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French - Telephone numbers

French telephone-number conventions and numbers 0 to 99 are explained and then drilled through two translation exercises with a complete answer key.
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Updated Sep 06, 2021

Subject
Foreign Languages, French
Topic
telephone numbers, numbers
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What's inside this resource

In this worksheet you will practise using double digit numbers to give and understand telephone numbers in French. The numbers 0-99 are provided. There are 2 exercises (French to English and double-digits to French) and all necessary vocabulary is provided. Suitable for all levels of ability. Answers provided. 

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Students will read and produce French number words from 0 to 99.

  • Students will convert between French number words and digit form in the context of a ten-digit phone number.

  • Students will recognize French area-code conventions and national emergency numbers.

Teaching tips

  • Use the area-code and emergency-number explanation as a short cultural warm-up before starting the number drills.

  • Have students complete Exercise 1 and 2 on separate class days, since each contains twenty items and covers the full 0-99 range.

  • Check work against the printed answer key rather than assigning it as a graded assessment, since answers are visible in the same file.

Skills covered

  • French number vocabulary — students recall the French words for numbers 0 through 99 from a provided reference table.

  • Digit-to-word and word-to-digit translation — students convert ten-digit phone numbers between French number words and numeral form.

  • French phone-number formatting — students apply the convention of grouping digits into five two-digit pairs when writing out a number.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Why might a French phone number appear as only 9 digits instead of 10 in some contexts?

Because the leading zero of the area code is sometimes omitted, and it is also dropped entirely when dialing France from abroad using the +33 country code.

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Core concepts

  • French numbers

  • phone number conventions

  • vocabulary translation

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