Pronunciation & Spelling – Free Exercise

Exercises A1

Decide if the statements are true or false.

  1.  L’enfant joue dans le jardin avec son ballon. The child is playing with his ball in the garden.
    → The sound ã appears in the word enfant.
  2.  Mon père a acheté une bouteille de vin pour le dîner. My father has bought a bottle of wine for dinner.
    → The sound ɛ̃ appears in the word vin.
  3.  La porte de la maison est peinte en bleu. The door to the house is painted blue.
    → The sound o appears in the word porte.
    porte contains the sound ɔ, not o
  4.  L’été dernier, nous sommes partis en vacances à la mer. Last summer, we went on holiday to the coast.
    → The sound ɛ appears in the word été.
    été contains the sound e, not ɛ

Choose the correct spelling.

  1. Je mes vacances à Nice.I spend my holidays in Nice. double s is always pronounced s.
  2. Le brille aujourd’hui. The sun is shining today.the letter s is pronounced s at the beginning of a word
  3. La est très grande. The house is very big.the letter s is pronounced z when it appears between two vowels
  4. commence à huit heures. It starts at 8 o’clock.the cedilla (ç) is always pronounced s

[g] or [ʒ]? Choose the correct pronunciation of the letter g in the words below.

  1. girafe giraffethe letter g is pronounced as a soft ʒ before the vowels e, i, or y
  2. gare stationthe letter g is pronounced as a hard g before the vowels a, o or u
  3. genou knee the letter g is pronounced as a soft ʒ before the vowels e, i, or y
  4. gâteau cakethe letter g is pronounced as a hard g before the vowels a, o or u
  5. fromage cheese the letter g is pronounced as a soft ʒ before the vowels e, i, or y
  6. guide guide the letter g is pronounced as a hard g before the vowels a, o or u