French A1.18 Listening Practice: Checkpoint: Track The Object
French A1 listening practice with audio, transcript, key phrases, and a speaking challenge for checkpoint: track the object.
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Level
A1.18
Audio
1m 10s
Transcript
18 segments
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Talk about the same object across several sentences without repeating its name.
Use Review of articles, plural reference, object pronouns, elision, and negation in a short spoken response and one changed version.
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Review of articles, plural reference, object pronouns, elision, and negation
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J'ai les clés. Elle les veut. Je ne les veux pas.
I have the keys. She wants them. I do not want them.
A short French listening chapter with transcript.
Talk about the same object across several sentences without repeating its name.
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1. Hélène · Teacher
Imagine two similar bags on a train. The labels name their owners. One is yours, Alain; the other belongs to a woman nearby.
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2. Alain · Native Speaker 1
J’ai un livre ici. Je veux le sac.
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3. Hélène · Teacher
Tu veux le livre aussi ?
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4. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Non, je ne le veux pas maintenant. Je veux le sac.
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5. Hélène · Teacher
The first label names the woman. This is her bag, not yours.
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6. Hélène · Teacher
Elle le veut. Tu ne le veux pas.
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7. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Oui. Je ne le veux pas.
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8. Alain · Native Speaker 1
The second label matches my name. Now I can identify the right bag.
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9. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je peux le prendre. C’est le sac.
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10. Hélène · Teacher
In our imagined exchange, I also hold the woman’s keys beside her bag.
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11. Hélène · Teacher
J’ai les clés. Elle les veut.
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12. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je ne les veux pas.
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13. Hélène · Teacher
The small reference follows the object: le sac, je le veux; les clés, elle les veut.
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14. Hélène · Teacher
Reject the other person’s bag: I do not want it.
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15. Alain · Native Speaker 1
Je ne le veux pas.
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16. Hélène · Teacher
You hold the woman’s keys. Say: I have the keys. She wants them.
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17. Hélène · Teacher
J’ai les clés. Elle les veut.
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18. Alain · Native Speaker 1
The names identify both bags. In our imagined handoff, I take mine and the woman takes hers with her keys.
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