1. En bonne santé?
3 Grammaire
Avoir et être
Être is the verb which normally means “to be”
in English:
Avoir is the verb which normally means “to
have” in English:
Expo 3
Feuille 3.1
Je suis malade. = I am ill. J’ai mal à la tête. = I have a headache.
Tu es fatigué. = You are tired. Tu as un frère. = You have a brother.
But sometimes in French they are used the other way round:
Il est enrhumé. = He has a cold. Il a 14 ans. = He is 14.
Il a soif. = He is thirsty.
A Avoir or être? Fill in the missing verbs in these6sentences.
1 Tu froid? Elle enrhumée.
2 Elle faim. 7 Il les cheveux longs.
3 Je grand. 8 Elle anglaise.
4 Tu fatigué. 9 J’ mal à la jambe.
5 Elle soif. 10 Tu chaud.
B Make up six different sentences using the words in the boxes.
Tu a froid
Il suis enrhumé
Je est malade
Elle ai de la fièvre
On es la grippe
J’ as fatiguée
C Translatehungry.sentences into French.
1 She is
these
2 I have a sore foot.
3 I am thirsty.
4 You are ill.
5 She is 13.
6 He has a cold.
7 I am hot.
8 We (on) are hungry.
9 He is cold.
10 You are tired.
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2. En bonne santé?
3 Grammaire
Avoir et être
Être is the verb which normally means “to be”
in English:
Avoir is the verb which normally means “to
have” in English:
Expo 3
Feuille 3.1
Je suis malade. = I am ill. J’ai mal à la tête. = I have a headache.
Tu es fatigué. = You are tired. Tu as un frère. = You have a brother.
But sometimes in French they are used the other way round:
Il est enrhumé. = He has a cold. Il a 14 ans. = He is 14.
Il a soif. = He is thirsty.
A Avoir or être? Fill in the missing verbs in these6sentences.
1 Tu froid? Elle enrhumée.
2 Elle faim. 7 Il les cheveux longs.
3 Je grand. 8 Elle anglaise.
4 Tu fatigué. 9 J’ mal à la jambe.
5 Elle soif. 10 Tu chaud.
B Make up six different sentences using the words in the boxes.
Tu a froid
Il suis enrhumé
Je est malade
Elle ai de la fièvre
On es la grippe
J’ as fatiguée
C Translatehungry.sentences into French.
1 She is
these
2 I have a sore foot.
3 I am thirsty.
4 You are ill.
5 She is 13.
6 He has a cold.
7 I am hot.
8 We (on) are hungry.
9 He is cold.
10 You are tired.
49 quarante-neuf
Expo 3 © Harcourt Education Limited 2005

3. En bonne santé?
3 Grammaire
Avoir et être
Être is the verb which normally means “to be”
in English:
Avoir is the verb which normally means “to
have” in English:
Expo 3
Feuille 3.1
Je suis malade. = I am ill. J’ai mal à la tête. = I have a headache.
Tu es fatigué. = You are tired. Tu as un frère. = You have a brother.
But sometimes in French they are used the other way round:
Il est enrhumé. = He has a cold. Il a 14 ans. = He is 14.
Il a soif. = He is thirsty.
A Avoir or être? Fill in the missing verbs in these6sentences.
1 Tu froid? Elle enrhumée.
2 Elle faim. 7 Il les cheveux longs.
3 Je grand. 8 Elle anglaise.
4 Tu fatigué. 9 J’ mal à la jambe.
5 Elle soif. 10 Tu chaud.
B Make up six different sentences using the words in the boxes.
Tu a froid
Il suis enrhumé
Je est malade
Elle ai de la fièvre
On es la grippe
J’ as fatiguée
C Translatehungry.sentences into French.
1 She is
these
2 I have a sore foot.
3 I am thirsty.
4 You are ill.
5 She is 13.
6 He has a cold.
7 I am hot.
8 We (on) are hungry.
9 He is cold.
10 You are tired.
49 quarante-neuf
Expo 3 © Harcourt Education Limited 2005

4. En bonne santé?
3 Grammaire
Avoir et être
Être is the verb which normally means “to be”
in English:
Avoir is the verb which normally means “to
have” in English:
Expo 3
Feuille 3.1
Je suis malade. = I am ill. J’ai mal à la tête. = I have a headache.
Tu es fatigué. = You are tired. Tu as un frère. = You have a brother.
But sometimes in French they are used the other way round:
Il est enrhumé. = He has a cold. Il a 14 ans. = He is 14.
Il a soif. = He is thirsty.
A Avoir or être? Fill in the missing verbs in these6sentences.
1 Tu froid? Elle enrhumée.
2 Elle faim. 7 Il les cheveux longs.
3 Je grand. 8 Elle anglaise.
4 Tu fatigué. 9 J’ mal à la jambe.
5 Elle soif. 10 Tu chaud.
B Make up six different sentences using the words in the boxes.
Tu a froid
Il suis enrhumé
Je est malade
Elle ai de la fièvre
On es la grippe
J’ as fatiguée
C Translatehungry.sentences into French.
1 She is
these
2 I have a sore foot.
3 I am thirsty.
4 You are ill.
5 She is 13.
6 He has a cold.
7 I am hot.
8 We (on) are hungry.
9 He is cold.
10 You are tired.
49 quarante-neuf
Expo 3 © Harcourt Education Limited 2005