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Activities

Vocabulary Excercises

We have chosen 15 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

There are several irregular present tense verbs in this song. 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
abri	shelter, refuge, protection, safe haven	masc noun	abri
apprendre	to learn (about), hear (about), find out about	verb	appris
avoir faim	to be hungry		avoir faim
avoir raison	to be right		avoir raison
battement	beating, beat; flutter, bat	masc noun	battements
crier	scream, yell, shout, cry out	verb	crie
doux	soft; gentle; sweet	adj	doux
droit	right; law	masc noun	droit
fou	crazy, insane; absurd, ridiculous, unrealistic, preposterous	adj	fous
gens	people	masc noun – pl only	gens
hier	yesterday	adv	hier
main	hand	fem noun	main
même	same, same thing	masc or fem noun	même
métropole	metropolis, city; home country, homeland	fem noun	métropoles
se laisser faire	let oneself be pushed around		s’laisser faire
tant que	as long as, for as long as, while		tant que
tenir le coup	to cope, endure, withstand, stick it out, weather the storm		tient le coup
toucher	to touch, feel; to reach; move, affect deeply	verb	toucher
toujours	always	adv	toujours
voisin	neighbor	masc noun	voisins

Irregular Verb Conjugations

The following charts show the full conjugations of the present tense of the irregular verbs found in this song.

faire = to do, make

	Singular	Plural
First person	je fais	nous faisons
Second person	tu fais	vous faites
Third person	il/elle/on fait	ils/elles font

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

connaître = to know, be familiar with

	Singular	Plural
First person	je connais	nous connaissons
Second person	tu connais	vous connaissez
Third person	il/elle/on connaît	ils/elles connaissent

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

être = to be

	Singular	Plural
First person	je suis	nous sommes
Second person	tu es	vous êtes
Third person	il/elle/on est	ils/elles sont

tenir = to hold, hold onto; to manage; to control; to stand; continue, last

	Singular	Plural
First person	je tiens	nous tenons
Second person	tu tiens	vous tenez
Third person	il/elle/on tient	ils/elles tiennent

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

aller = to go

	Singular	Plural
First person	je vais	nous allons
Second person	tu vas	vous allez
Third person	il/elle/on va	ils/elles vont