Activities for Un homme
We’ve chosen some vocabulary and grammatical concepts from this song and provided flashcards, games and exercises for you to learn and practice them.
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Activities
Vocabulary Excercises
We have chosen 20 terms out of this song’s lyrics to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.
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
This song really doesn’t give much grammatically to be practiced, however there are a handful of irregular present tense verbs so we’ll use those. Full conjugations of these irregular verbs can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice these verbs.
Irregular Verb Flashcards – Practice the irregular verbs in this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Irregular Verb Games – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.
Irregular Verb Exercies – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.
Resources
Vocabulary List
| Term | Meaning | P of S | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Meaning | P of S | Context |
| briller | shine, sparkle, twinkle, gleam | verb | brille |
| classe | classy | adj | classe |
| clean | clean, drug-free | adj | clean |
| daron | father | masc noun | daron |
| folie | madness, insanity, lunacy, folly, chaos; extravagance | fem noun | folie |
| libre | free, available; independent; at liberty; open | adj | libre |
| ne … plus | not anymore, no longer | plus | |
| perdre | lose, misplace; be deprived of; waste, squander | verb | perds |
| pire | worst | masc noun | pire |
| poing | fist | masc noun | poings |
| pote | buddy, mate | masc and fem noun | pote |
| ralentir | to slow, slow down | verb | ralentis |
| repère | landmark, point of reference, marker | masc noun | repère |
| rire aux éclats | to roar with laughter | ris aux éclats | |
| sale | dirty | adj | sale |
| se venger | to get revenge for, take one’s revenge | verb | me venge |
| sensible | sensitive, delicate | adj | sensible |
| spleen | melancholy | masc noun | spleen |
| suivre | to follow; be behind; come after; accompany; deal with; obey, ahere to; take (course); understand, comprehend; track; watch | verb | suis |
| tranquille | quiet, peaceful, calm, relaxed | adj | tranquille |
Irregular Verb Conjugations
The following charts show the full conjugations of the present tense of the irregular verbs found in this song. We have chosen to leave out conjugations of the verb ‘être’ from the exercises.
suivre = to follow
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | je suis | nous suivons |
| Second person | tu suis | vous suivez |
| Third person | il/elle/on suit | ils/elles suivent |
vivre = to live
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | je vis | nous vivons |
| Second person | tu vis | vous vivez |
| Third person | il/elle/on vit | ils/elles vivent |
vouloir = to want
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | je veux | nous voulons |
| Second person | tu veux | vous voulez |
| Third person | il/elle/on veut | ils/elles veulent |
rire = to laugh
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | je ris | nous rions |
| Second person | tu ris | vous riez |
| Third person | il/elle/on rit | ils/elles rient |
courir = to run; go around, circulate; rush, hurry
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | je cours | nous courons |
| Second person | tu cours | vous courez |
| Third person | il/elle/on court | ils/elles courent |
savoir = to know
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | je sais | nous savons |
| Second person | tu sais | vous savez |
| Third person | il/elle/on sait | ils/elles savent |
dire = to say, tell
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | je dis | nous disons |
| Second person | tu dis | vous dites |
| Third person | il/elle/on dit | ils/elles disent |
voir = to see, watch
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | je vois | nous voyons |
| Second person | tu vois | vous voyez |
| Third person | il/elle/on voit | ils/elles voient |
avoir = to have
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | je ai | nous avons |
| Second person | tu as | vous avez |
| Third person | il/elle/on a | ils/elles ont |