3. C’est l’heure. (It’s time.)

Summary

In Module 3, you learned how to talk about time, events, daily activities, weather, and basic information questions. You began by learning how to ask and tell the time with Quelle heure est-il ?, how to use expressions such as et quart, et demie, moins, midi, and minuit, and how to say when something happens with à + time.

You also learned how to ask when events occur using quand, à quelle heure, and quel jour. You practiced talking about classes, meetings, exams, appointments, and other events with simple time expressions such as lundi à deux heures, vendredi à midi, and le quinze juin.

You then expanded your ability to talk about daily life with regular -er verbs such as parler, étudier, travailler, écouter, regarder, manger, aimer, and habiter. You learned how to conjugate regular -er verbs in the present tense and use them to describe everyday actions.

You also studied the verb faire, which is used to talk about doing, making, activities, sports, and weather. You learned expressions such as faire les devoirs, faire du sport, faire de la musculation, il fait beau, il fait froid, il pleut, and il neige.

Finally, you learned how to ask information questions using est-ce que and inversion, and you practiced placing adjectives before or after nouns. You reviewed that most adjectives come after the noun, while some common adjectives such as petit, grand, bon, beau, nouveau, and vieux often come before the noun.

By the end of Module 3, you should be able to ask and tell time, say when events happen, talk about daily activities, use regular -er verbs, use faire in common expressions, ask information questions, and describe people, places, and things with more detail.

Module 4 will build on these skills by helping you talk more about yourself and other people. You will review how to introduce yourself, greet others, ask someone’s age and origin, use articles, and talk about daily activities with regular and irregular verbs. You will also learn how to ask what someone does for a living and in their free time, use family member terms, express possession with possessive articles, talk about movement with aller and (re)venir, use geographical prepositions, and situate events in the recent past and near future.