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French countries and prepositions worksheet with answers for French A1 (free PDF download)

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Quick answer: In French, the preposition before a place depends on its type: à with cities (à Dakar), en with feminine countries or countries starting with a vowel (en Italie), au with masculine countries (au Canada) and aux with plural ones (aux États-Unis). For French A1 students practising French countries and prepositions, this worksheet gives 20 problems from easy to hard: cities with à, feminine countries with en and masculine countries with au. The answer key is on a separate page, and the worksheet is a free printable PDF.

This worksheet trains the sentences an adult learner needs when meeting people from other countries: where you live, where you work, where you are from, and which languages you speak. The first problems drill the prepositions in isolation, the last ones ask for short guided writing.

It matches CEFR A1 spoken production. Check gender (le, la, l’, les) before you pick à, en, au or aux, and remember that adjectives of nationality change with the speaker.

Level: French A1 (CEFR beginner) · Standards: CEFR A1, Spoken production

Problem 1 Cities with à ★★★

Complete with à or au.

  1. Je travaille ___ Lyon.
  2. Nous habitons ___ Casablanca.
  3. Ils sont ___ Genève.

Problem 2 Feminine countries with en ★★★

Complete with en.

  1. Elle habite ___ Tunisie.
  2. Il travaille ___ Allemagne.
  3. Nous sommes ___ Belgique.

Problem 3 Masculine countries with au ★★★

Complete with au.

  1. Je vis ___ Sénégal.
  2. Ils habitent ___ Danemark.
  3. Elle étudie ___ Japon.

Problem 4 Choose the preposition ★★★

Choose the correct word.

  1. Je travaille (en / au / aux) Canada.
  2. Il habite (en / au / aux) États-Unis.
  3. Elle vit (en / au / à) Italie.

Problem 5 Match country and nationality ★★★

Match each country with a man’s nationality.

  1. l’Espagne
  2. le Maroc
  3. l’Italie
  4. le Sénégal

A. italien B. sénégalais C. espagnol D. marocain

Problem 6 Feminine forms ★★★

Write the feminine form.

  1. brésilien
  2. allemand
  3. japonais
  4. belge

Problem 7 Languages with parler ★★★

Complete with parle, parlez or parlons.

  1. Je ___ français et anglais.
  2. Vous ___ arabe ?
  3. Nous ___ portugais à la maison.

Problem 8 Label the map ★★★

A simple map with three labeled dots: Dakar, Lisbonne and MontréalMontréalLisbonneDakar
Three cities on a simple map.

Say where each person lives: Manon (Montréal, le Canada), Rui (Lisbonne, le Portugal), Fatou (Dakar, le Sénégal). Write two sentences each, with the city and the country.

Problem 9 Fill in with the right preposition ★★★

Complete with à, en, au or aux.

  1. Mes parents vivent ___ Pays-Bas.
  2. Elle a une réunion ___ Bruxelles.
  3. Il est en vacances ___ Mexique.
  4. Nous allons ___ Autriche.

Problem 10 Say where you come from ★★★

Rewrite with venir de / du / des.

  1. Il habite au Canada. → Il vient ___.
  2. Elle habite en Suisse. → Elle vient ___.
  3. Ils habitent aux États-Unis. → Ils viennent ___.

Problem 11 Complete the nationality ★★★

Complete with the correct nationality adjective.

  1. Carla est née à Naples. Elle est ___.
  2. Yann est né à Bruxelles. Il est ___.
  3. Mei vit à Pékin. Elle est ___.

Problem 12 Correct the mistake ★★★

Rewrite each sentence correctly.

  1. Je suis en Brésil.
  2. Elle parle Français.
  3. Il habite à France.

Problem 13 Translate into French ★★★

Translate.

  1. I live in Portugal.
  2. She works in Montréal.
  3. He is from Morocco.
  4. They speak Spanish.

Problem 14 Translate into English ★★★

Translate.

  1. Nous venons du Mali, mais nous habitons à Lille.
  2. Elle parle un peu allemand.
  3. Ils sont d’Algérie.

Problem 15 Coming back from ★★★

Complete with de, d’, du or des.

  1. Karim revient ___ Algérie.
  2. Nous rentrons ___ Japon.
  3. Elles arrivent ___ Lyon.
  4. Tu reviens ___ Philippines ?

Problem 16 Read the profile ★★★

Read, then answer in English.

Je m’appelle Ibrahima. Je viens du Mali, mais j’habite en France, à Toulouse. Je suis technicien. Je parle français, bambara et un peu anglais. Ma femme est portugaise et elle travaille au Luxembourg.

  1. Where does Ibrahima live?
  2. Which languages does he speak?
  3. What is his wife’s nationality, and where does she work?

Problem 17 Prepare a conference badge ★★★

A conference badge with name Selma Okafor, city Lagos, country Nigeria and languagesSelma OkaforVille : Lagos — Pays : le NigeriaLangues : anglais, igbo, français
Badge at an international meeting.

Write four sentences in French to present Selma: where she lives, where she comes from, her nationality and her languages.

Problem 18 Compare two people ★★★

Write four sentences comparing Aurélie (from Rennes, lives in Lausanne, speaks French and German) and Kofi (from Accra, lives in Abidjan, speaks English and French).

Problem 19 Write about your journey ★★★

Write 5 sentences in French about a trip you made or want to make: three countries with the correct preposition, one city with à, one language you will need.

Problem 20 Rewrite in the plural ★★★

Rewrite with nous.

Je suis tunisien, j’habite à Nice et je parle arabe et français.

See the French Countries And Prepositions worksheet answer key

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