Activities for Petit Papa Noël
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’ve chosen 20 words and phrases out of this song 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 provided several instances of the French possessive adjectives. A chart of these possessive adjectives can be found below.
You can use the following activities to learn and practice these verbs.
Possessive Adjective Flashcards – Practice the irregular verb occurrences in this song with our sets of French to English and English to French flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Possessive Adjective Games – Practice the irregular verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.
Possessive Adjective Exercises – 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| à cause de | because of, due to | à cause de | |
| avoir froid | to be cold | avoir froid | |
| cloche | bell | fem noun | cloches |
| en chemin | on the road | en chemin | |
| faire dodo | to go to bed/sleep (childlike language) | faire dodo | |
| hotte | sack | fem noun | hotte |
| jouet | toy | masc noun | jouets |
| manteau | coat; mantle, blanket; mantelpiece | masc noun | manteau |
| marchand de sable | sandman | marchand de sable | |
| neige | snow | fem noun | neige |
| Noël | Christmas | masc noun | Noël |
| Papa Noël | Santa | masc noun | Papa Noël |
| pardon | forgiveness | masc noun | pardon |
| paupière | eyelid | fem noun | paupières |
| prière | prayer | fem noun | prière |
| rêve | dream, daydream; wish | masc noun | rève |
| sage | good, well-behaved; wise, sensible | adj | sage |
| soulier | shoe | masc noun | souliers |
| tarder à qqn de faire qch | cannot wait to do, long to do | il me tarde | |
| toit | roof; roof over your head, home | masc noun | toits |
Possessive Adjectives
The following chart shows the possessive adjectives in French. Remember that, like other adjectives in French, possessive adjectives must agree with the noun that they modify in both gender and number.
| Masc Sing | Fem Sing | Plural | |
| My | mon | ma | mes |
| Your (tu) | ton | ta | tes |
| His, her, its | son | sa | ses |
| Our | notre | notre | nos |
| Your (vous) | votre | votre | vos |
| Their | leur | leur | leurs |
