French A1.9 Listening Practice: Be Someone Or Be Somewhere
French A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for be someone or be somewhere.
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Level
A1.9
Audio
52s
Transcript
16 segments
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What you'll understand
Say who someone is, where they are, or how they feel.
Use bounded present forms of être in a short spoken response and one changed version.
New pattern
bounded present forms of être
Practice aloud after listening
Je suis ici. Elle est médecin. Tu es prêt ?
I am here. She is a doctor. Are you ready?
A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Say who someone is, where they are, or how they feel.
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1. Hélène · Teacher
Imagine meeting beside the blue chairs on Nice’s seaside promenade. Which chair? We agree on the end chair beside the steps.
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2. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je suis ici.
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3. Hélène · Teacher
Tu es prêt ?
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4. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Oui, je suis prêt.
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5. Hélène · Teacher
Two friends join our imagined walk: Sam, and his friend who is a doctor. I can see her beside the steps.
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6. Hélène · Teacher
Elle est ici.
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7. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Elle est médecin ?
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8. Hélène · Teacher
Oui, elle est médecin.
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9. Alain · Native Speaker 1
And Sam is beside the same chair. Everyone has found the exact point.
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10. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Il est ici aussi.
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11. Hélène · Teacher
For your own arrival: je suis ici. For the friend: elle est ici.
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12. Hélène · Teacher
You reach the agreed chair. Say: I am here.
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13. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je suis ici.
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14. Hélène · Teacher
Ask your female friend: Are you ready?
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15. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Tu es prête ?
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16. Hélène · Teacher
Oui, je suis prête. C’est bon !
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