French
Grade 7
15 min
La Pollution (Pollution)
La Pollution (Pollution)
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Introduction & What You'll Learn
What You'll LearnIdentify key vocabulary related to pollution.Use the simple future tense to talk about future actions to protect the environment.Use the relative pronoun 'qui' (who/that) to describe things related to the environment.Understand and discuss simple environmental problems and solutions.Imagine your class is organizing a day to clean up a park. 🧹🌳 What will you do to help? What kind of trash will you find? This lesson will help you talk about these important actions for our planet! 🌍How You'll Use ItParticipate in a conversation about recycling at school.Write a short paragraph about what you will do to reduce pollution.Understand posters or messages about protecting the environment.
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New Words & Phrases
FrenchWhat it meansExample in a sentencela pollution (pollution) [lah poh-loo-SYOHn]When the environment is made dirty.La pollution de l'air (Air pollution) [lah poh-loo-SYOHn duh lair] est un grand problème (is a big problem) [eh uhn grahn proh-BLEM] dans les villes (in the cities) [dahn lay VEEL].le recyclage (recycling) [luh ruh-see-KLAZH]Turning old things into new things.Le recyclage du papier (Recycling paper) [luh ruh-see-KLAZH doo pah-PYAY] sauve beaucoup d'arbres (saves a lot of trees) [sohv boh-koo DAR-bruh]. ♻️les déchets (trash/waste) [lay day-SHAY]Things you throw away.Il faut mettre (You must put) [eel foh MEH-truh] les déchets (the trash) [lay day-SHAY] dans la poubelle (in the trash can) [dahn lah poo-BELL].protéger (to protect) [proh-tay-ZHAY]To keep something safe from ha...
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Grammar Focus
1. The Simple Future Tense (Le Futur Simple)Rule: We use the simple future tense to talk about actions that will happen in the future. For regular -er verbs, you just add these endings to the infinitive form of the verb: -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont.Example: Demain (Tomorrow) [duh-MAHN], je planterai (I will plant) [zhuh plahn-tuh-RAY] un arbre (a tree) [uhn AR-bruh]. (From the verb planter (to plant) [plahn-TAY] + ai)2. The Relative Pronoun 'qui' (who/that)Rule: The word 'qui' (who/that) [kee] replaces the subject (a person or thing) in a sentence to avoid repeating it. It's always followed by a verb.Example: J'ai vu un oiseau (I saw a bird) [zhay vew uhn wah-ZOH]. L'oiseau chante (The bird sings) [lwah-zoh SHAHNT]. → J'ai vu un oiseau qui chante (I saw a bird that sings) [zhay vew uhn w...
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Beginner
Choose the best word to complete the sentence. (To help the planet, it is important to put trash in the ___.) Pour aider la planète, il est important de mettre les déchets dans la ___.
A.poubelle
B.voiture
C.table
D.rivière
Beginner
Choose the word that is the opposite of 'propre' (clean).
A.bon
B.sale
C.grand
D.froid
Beginner
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: Demain, nous ___ nos bouteilles en plastique. (Tomorrow, we ___ our plastic bottles.)
A.recycler
B.recyclons
C.recyclerons
D.avons recyclé
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