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In order to improve your language skills, you must practice so that what you have learnt stays with you. In the next four sections, why not practice your skills in:

French

See how well you can manage ‘ You and me/Toi et moi’, and ‘Time/le temps’

You and me/Toi et Moi

Write the appropriate questions to the following sentences. (Note: this is an informal context, you should therefore use tu.)

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1. Salut, moi c’est Janet. 
2. Je suis étudiante en maths, et toi?
3. Oui, je suis anglaise. 
4. Je suis de Liverpool.
5. J’habite à Newcastle. 
6 Non, je ne travaille pas.

This content has been taken from Chapter 1 of Palgrave Foundations Language Series: French by D. Bissar, H. Phillips, C. Tschirhart.

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Time/Le Temps

Can you put these events in chronological order?

  1. J’arrive au bureau vers neuf heures moins le quart.
  2. Nous prenons le petit déjeuner à huit heures moins dix.
  3. Les enfants vont à l’école à huit heures et demie.
  4. Je prends une douche vers sept heures.
  5. Mon travail commence à neuf heures.
  6. Les enfants ont la salle de bains de sept heures et quart à huit heures moins le quart.

This content has been taken from Chapter 6 of Breakthrough French Activity Book: Practice for Beginners, by Stephanie Rybak.

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German    

Connect the sentences with their correct translations:

  1. Ich bin verheiratet.    I have a child.
  2. Ich bin ledig.              I am single.
  3. Ich habe ein Kind.      I am married.
  4. Ich habe kein Kind.    I have no child.

This content has been taken from Chapter 2 of Breakthrough German Activity Book: Practice for beginners by Ruth Rach.

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Italian

How well do you know your typical day?

A typical day/ Una giornata tipica

Write at what time you do these things/ Scrivi a che ora fai queste cose

1. A che ora ti svegli? 
Mi sveglio___________________________

2. A che ora ti alzi?
Mi alzo______________________________

3. A che ora ti lavi? Mi__________________________________

4. A che ora fai colazione? Faccio_______________________________

5. A che ora vai all’università? ____________________________________

6. A che ora pranzi? ____________________________________

7. A che ora studi? ____________________________________

8. A che ora ceni? ____________________________________

9. A che hora guardi la TV? ____________________________________

10. A che hora vai a dormire? ____________________________________

This content has been taken from Chapter 3 of Palgrave Foundations Language Series: Italian 1 by M. Benetti, C. Murtas, C. Varchetta.

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Spanish
 Can you remember the verb ser, ‘to be'? Choose the correct form for each sentence from the following choices:

somos     es     es      sois      son      soy      son     eres

1.   ……………Juan. ¿Y tú? 

2.   Tú……………pepe. ¿verdad?

3.   ……………la señora de Birmingham.

4.   …………..ingleses, de Leeds.

5.   Pablo y Pilar,…………de Valencia ¿no?

6.    Mis padres…………profesores.

7.   Y ustedes ¿de dónde…………?

8.   ¿…………usted la señora Fernandez?

This content has been taken from Chapter 1 of Breakthrough Spanish Activity Book: Practice for Beginners, by Sandra Truscott.

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