Copy of Week 14 Day 4: Expressing Objectives and Vocabulary About Flowers
We have two things to discuss today:
- How to express objectives
- Vocabulary about flowers
Now let’s start with the first topic. There are so many types of conjunctions and linking words in French, so it would not be easy to memorize them all without a strategy. To facilitate your learning, we have divided them into small lessons with clear objectives. So, talking about objectives, today’s lesson will teach you all the things you need to talk about your plans and objectives.
The first thing to think about is that your objective might be well-defined, but it is still not realized yet. Therefore, you will need a subjunctive mood for a subordinating clause that expresses the objective.
Listen to Week 14 Day 4 Track 1
Example: Il m’a donné des conseils pour que je puisse réussir l’examen. He gave me some advice so that I can succeed on the exam.
- The first category of expression to express an objective is that of conjunctions that are followed by a subjunctive mood (conj + que + subjunctive)
- pour que, afin que (in order to)
Le professeur l’a puni afin qu’il ne fasse plus la même faute.
The teacher punished him so that he will not make the same mistake again.
- de peur que, de crainte que (fearing that)
J’ai levé les mains de peur qu’il ne tire.
I put my hands up, fearing that he might shoot.
- de sorte que, de façon que, de manière que (so that)
Je travaille de façon que ma famille ait assez d’argent pour survivre.
I work so that my family can have enough money to survive.
Speaking Practice 1
- In French, the subordinating clause is used only if the main clause and the subordinating clause have different subjects. In other words, if you have only one subject, you need to use the structure conjunction + infinitive.
Listen to Week 14 Day 4 Track 2
- pour, afin (so that)
Il révise pour pouvoir réussir l’examen. (He studies so that he can succeed on the exam.)
- de peur de, de crainte de (for fear that, lest)
Je prends un taxi de peur d’être en retard. (I take a taxi for fear that I could be late.)
- de sorte à, de façon à, de manière à (so that, so as to)
Il a toujours son Kindle de façon à pouvoir lire les romans quand il le veut. (He always has his Kindle so that he can read novels whenever he wants.)
- en vue de, dans l’intention de (in preparation for, in an attempt to)
Il suit des cours en vue d’obtenir un diplôme. (He takes classes in preparation for a diploma.)
Speaking Practice 2
Dialogue:
For the second topic today, we will discuss flowers — not only the nouns by which flowers are called, but also some related idioms and phrases.
Let’s start with the vocabulary first.
Speaking Practice 3
Next, we have some common expressions to talk about flowers (the literal translation is provided in the bracket):
Dialogue:
A Quick Recap of this Lesson-
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Sharpen Your Knowledge with Exercises
Exercise 1
Choose the right connection words.
Exercise 2
Answer the questions about the dialogue:
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Find the names of flowers in the crossword below:
Exercise 6
Answer the questions about the dialogue: