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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
Watch the video
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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