French 1 Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Dates, and Weather Review

Fill-in-the-blank practice cards covering French pronunciation rules, basic conversations, calendar dates, holidays, weather expressions, and seasons.

In French pronunciation, if a word ends in a consonant, this final letter will generally __________.

not be pronounced

In the French word "comment", the final silent letter is __________.

t

Three month names listed as exceptions where the final consonant IS pronounced are mars, avril, and __________.

août

To state your age in French, you use the phrase "J'ai (#) __________."

ans

To express a date in French, the standard structure is Le + __________ + name of month.

number

For the first day of the month (le 1er), one says "Le __________" instead of "un".

premier

Le 1er janvier is referred to as le premier de __________.

l'an

Le 8 mai commemorates la fête de la Victoire de la __________ guerre mondiale (1945).

deuxième

Le 11 novembre commemorates l'Armistice de la __________ guerre mondiale (1918).

première

Le 14 juillet is known as la fête __________.

nationale

To ask "Where are you from?", you say "D'où __________?"

viens-tu

The French weather expression for "It's chilly" is "Il fait __________".

frais

The French phrase "Il y a du brouillard" translates to "It's __________".

foggy

The weather phrase "Il y a un arc-en-ciel" means "There is a __________".

rainbow

The season l'été includes the months of juin, juillet, and __________.

août

The season le printemps includes the months of mars, avril, and __________.

mai

In French, "yesterday" is hier, "today" is aujourd'hui, and "tomorrow" is __________.

demain

The question "Quel jour sommes-nous?" asks what __________ it is.

day