Juxtaposition and coordination

Link words or clauses with French coordinating conjunctions according to the intended logical relationship.

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: phrase-simple-complexeValidation threshold: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will choose a simple coordinating conjunction to link two ideas without changing their meaning.

2. I discover

Compare: Il travaille. Il écoute de la musique. → Il travaille et il écoute de la musique. Which word links the two clauses?

3. I understand

Coordination links words, phrases or clauses of the same level with conjunctions such as mais, ou, et, donc, or, ni, car. Je travaille et j’écoute de la musique. Il veut venir mais il est malade.

Paul lit et écrit.Je viens mais je repars tôt.Tu prends le bus ou le tram ?Il pleut donc je prends un parapluie.Je ne bois ni café ni thé.Je reste car je travaille.

Watch out

Choose the conjunction from the meaning: et adds, mais contrasts, ou offers a choice, donc gives a consequence, car gives a reason.

4. Guided practice

5. Independent practice

6. I write / I speak

Produce three new sentences that use the target feature precisely, then explain what you applied.

7. Check my learning

8. What I remember

Coordination: et (addition), mais (contrast), ou (choice), donc (consequence), ni (negative pairing), car (reason).

9. Now I can…

I can recognise the feature in a new example.
I can reuse it in a meaningful sentence.