article contracté in french exercises with answers

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- Not Grade Specific
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- 5
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- Preparation
- Print ready
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- French, Foreign Languages
- Topic
- french grammar, prepositions
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- Worksheets & Printables
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Introduction
I created this worksheet set to help my students practice French contracted articles in a simple and clear way. Many learners find it confusing when the prepositions à and de combine with the articles le and les to form au, aux, du, and des. Because these forms appear very often in everyday French, students need regular practice using them in sentences.
This activity pack gives learners several opportunities to review the rule and apply it through short grammar exercises. The questions are straightforward and focus on helping students recognize the correct contracted article and use it naturally in context.
Objective
The purpose of this resource is to help students understand how French contracted articles are formed and when they should be used. By completing the exercises, learners practice identifying the correct contraction and applying it in basic French sentences.
What’s Included
5 grammar exercises with 10 questions in each section
Sentence completion activities using au, aux, du, and des
Practice contracting à + le / les and de + le / les
Short grammar review tasks for reinforcement
A complete answer key for easy correction
Grades / Ages
This resource works well for Grades 4–7 or students who are beginning to learn French grammar.
Implementation Format
The file is provided as a printable PDF and is non-editable.
Teachers can use it for classroom practice, homework assignments, review lessons, or small group work. It also works well for tutoring or homeschool activities.
Answer Key
An answer key is included so teachers or students can quickly check the answers.
File Type
PDF (Non-editable)
Number of Pages
9 pages
License
This resource is intended for personal or single-classroom use.
Tags
French grammar worksheet, articles contractés, French contractions au aux du des, FLE grammar practice, beginner French worksheet, French language printable, French grammar activity
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students select the correct contracted article (au, aux, du or des) based on the gender and number of the following noun.
Students convert an uncontracted preposition-plus-article phrase (à le, à les, de le, de les) into its contracted form.
Students apply the contraction rule inside full sentences, not only in isolated phrases.
Teaching tips
Work through the "Contract the Articles" equation page before the sentence-based pages, since it isolates the rule from full-sentence context.
Use the multiple-choice "Choose the Correct Article" page as a lower-stakes checkpoint before assigning the open-response fill-in-the-blank pages.
Keep the answer key on hand for self-checking, since all six sections reuse the same small set of everyday nouns.
Skills covered
Contracted article formation — students convert à/de + le/les into au, aux, du or des across four different exercise formats.
Grammar pattern application in context — students apply the same contraction rule inside full sentences (Je vais ___ marché) rather than only isolated phrases.
Multiple-choice discrimination — students choose between au/aux and du/des pairs based on the noun that follows.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Do the six exercise sections reuse the same vocabulary, or introduce new words each time?
They reuse a small, consistent set of everyday nouns — parc, magasin, cinéma, bureau, voisins, professeurs — across all six sections, so the focus stays on the article contraction rather than new vocabulary.
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