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Today we are looking into describing a town in French. This is important for your French GCSE exam. Here is a list of a few names of places that you can use to describe your town in French. At the end of this French lesson there will be a quizz in French, good luck 🙂
Describing a town in French
First of all you need to be able to say “there is” there are” there isn’t” and so on in French
Revision of there is in French
There is | There are | There isn’t | There aren’t |
Il y a un cinéma | Il y a des supermarchés | Il n’y a pas de bureau de poste | Il n’y a pas de cathédrales |
There is a cinema | There are supermarkets | There isn’t any post office | There aren’t any cathedrals |
Note : In front of a noun starting with a vowel, you drop the “e” and put an apostrophe, e.g.
Il n’y a pas d’aéroport / there isn’t any airport
16 names of city places in French
How do I describe a town in French ? 16 names of city places
1. un centre de loisirs
a leisure centre
2. un château
a castle
3. un marché
a market
4. un musée
a museum
5. un parc
a park
6. un stade
a stadium
7. un supermarché
a supermarket
8. un théâtre
a theatre
9. une bibliothèque
a library
10. une église
a church
11. une gare
a station
12. une mosquée
a mosque
13. un bureau de poste
a post office
14. des hôtels
hotels
15. des magasins
shops
16. un centre commercial
a shopping centre
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Here is the youtube short of describing a town in French
Matching game of describing a town in English
French Listening Comprehension



Here is a listening similar to the French GCSE listening at the exam. Tell me in the comments which places I am talking about. (3 marks) and I will let you know if you were right 🙂
French conversation
Qu’est qu’il y a dans ta ville ?
Dans ma ville, il y a …..
Would you like to describe your town in French ? Feel free to write a comment in the comment box
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