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 |
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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 |