French Pronunciation exercises

Listen and Repeat to Improve Your Intonation, Rhythm and Pronunciation. New material is uploaded every week. French Pronunciation only needs a bit of practice to get right. In this pronunciation guide, I’ll walk you through the most troublesome sounds to pronounce, as well as a few subtle, easy ways you can change your pronunciation to make huge headway toward sounding like a native French speaker.

HomophonesClick here

Tongue twistersClick here

Inspiring sentencesClick here

Listen and Repeat to Improve Your Intonation, Rhythm and Pronunciation. New material is uploaded every week.

French cognates:

*Cognates are words that have a similar spelling, pronunciation, and meaning across two languages. When students recognize words as cognates, they can access unfamiliar English words and better understand what they read.

1. Words spelled alike: Mots similaires

French homophones:

*French homophones can cause difficulties in oral comprehension and spelling because they are words that sound alike, but have different meanings. An homophone is a word that has the same pronunciation but different meanings and, sometimes, spellings.

Here is a list of  French Homophone:

1. Homophones Verre Vert Ver
2. Homophones Souris – Sourit
3. Homophones Pêcher Péché Pêcher
4. Homophones il a, tu as, à
5. Homophones Bois Boit Voix Voie Voit
6. Homophone s’est, c’est, ses, ces, sait, sais
7. Homophones Homophones sent, sang, s’en, sans, cent
8. Homophones Mets met mes mais m’est
9. Homophones Les Lait Laid
10. Homophones son, son, son, sont
11. Homophones Chaire-cher-chair- chère
12. French Homophones Au-os-eau-aux
13. Homophones Compte comte conte
14. Homophones Foie – foi – fois
15. Homophones Mets met mes mais m’est practice 2
16. Homophones Coup cou coût
17. Homophones peu peut peux

Tongue Twisters

1. Rosalie’s red dress:
La robe rouge de Rosalie
2. A hunter knowing how to hunt:
Un chasseur sachant chasser
3. Dad knows everything:
Papa sait tout
4. The shirts of the archduchess:
Les chemises de l’archiduchesse
5. The green worm goes to the green glass:
Le ver vert va vers le verre vert
6. Five fat rats grill in the big, fatty fat:
Cinq gros rats grillent dans la grosse graisse grasse
7. I am what I am:
Je suis ce que je suis
8. Five dogs are chasing six cats
Cinq chiens chassent six chats
9. Three small trout
Trois petites truites
10. Cecile, if this gets out
Cécile, si ceci se sait nous serons si surpris
11. Sixteen chairs are drying at Sacha’s
Seize chaises sèchent chez Sacha
12. Three little uncooked trout three little raw trout
Trois petites truites non cuites
13. Three little turtles
Trois tortues trottaient

Inspiring sentences

1. Life is a flower:
La vie est une fleur dont l’amour est le miel
2. Grow your inspirations in life:
Cultivez vos aspirations dans la vie
3. The essential is invisible to the eyes:
L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux
4. Eat well, laugh often, love a lot:
Mangez bien riez souvent aimez beaucoup
5. After rain the good weather:
Après la pluie, le beau temps

Level 2:

6. It’s better to prevent than to cure:
Il vaut mieux prévenir que guérir
7. What time is it Miss. Quiet?:
Quelle heure est-il Madame tranquille?
8. Imagination is the measure of genius:
L’imagination est la mesure du génie
9. We must think:
Il faut réflechir
10. There is only one happiness in life, it’s to love and to be loved:
Il n’y a qu’un bonheur dans la vie, c’est d’aimer et d’être aimé

Level 3:

11. Better late than never:
Mieux vaut tard que jamais
12. The heart in peace:
Le coeur en paix voit une fête dans tous les villages
13. No pain no gain:
Il faut casser le noyau pour avoir l’amande
14. Look in the direction of the sun:
Regarde dans la direction du soleil
15. The heart has its reasons:
Le cœur a ses raisons

Level 4:

16. Christmas cards:
Cartes de Noël
17. For this Christmas and the New Year:
Pour ce Noël et la Nouvelle Année
18. If you can dream it
Si vous pouvez le rêver
19. Kindness is a language
La gentillesse est le langage
20. Make your life
Faites de votre vie

 

Level 5:

21. If you teach a man, you teach
Si vous enseignez à une femme
22. May this new year:
Que cette nouvelle année
23. Spring is a whole poem :
Le printemps, c’est tout un poème
24. Your attitude:
C’est votre attitude
25. The only way to do great work:
La seule façon de faire du bon travail

 

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