Stage 3 · A2
Level A2
ou or où?
Distinguish choice conjunction ou from place-related où in questions and relative clauses.
1. Objective
By the end, you will distinguish ou and où through the meanings of choice and place.
2. I discover
Compare: Tu veux du thé ou du café? / Où est le café? In which sentence can you say ou bien?
3. I understand
ou without an accent is a choice conjunction: thé ou café? où with an accent refers to place or appears in place questions: Où habites-tu? la ville où je travaille. Test: if ou bien works, use ou.
thé ou café ?bus ou tram ?Où habites-tu ?Où est la gare ?la ville où je travaillel’endroit où nous mangeons
Watch out
The accent does not change the pronunciation of ou/où; it distinguishes their function in writing.
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
ou = choice → test with ou bien. où = place → où? / le lieu où…
9. Now I can…
- I can move from the rule to a real sentence.
- I can explain why my form is correct.
