Vocabulary list

A French vocabulary notebook: a ready-to-copy town page

Build a French vocabulary notebook with articles, useful phrases and examples. Copy a town word list, explore picture cards and check your own entries.

In short

Give each notebook page a situation, such as “Getting around town”. Record the noun with its article, a useful phrase and one example; keep a small box for corrections. The page below is ready to copy.

Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn

A person walking towards a small French railway station with a bicycle parked beside the building, no clocks signs or writing.
Je vais à la gare à pied keeps a useful phrase together. Illustration: Atelier

How do you organise a French vocabulary notebook?

Notebook page 3 · Getting around town
FieldYour entry
Word and genderla gare · feminine
Meaningrailway station
Phrasealler à la gare
ExampleJe vais à la gare à pied.
Meaning of the exampleI’m walking to the station.
SourceAtelier A1 · En ville · Aller, venir et transport

For a verb, copy its partner words: aller à la gare, venir de la gare. For transport, keep the preposition inside the entry: en bus, à vélo, à pied. That gives you a phrase you can put straight into a sentence.

Places · where you are going

la garef.railway stationJe vais à la gare.
la postef.post officeLa poste est près de la gare.
la pharmacief.pharmacyJe vais à la pharmacie.
le muséem.museumNous allons au musée.
le parcm.parkLes enfants jouent au parc.
le marchém.marketJe viens du marché.

Transport · how you get there

le busm.busJe vais au travail en bus.
le vélom.bicycleElle va au marché à vélo.
la voituref.carIls viennent en voiture.
à piedon footNous allons au parc à pied.

Cover the labels and name the place or vehicle

A correction box that helps

  • Je vais en pied.Je vais à pied.

    Keep à pied together as one notebook entry.

  • Nous allons à le musée.Nous allons au musée.

    à + le becomes au. Copy the phrase beside le musée.

Add a short index: “Town · page 3; Food · page 4”. On the food page, an entry might be le pain → acheter du pain. Keep the article in the headword and the form you need in the phrase. Leave a little room for your next example.

Check your own notebook page

A self-review aid, not a grade. Ticks are not saved.

Question 1No account needed
Which entry helps you say “by bicycle” immediately?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

le vélo → à vélo. Le vélo → à vélo records both the noun’s article and the useful transport phrase.

Question 2No account needed
Complete the notebook example.Dimanche, nous allons ___ musée.

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

au. Musée is masculine, so à + le contracts to au.