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.
| 1. Verre Vert Ver: French Homophones Verre Vert Ver |
| 2. Souris – Sourit: French Homophones Souris – Sourit |
| 3. Homophones Pêcher Péché Pêcher: French Homophones Pêcher Péché Pêcher |
| 4. il a, tu as, à: French Homophones il a, tu as, à |
| 5. Bois Boit Voix Voie Voit: French Homophones Bois Boit Voix Voie Voit |
| 6. s’est, c’est, ses, ces, sait, sais: French Homophones s’est, c’est, ses, ces, sait, sais |
| 7.sent, sang, s’en, sans, cent: French Homophones Homophones sent, sang, s’en, sans, cent |
| 8. Mets met mes mais m’est: French Homophones Mets met mes mais m’est |
| 9. Homophones Les Lait Laid: French Homophones Les Lait Laid |
| 10. son, son, son, sont: French Homophones son, son, son, sont |
| 11. Chaire-cher-chair- chère: French Homophones Chaire-cher-chair- chère |
| 12. Au-os-eau-aux: French Homophones Au-os-eau-aux |
| 13. Compte comte conte: French Homophones Compte comte conte |
| 14. Foie – foi – fois: French Homophones Foie – foi – fois |
French 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 |
Inspiring sentences:
| [sc_embed_player fileurl=” https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/French-Circles-Pronunciation-La-vie-est-une-fleur.mp3″] | 1. Life is a flower: La vie est une fleur dont l’amour est le miel |
| [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/French-Circles-Cultivez.mp3″] | 2. Grow your inspirations in life: Cultivez vos aspirations dans la vie |
| [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/French-Circles-Quelle-heure.mp3″] | 3. What time is it Miss. Quiet?: Quelle heure est-il Madame tranquille? |
| [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/French-Circles-imagination.mp3″] | 4. Imagination is the measure of genius: L’imagination est la mesure du génie |
| [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/French-Circles-Le-coeur.mp3″] | 5. The heart in peace: Le coeur en paix voit une fête dans tous les villages |
| [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://www.frenchcircles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/French-Circles-Pronunciation-Il-vaut-mieux-prevenir.mp3″] | 6. It’s better to prevent: Il vaut mieux prévenir |
| 7. The essential is invisible to the eyes: l’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux |
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| 8. Eat well, laugh often, love a lot: Mangez bien riez souvent aimez beaucoup |
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| 9. We must think: Il faut reflechir |
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| 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 |
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| 11. Better late than never: Mieux vaut tard que jamais |
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| 12. After rain the good weather: Après la pluie, le beau temps |
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| 13. No pain no gain: Il faut casser le noyau pour avoir l’amande |
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| 14. Look in the direction of the sun: Regarde dans la direction du soleil |
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| 15.The heart has its reasons: Le cœur a ses raisons |
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| 16.Christmas cards: Cartes de Noël |
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| 16.For this Christmas and the New Year: Pour ce Noël et la Nouvelle Année |
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| 17. Si vous pouvez le rêver: If you can dream it |
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| 18. La gentillesse est un langage: Kindness is a language |
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