Terms related to life in  Sounds & written
Neo-rurals situations situation/ Present for city life / countryside letters: [ɛ]
current situation Advantages &
 Structures to compare disadvantages
(with adjects & names)
Travel Rehabilitation & Discover the places reconverted in cultural spaces in France
Diary transformation of Imagine a reconversion project for a place in one’s city / region
heritage places in
cultural sites
Project Design a mixed urban area

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Folder 9 Living areas
1. Preferences of  Describe accommodation  Depuis/ il y a  Housing & furniture  Distinction Past tense /
French people and transformations  Servir à / de  Verbs of development Imperfect
regarding their  Show Role of a room  Imperfect, Past tense & and decoration actions 
house  Locate past event present
2. Search of lodging  Search for accommodation:  De plus en plus (de) /  Small property ads  [w],[ ɥ] & [j]
 Alternative & Understand property ad De moins en moins (de)  Alternative housing 
Unusual housing  Understand/ Ask  Terms showing a
specifications regarding development
housing & conditions of
location
 Understand a description
of unusual housing
 Show the development
3. Apartment sharing  One’s relation with  Direct & Indirect object  Prohibition &  Rythme & Intonation
housemates pronouns (Summary) recommandation formats
 Understand / Express the  Infinitive for the
rules (prohibitions & recommendations
recommendations)  Devoir + infinitive / il faut
+ infinitive / Imperative
for the rules
Travel Traditional houses Show some styles of traditional houses in French region
Diary in France Compare the traditional houses in one’s country
Show one’s preferences regarding the style of the house
Project Design a project of group housing

Radio France
https://savoirs.rfi.fr/fr/recherche?text=delf%20b2

Comment allez-vous ? Ça va ?
 - vais bien / très bien / mal Ça va bien / très bien / mal
Comment vous appelez-vous ? Tu t'appelles comment ?
- Je m’appelle Gunesh

Vous êtes d'où ? / Vous venez d'où ?

Je viens de Kalyan
Je suis de l’inde
Où habitez-vous ? Où habites-tu ?
J’habite à Kalyan

8-10-2022