French listening practice with transcript and grammar notes
If you’re under the impression that the French hate to work, you’ll be surprised by the data shared here. This video is full of numbers and includes interactive subtitles (click any word for translation and more).
Video courtesy of France 24.
Linguistic features added by Lawless French Immersion (Ilini). Supplementary materials for students and teachers (quizzes, puzzles, hand-outs…) are available at LF Immersion: Do the French like to work?
Listening comprehension
Expression
Vocabulary
Grammar
- leur travail – possessive adjective
- 82 % à le penser – direct objects
- 39 % continueraient, Beaucoup aimeraient – conditional
- s’ils gagnaient – imperfect
- dont 33 % – relative pronouns
- leur emploi s’accorde, un lieu où se créent – pronominal verbs
- ils ne peuvent pas s’y atteler, 3 sur 4 déclarent s’y faire – pronominal verbs + adverbial pronoun y
- 36 % affirment avoir déjà fait – past infinitive
- 13 % y ont trouvé – adverbial pronoun y
- 13 % y ont trouvé – passé composé
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