French A1.4 Listening Practice: Turn A Thought Into A Question
French A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for turn a thought into a question.
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Level
A1.4
Audio
1m 29s
Transcript
20 segments
What to notice while you listen
What you'll understand
Turn a statement into a clear yes-or-no question.
Use intonation questions and bounded inversion with tu in a short spoken response and one changed version.
New pattern
intonation questions and bounded inversion with tu
Practice aloud after listening
Tu veux réserver ? Peux-tu confirmer ?
Do you want to book? Can you confirm?
A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Turn a statement into a clear yes-or-no question.
Read while you listen.
1. Hélène · Teacher
Tu veux ? Imagine choosing between a café counter and a table. The drinks list is displayed outside.
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2. Alain · Native Speaker 1
It lets us check prices before we choose where to sit. So tell me: Tu veux le café ?
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3. Hélène · Teacher
Je veux le café ! And you made that a question just by letting your voice rise at the end.
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4. Alain · Native Speaker 1
I want the coffee. The question is whether the table is worth choosing.
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5. Hélène · Teacher
The posted list can help us decide before we order.
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6. Alain · Native Speaker 1
But when you want a crisp alternative, French can also invert the verb and the pronoun.
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7. Hélène · Teacher
Like this: veux-tu ?
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8. Alain · Native Speaker 1
For a different situation, booking a place, you could ask: veux-tu réserver ?
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9. Hélène · Teacher
A short question is enough. I am choosing a drink, not reading out the entire menu.
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10. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Good. I would rather drink the coffee than spend the morning discussing it.
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11. Hélène · Teacher
C'est normal. And looking at this price list, peux-tu confirmer ?
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12. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je peux confirmer. In our café, the counter costs less. We check before deciding.
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13. Hélène · Teacher
C'est important ! Let us check our table choice.
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14. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Now, over to you. How would you ask a friend with rising intonation: do you want to book?
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15. Hélène · Teacher
Tu veux réserver ?
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16. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Spot on. Now invert the verb and pronoun: can you confirm?
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17. Hélène · Teacher
Peux-tu confirmer ?
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18. Alain · Native Speaker 1
That was a separate booking example. For this imagined café, I choose the cheaper counter.
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19. Hélène · Teacher
Veux-tu le café ?
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20. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je veux le café !
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