Sorting game
Breath planning for French sentences with figures and units
Plan French breath groups around percentages, units and comparisons while keeping each quantity intelligible in a written sorting exercise.
- C1
- 6 words to sort
- 2 boxes
- Tap to play
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In short
Keep the quantity with its unit and its comparison base. Rehearse une hausse de dix pour cent / sur un an rather than splitting dix / pour cent. A boundary can follow the complete number phrase when the next group supplies a period or contrast.
Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn
A listener needs to recover how much, of what and compared with when. The page uses slashes for optional rehearsal boundaries, not measured pauses. Decide which cuts preserve an intelligible quantity before practising the sentences aloud.
| Complete quantity group | Context that follows |
|---|---|
| vingt-cinq pour cent des répondants | au mois de mai |
| une distance de trois kilomètres | entre les deux sites |
| une hausse de deux points | par rapport à janvier |
| cent vingt personnes | dans le groupe étudié |
Tap a word, then the box it belongs in.
Do not change the unit while simplifying
Deux points and deux pour cent are not automatically interchangeable. A change from 20 % to 22 % is two percentage points; its relative increase is a different calculation. Keep the supplied unit in the spoken relay rather than replacing an unfamiliar phrase with a more familiar but different one.