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Grade 5 · Core French · Unit 2 of 8

Sounds and accents

Letters, accents, nasal vowels

What your child practises

French sounds (including nasal vowels), accents (é, è, ê, ç) and silent letters.

BC Curriculum learning standard: The French alphabet; French phonemes, including diphthongs and nasal vowels

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which spelling is correct?

    • été
    • étè
    • ete
    Show answer

    été

    Hint: French spelling follows patterns. Accents change the letter's sound or show the word's history, so they must be written.

  2. Question 2

    Which spelling is correct?

    • forêt
    • forèt
    • forét
    Show answer

    forêt

    Hint: French spelling follows patterns. Accents change the letter's sound or show the word's history, so they must be written.

  3. Question 3

    Which word has a cédille (ç)?

    • garage
    • garçon
    • chat
    Show answer

    garçon

    Hint: French spelling follows patterns. Accents change the letter's sound or show the word's history, so they must be written.

  4. Question 4

    In «jaune», the letter «j» sounds like…

    • the s in “measure”
    • the y in “yes”
    • the j in “jump”
    Show answer

    the s in “measure”

    Hint: French spelling follows patterns. Accents change the letter's sound or show the word's history, so they must be written.

  5. Question 5

    Which word has a nasal vowel, like the «on» in «bon»?

    • bon
    • bol
    • bal
    Show answer

    bon

    Hint: French spelling follows patterns. Accents change the letter's sound or show the word's history, so they must be written.

  6. Question 6

    In «ville», the final «e» is…

    • silent
    • pronounced like ee
    • pronounced like ay
    Show answer

    silent

    Hint: Many final letters in French are not pronounced.

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