Activities for La Fête
We’ve chosen 20 words and phrases out of this song to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. We’ve also provided some exercises for you to practice the vocabulary and grammatical concepts from this song.
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Activities
Vocabulary Excercises
Learn and practice the vocabulary list for this song with the following exercises:
Vocabulary Flashcards – Learn the vocabulary from this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Vocabulary Games – Practice the vocabulary for this song using our memory and matching games and our word search puzzle.
Vocabulary Exercises – Fill in the missing vocabulary with drag and drop and fill in the blanks exercises.
Grammar Exercises
While this song didn’t provide a ton of grammatical concepts to practice, it did provide several conjugations of the irregular verbs ‘avoir’ and ‘être’, and a handful of pronominal (reflexive) verbs.
Irregular Verb Flashcards – Practice the occurrences of the irregular verbs ‘avoir’ and ‘être’ from this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Pronominal Verb Flashcards – Practice the pronominal verb occurrences from this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Verb Games – Practice the irregular and promominal verbs for this song using our memory and matching games.
Irregular Verb Exercises – Practice the occurrences of the irregular verbs ‘avoir’ and ‘être’ from this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.
Pronominal Verb Exercises – Practice the pronominal verb occurrences present in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.
Vocabulary List
| Term | Definition | P o S | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| à l’aise | comfortable | à l’aise | |
| battre de l’aile | be on its last legs, be hanging on by a thread | bat de l’aile | |
| boire | to drink | verb | boire |
| faire des misères à | to torment | fait la misère | |
| faire la fête | to party, celebrate | faire la fête | |
| il suffit de | all you have to do is, you just have to, it is enough to, it is sufficient to | Il suffit de | |
| ivresse | drunkenness, intoxication; euphoria, exhilaration | fem noun | ivresse |
| œil au beurre noir | black eye | œil au beurre noir | |
| pire | the worst | masc noun | pire |
| pote | buddy, mate | masc or fem noun | potes |
| réfléchir | think, ponder, reflect | verb | réfléchira |
| rentrer | go back, come back, return | verb | rentrer |
| roi | king | masc noun | rois |
| s’inventer | dream up, invent yourself | verb | s’inventer |
| s’inviter | to show up, arrive | verb | t’inviter |
| se pavaner | to swagger, strut | verb | s’pavane |
| soir | evening | masc noun | soir |
| tant pis | never mind; too bad; what a shame; oh well | tant pis | |
| trottoir | sidewalk | masc noun | trottoir |
| voix | voice | fem noun | voix |
