Stage 1 · A1
Level A1
Articles before a vowel — use it independently in context
Reuse French definite-article elision in complete sentences about places, movement and information.
1. Objective
By the end, you will use l’ spontaneously in complete sentences.
2. I discover
Complete, then read as one chunk: Je cherche ___ adresse de ___ hôtel.
3. I understand
In real production, elision should become automatic: Je cherche l’adresse de l’hôtel. L’école est près de la station. Choose the article together with the noun, without a pause between l’ and the word.
Je cherche l’adresse.L’hôtel est complet.L’école ouvre à huit heures.J’attends devant l’entrée.L’arrêt est ici.Voici l’heure du rendez-vous.
Watch out
In writing, the apostrophe is required: write l’hôtel, not l hôtel or le hôtel.
4. Guided practice
5. Independent practice
6. I write / I speak
Now apply the feature in three personal sentences and briefly justify each choice.
7. Check my learning
8. What I remember
In full sentences, write and pronounce l’ with the noun as one chunk: l’adresse, l’hôtel, l’école, l’arrêt.
9. Now I can…
- I can move from the rule to a real sentence.
- I can explain why my form is correct.
