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Are you searching for captivating French reading material tailored for low to high-intermediates? Look no further! Presenting "French Long Stories" — a collection of immersive narratives designed to enhance your French language skills.
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5 Easy-to-Read Stories: Dive into five long stories that cover a range of everyday topics. Each story is crafted in clear and concise language, ensuring accessibility for intermediates.
Focused Vocabulary: Accelerate your learning with highlighted vocabulary that aids in quicker comprehension. Each story includes essential words and phrases and parts of speech, making it a seamless learning experience.
Comprehensive Learning: Test your understanding with multiple sets of questions and answers for each story. Whether you're a low or high intermediate learner, these exercises will reinforce your vocabulary and comprehension skills.
Authored by a French Teacher:
Written by an experienced French teacher, this book is tailored to cater to learners ranging from low to high intermediates. It's the perfect reading material after reading the first two volumes of this series.
Inclusive Learning Resources:
Free Audio Recordings: Elevate your learning with free audio recordings of each story. Immerse yourself in the authentic pronunciation delivered by a native French speaker (me), enhancing your listening skills.
Comprehensive Glossary: Find a French-English glossary at the end of the book, summarizing all highlighted vocabulary. This valuable resource consolidates your learning and serves as a handy reference.
Embark on a journey to read, truly comprehend, and enjoy French. Grab your copy of "French Long Stories" and don't forget to have fun learning!
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French Long Stories - 5 French Long Stories for Intermediates to Enhance Your Language Skills - Dylane Moreau
Preface
Welcome to "French Long Stories"!
Together, we continue the language journey we embarked upon in the first two volumes of French stories. This time, "French Long Stories" is specifically designed for intermediate learners or for people wanting to reach an intermediate level. Within this book, you will discover five captivating stories, each relating to daily situations and daily vocabulary. With approximately 2.000 words per story, compared to 250 words in French Short Stories,
you will get used to reading longer stories while building your confidence to read novels.
To facilitate your learning experience, each story is accompanied by multiple choice and short answer questions. Because the stories are longer, each one is broken down into 4 different sections with questions and vocabulary. In contrast to French Short Stories, the translation is placed at the end of each chapter to challenge you to understand without looking at the transition. Just like the first two volumes, each story has been recorded by a native French speaker (me), and the audio is included to provide you with an opportunity to practice your listening skills at a comfortable pace.
The stories cover a range of topics inspired by daily life, from Christmas to adopting a pet, moving to a new city, and more! By reading these long stories, you will gain confidence in your French abilities and reading skills.
Whether you are a beginner who wants to challenge yourself or an intermediate learner who is looking for learning material, this book is the perfect tool to help you improve your reading, listening, and speaking skills.
I hope that "French Long Stories" will be a valuable resource in your French learning journey and that it will inspire you to continue exploring the rich world of French literature.
Thank you for choosing "French Long Stories" and happy reading! Bonne lecture!
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Dylane
How to Use This Book
If you’re looking to enhance your reading comprehension skills and vocabulary, then this book is ideal for you. To maximize your learning experience, here are some helpful tips:
– Take advantage of the notes pages throughout the book. Keep track of the vocabulary you learned, the questions you got right and the ones you got wrong. Come back to your notes often to review them.
– Pace Yourself: Instead of reading all five stories in one sitting, try reading one story per day. This way, you can take your time and focus on understanding each story thoroughly.
– Answer the Questions: For each story, there are two types of questions: multiple-choice and short answer. If you’re a beginner, start with the multiple-choice questions, and as you progress, challenge yourself with the short answer questions. You can answer with a single word, a group of words, or even a complete sentence.
– Pay Attention to Vocabulary: Each story contains bolded words that are important to understanding the text. Make sure to pay attention to these words and refer to the vocabulary list provided at the end of each story to learn their meaning.
– Improve Your Listening Skills: Take advantage of the free audio download and listen to each story while simultaneously reading the text. This technique will help you connect spoken and written French and may even improve your pronunciation.
By following these tips, you’ll be well on your way to improving your French reading and listening skills after only 5 French Long Stories.
Have fun learning!
How to Use the Vocabulary Lists?
Each vocabulary list contains the relevant words for the topic and is presented following the story. The words are highlighted in bold within the text for easy identification.
To optimize your learning experience, here are some important things to consider when using the vocabulary list:
– Whenever possible, all nouns are converted to their singular form so you can easily recognize their gender. Some nouns, such as profession, have masculine and feminine forms.
– All adjectives are presented in both masculine and feminine forms.
– Verbs are listed in their infinitive form to help you recognize their base form.
– Additionally, each vocabulary word is accompanied by its part of speech when
possible, which is indicated in the legend below.
Legend:
adj - adjective – adjective
adv - adverb – adverbe
Inter - interjection – interjection
n - noun – nom (when both genders are given)
nf - feminine noun – nom féminin
nm - masculine noun – nom masculine
prép - preposition – préposition
pr - pronoun – pronom
v - verb - verbe
How to Download the Audio?
