écouter/entendre – Free Exercise

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Choose the correct verb: écouter or entendre.

  1. Tu as la nouvelle ? Mon frère va se marier !We often use entendre with words like nouvelle, rumeur, bruit…Have you heard the news? My brother is getting married!
  2. Monsieur Laprairie aime de la musique classique.We often use écouter with words like musique, radio, discours…Monsieur Laprairie loves listening to classical music.
  3. J’ la radio tous les matins.We often use écouter with words like musique, radio, discours…I listen to the radio every morning.
  4. Le téléphone fonctionne mal, je ne vous pas bien.Entendre is the passive act of being able to hear or not.The phone isn’t working, I can’t hear you very well.
  5. Ce professeur est passionnant. Quand il parle, tout le monde l’ .Écouter is active; the listener is attentive and focuses their attention on what they are hearing.This teacher is captivating. When he speaks, everyone listens.

Complete the sentences with the conjugated form of écouter or entendre.

  1. Si Jonathan a eu une mauvaise note, c’est parce qu’il n’a pas bien   en classe.Écouter is active; the listener is attentive and focuses their attention on what they are hearing.If Jonathan got a bad grade, it’s because he didn’t listen enough in class.
  2. Je crois que les voisins sont rentrés, j’ai   du bruit chez eux.We often use entendre with words like nouvelle, rumeur, bruit…I think the neighbours are back, I heard noise from their place.
  3. Grand-mère Lucette doit porter un appareil auditif car elle n’  plus grand chose.Entendre is the passive act of being able to hear or not.Grandma Lucette has to wear a hearing aid because she can’t hear much any more.
  4. Ils sont en train d’  le discours du premier ministre.We often use écouter with words like musique, radio, discours…They are listening to the Prime Minister’s speech.
  5. Dépêchez-vous, j’  le train qui arrive !Entendre is the passive act of being able to hear or not.Hurry up, I can hear the train arriving!