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3 – Les vacances

3.1 – Les continents et pays

Vocabulaire: 3.1 – Les continents et pays

1. Préparation

In chapter 1, we learned that nouns are always either masculin or feminin (review the grammatical gender lesson here if needed).

The names of countries and continents also have a grammatical gender, and you can easily determine their gender simply by looking at the final letter!

→ Look at the list below. What is the rule to determine the grammatical gender of a country or continent? (Hint: le Mexique is the only exception).

See the “Focus on” activities below for the answer.

2. Read and Listen

Read and click on each recording to hear the pronunciation of the vocabulary.

continents, pays, continents, countries
un continent continent
un pays country
l’Afrique (f) Africa
le Maroc Morocco
le Sénégal Senegal
la Tunisie Tunisia
l’Amérique du Nord (f) North America
le Canada Canada
les Etats-Unis United States
le Mexique Mexico
l’Amérique du Sud (f) South America
la Guyane française French Guyana
l’Asie (f) Asia
la Chine China
le Japon Japan
le Vietnam Vietnam
l’Océanie (f) Oceania (the South Sea Islands)
l’Australie (f) Australia
l’Europe (f) Europe
l’Allemagne (f) Germany
l’Angleterre (f) England
la Belgique Belgium
l’Espagne (f) Spain
la France France
l’Italie (f) Italy
la Suisse Switzerland

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