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To download the audio for the stories, visit www.theperfectfrench.com/french-long-stories-audios1 or scan the QR code below. After entering your email, the audio download will be sent directly to your inbox.
A qr code with a few squares Description automatically generatedLe jardin de ma grand-mère - My Grandmother’s Garden
Part 1
C’est le début des vacances d'été, Nina doit partir chez sa grand-mère. Elle n'est pas contente. La dernière fois, elle s’est ennuyée à mourir !
Sa grand-mère vit à la campagne, dans un tout petit village perdu au milieu de nulle part. C’est aussi quelqu’un de très bizarre. Elle marche toujours pieds-nus, elle porte des vêtements de toutes les couleurs et elle mange des choses bizarres.
Sa mère insiste. Elle doit travailler et ne peut pas s’occuper d’elle. Nina proteste. Elle a quatorze ans désormais. Elle peut rester seule à la maison. Mais sa mère ne veut rien entendre.
— Tu verras, ça te fera du bien l’air de la campagne !
Nina sait qu'elle n'a pas le choix. Elle prend ses bandes dessinées et, surtout, son téléphone portable. Avec ça, elle ne devrait pas s’ennuyer.
Vocabulary
Des vacances nf - Vacation
Une grand-mère nf - A grandmother
Content - Contente adj - Happy
S'ennuyer v - To be bored
Vivre v - To live
La campagne nf - The countryside
Un petit village adj + nm - A small village
Nulle part adv - Nowhere
Quelqu’un pr - Someone - A person
Bizarre adj - Strange
Pieds-nus adj - Barefoot
Un vêtement nm - A piece of clothing
Une couleur nf - A color
Une chose nf - A thing
Insister v - To insist
S’occuper de v - To take care of
Protester v - To protest
Seul - Seule adj - Alone
Entendre v - To hear
Faire du bien v - To do good
L’air nm - The air
Le choix nm - The choice
Une bande dessinée nf - A comic book
Un téléphone portable nm - A cell phone
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Quand elle arrive chez sa grand-mère, celle-ci l’accueille à bras ouverts :
— Ah ma chérie, comme tu as grandi ! Je suis très heureuse de te voir.
Nina sourit et rentre dans la maison. Sa grand-mère n’aime visiblement pas ranger. Il y a des plantes partout, sur les chaises, les tables, le sol, des magazines et des vieux journaux empilés contre les murs, des vêtements posés en vrac sur les chaises. Nina se dirige tout droit vers sa chambre située tout au bout du couloir. Elle a été nettoyée et rangée. Au moins ce n'est pas comme le reste de la maison !
Vocabulary
Accueillir v - To welcome
Bras ouverts - Open arms
Ma chérie nf - My darling
Grandir v - To grow up
Sourire v - To smile
Ranger v - To tidy up
Une plante nf - A plant
Une chaise nf - A chair
Le sol nm - The floor
Un vieux journal adj + nm - An old newspaper
Empilé - Empilée adj - Stacked
Un mur nm - A wall
Posé - Posée adj - Lying
En vrac adj - Loose
Se diriger v - To head
Situer v - To be located
Au bout de prep - At the end of
Un couloir nm - A corridor
Nettoyer v - To clean
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Elle sort ses affaires, range ses habits, et sort son téléphone. Avec ça, elle devrait survivre. Elle allume son téléphone et attend qu'il capte du réseau. Au bout de quelques minutes, Nina réalise qu’elle ne capte pas. Elle panique et se précipite dans le salon où sa grand-mère est en train d’éplucher des pommes de terre.
— Mamie, ça ne capte pas !
— De quoi tu parles ?
— Mon téléphone, il n’y a pas de réseau.
— Ah, j’ai un téléphone fixe si tu veux appeler quelqu’un.
Nina se tape le front avec la main. Sa grand-mère n’y connaît vraiment rien.
— Elle est où ta box ?
— Ma quoi ?
— Ta box internet, avec le wifi.
Sa grand-mère la regarde surprise.
— Je ne comprends pas, ma chérie. Le wifi ? Je n’ai pas internet ici.
Nina n'arrive pas à y croire. Elle est dans la seule maison au monde sans internet !
Vocabulary
Des affaires nf - Things
Un habit nm - A piece of clothing
Survivre v - To survive
Capter v - To get
Du réseau nm - Service
Paniquer v - To panic
Se précipiter v - To rush
Le salon nm - The living room
Éplucher v - To peel
Un téléphone fixe nm - A landline
Se taper v - To tap
Le front nm - The forehead
La main nf - The hand
Une box nf - A box
Surpris - Surprise Adj - Surprised
Croire v - To believe
Le seul - La seule pr - The only (one)
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Quel âge a Nina ?
