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French terrace vocabulary: read and explore Salomé’s plants

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Explore a small terrace in French, then read an A1 scene about three plant pots. Practise colours, positions and the words arroser and arrosoir.

In short

Arroser means to water; un arrosoir is a watering can. Follow Salomé’s three pots: the yellow one moves under the table, the blue one is by the door, and the white one stays against the wall.

A small French terrace with an ochre plant pot under a table, a pale blue pot by the door and a white pot against the wall, green watering can.
A terrace gives arroser and un arrosoir a setting. Illustration: Atelier

Explore the terrace after Salomé moves the pot

A small sunny terrace viewed from above at a gentle angle. A blue plant pot stands beside an open glass door. A yellow plant pot sits in deep shade under a wood
Les trois pots de Salomé
  1. Salomé

    Salomé a trois plantes sur sa petite terrasse. Le pot bleu est près de la porte. Le pot jaune est sur la table. Le pot blanc est contre le mur. C’est un cadeau de sa sœur.

    Salomé has three plants on her small terrace. The blue pot is near the door. The yellow pot is on the table. The white pot is against the wall. It is a gift from her sister.

  2. Salomé

    Ce matin, Salomé déplace le pot jaune. Elle le met à l’ombre, sous la table. Puis elle prend son arrosoir et arrose la plante dans le pot bleu. Elle n’arrose pas les deux autres plantes.

    This morning, Salomé moves the yellow pot. She puts it in the shade, under the table. Then she takes her watering can and waters the plant in the blue pot. She does not water the other two plants.

  3. Salomé

    Son voisin regarde la terrasse. « Le pot blanc est joli ! » dit-il. Salomé sourit. Elle laisse ce pot contre le mur et pose son arrosoir à côté de la table.

    Her neighbour looks at the terrace. “The white pot is lovely!” he says. Salomé smiles. She leaves that pot against the wall and puts her watering can beside the table.

Three positions you can reuse
FrenchEnglishExample
suronLe pot est sur la table.
sousunderLe pot est sous la table.
contreagainstLe pot est contre le mur.
Question 1No account needed
Which pot changes position?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Le pot jaune. Salomé moves the yellow pot from the table to the shade underneath.

Question 2No account needed
Which plant receives water?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

La plante dans le pot bleu. The text says she waters the plant in the blue pot and leaves the other two.

Question 3No account needed
Who gave Salomé the white pot?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Her sister. The first paragraph identifies the white pot as a gift from her sister.

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