French A1.1 Listening Practice: A First Complete Thought
French A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for a first complete thought.
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Level
A1.1
Audio
1m 36s
Transcript
18 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Say that something is important or normal in your first complete French sentences.
Use c'est plus a transparent adjective in a short spoken response and one changed version.
New pattern
c'est plus a transparent adjective
Practice aloud after listening
C'est important. C'est normal.
It is important. It is normal.
A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Say that something is important or normal in your first complete French sentences.
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1. Hélène · Teacher
C'est important. Suppose those beautiful restaurant chairs make us expect an expensive lunch. Shall we guess, or check the menu?
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2. Alain · Native Speaker 1
C'est normal. I was about to guess. Red velvet chairs usually make my wallet nervous.
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3. Hélène · Teacher
C'est important. French restaurants display their menus and prices outside. We can read the information before stepping through the door.
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4. Alain · Native Speaker 1
C'est possible. So standing outside reading is a sensible part of choosing lunch?
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5. Hélène · Teacher
C'est normal.
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6. Alain · Native Speaker 1
C'est simple. That is useful. The chairs are asking us to admire them; the menu is actually telling us what lunch costs.
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7. Hélène · Teacher
Two little words give us a complete thought. Keep them together: c'est important.
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8. Alain · Native Speaker 1
I like a sentence that is shorter than the menu. It leaves more time to choose lunch.
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9. Hélène · Teacher
C'est important. And it saves us from deciding that a place is expensive just because the furniture looks impressive.
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10. Alain · Native Speaker 1
C'est normal. All right. Information first, red chairs second. That feels like the right order.
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11. Hélène · Teacher
Tell a friend why checking the posted prices matters: it is important.
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12. Alain · Native Speaker 1
C'est important.
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13. Hélène · Teacher
C'est possible. Now we can decide whether the menu suits us. Looking does not mean we have already ordered.
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14. Alain · Native Speaker 1
And if it does not suit us, we can choose somewhere else before anybody brings the food.
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15. Hélène · Teacher
Exactly. A little pause outside can make the choice much easier.
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16. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Next time I will read first. My wallet can stop judging the chairs.
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17. Hélène · Teacher
Change the situation. A friend feels awkward reading the outside menu. Tell them it is normal.
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18. Alain · Native Speaker 1
C'est normal.
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