How old is Nina?
a. 12 ans - 12 years old
b. 13 ans - 13 years old
c. 14 ans - 14 years old
d. 15 ans - 15 years old
2. Qu'est-ce que Nina prend avec elle ?
What does Nina take with her?
a. Ses bandes dessinées et son ordinateur - Her comics and her computer
b. Ses bandes dessinées et son téléphone - Her comics and her phone
c. Ses livres et son téléphone - Her books and her phone
d. Ses livres et son ordinateur - Her books and her computer
3. Comment sont les vêtements sur les chaises ?
How are the clothes on the chairs?
a. Ils sont pliés - They are folded
b. Ils sont sales - They are dirty
c. Ils sont propres - They are clean
d. Ils sont posés en vrac - They are laid loose
4. Qu'est-ce que sa grand-mère n'aime pas faire d'après Nina ?
What does Nina think her grandmother doesn't like to do?
a. Parler - Talking
b. Cuisiner - Cooking
c. Ranger - Tidying
d. Téléphoner - Calling
5. Qu'est-ce que sa grand-mère n'a pas ?
What doesn't her grandmother have?
a. Une bonne mémoire - A good memory
b. Des produits de nettoyage - Cleaning products
c. Internet - The Internet
d. Un téléphone fixe - A landline
Answers on the next page
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Answer Key
1. Quel âge a Nina ?
How old is Nina?
c. 14 ans - 14 years old
2. Qu'est-ce que Nina prend avec elle ?
What does Nina take with her?
b. Ses bandes dessinées et son téléphone - Her comics and her phone
3. Comment sont les vêtements sur les chaises ?
How are the clothes on the chairs?
d. Ils sont posés en vrac - They are laid loose
4. Qu'est-ce que sa grand-mère n'aime pas faire d'après Nina ?
What does Nina think her grandmother doesn't like to do?
c. Ranger - Tidying
5. Qu'est-ce que sa grand-mère n'a pas ?
What doesn't her grandmother have?
c. Internet - The Internet
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Short Answer Questions
1. Où est-ce que sa grand-mère vit ?
Where does her grandmother live?
__________________________
2. Pourquoi est-ce que sa mère ne peut pas s'occuper de Nina ?
Why can't her mother take care of Nina?
__________________________
3. Comment est-ce que Nina décrit sa grand-mère ?
How does Nina describe her grandmother?
__________________________
4. Quel est le problème avec son téléphone ?
What's wrong with her phone?
__________________________
5. Quel type de téléphone est-ce que sa grand-mère a ?
What type of phone does her grandmother have?
__________________________
Answers on the next page
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Answer Key
1. Où est-ce que sa grand-mère vit ?
Where does her grandmother live?
Sa grand-mère vit à la campagne, dans un tout petit village perdu au milieu de nulle part.
Her grandmother lives in the countryside, in a very small village lost in the middle of nowhere.
2. Pourquoi est-ce que sa mère ne peut pas s'occuper de Nina ?
Why can't her mother take care of Nina?
Sa mère ne peut pas s'occuper de Nina car elle doit travailler.
Her mother can't take care of Nina because she has to work.
3. Comment est-ce que Nina décrit sa grand-mère ?
How does Nina describe her grandmother?
Nina décrit sa grand-mère comme quelqu’un de très bizarre.
Nina describes her grandmother as someone very strange.
4. Quel est le problème avec son téléphone ?
What's wrong with her phone?
Son téléphone ne capte pas de réseau.
Her phone has no network.
5. Quel type de téléphone est-ce que sa grand-mère a ?
What type of phone does her grandmother have?
Sa grand-mère a un téléphone fixe.
Her grandmother has a landline.
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Le jardin de ma grand-mère
Part 2
Nina retourne dans sa chambre. Elle doit rester deux semaines chez sa grand-mère, sans internet. Une éternité ! Elle regarde par la fenêtre qui donne sur le jardin de sa grand-mère. Peut-être qu’il y a du réseau dehors. Elle sort de sa chambre, suit le corridor, et ouvre la porte de derrière. Sa grand-mère a un grand jardin avec de grands arbres, un pommier, un cerisier, plusieurs poiriers et un grand figuier qui grimpe au mur de la maison. Il y a aussi un espace pour manger dehors sous les branches épaisses d'un chêne. Un peu plus loin, elle cultive des légumes. Il y a aussi un tout petit étang au fond du jardin avec une cabane pour ranger les outils.
Vocabulary
Retourner v - To return
Une éternité nf - An eternity
Donner v - To overlook
Le jardin nm - The garden
Dehors adv - Outside
Suivre v - To follow
Une porte de derrière nf - A back door
Un grand arbre adj + nm - A large tree
Un pommier nm - An apple tree
Un cerisier nm - A cherry tree
Un poirier nm - A pear tree
Un grand figuier adj + nm - A large fig tree
Grimper v - To climb
Un espace nm - A space
Une branche épaisse nf + adj - A thick branch
Un chêne nm - An oak tree
Cultiver v - To grow
Un légume nm - A vegetable
Un petit étang adj