French Indirect Object Pronouns – 20-Sentence Sheet

Students rewrite French sentences by replacing an indirect-object phrase with a pronoun. Use the key to discuss both pronoun choice and position.
Grades
Grades 7–12
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2
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Updated Oct 10, 2021

Subject
Foreign Languages, French
Topic
Pronouns worksheet, French pronouns
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French Indirect Object Pronouns Worksheet - Complément d'Objet Indirect

Rewrite the 20 sentences using the underlined phrase or parenthetical cue to choose an indirect-object pronoun. Exercise focuses on all indirect object pronouns: me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Students will identify the indirect-object phrase in a French sentence (e.g., "à Mme Ledoigt," "pour toi").

  • Students will replace that phrase with the correct indirect object pronoun (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur) based on person and number.

  • Students will correctly place the pronoun before the conjugated verb or infinitive it modifies.

Teaching tips

  • Model the verb and recipient construction in selected examples before assigning the sheet. Do not present every pour + person phrase as automatically replaceable by an indirect-object pronoun.

  • Have students self-check with the answer key sentence-by-sentence rather than all at once, since pronoun choice (lui vs. leur, te vs. vous) depends on carefully reading number and person in each sentence.

  • Use item 7 or 8, where the indirect object is already given in parentheses rather than fully written out, as a quick check for whether students can still identify the correct pronoun from an abbreviated cue.

Skills covered

  • Indirect object identification — students locate the à/pour + person phrase functioning as the indirect object in each sentence.

  • Pronoun selection — students choose the correct indirect object pronoun (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur) based on the person and number of the noun it replaces.

  • Sentence rewriting — students correctly place the chosen pronoun before the verb in a grammatically complete French sentence.

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What should students identify before rewriting?

Have them identify the verb and the phrase being replaced, then choose the pronoun and position it in the sentence.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Indirect object pronouns (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur)

  • À/pour + person phrases

  • Pronoun placement before the verb

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