Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes
Learn core French cardinal numbers like cent (hundred), mille (thousand), and million (million), including plural rules: cent adds 's' except before another number, mille is invariable, and million takes 's' in plural.
- Cent takes an "s" in the plural unless it is followed by another number.
- Mille is always invariable: never an "s".
- Million takes an "s" in the plural: deux millions.
| Nombre (Number) | Singulier (Singular) |
|---|---|
| 100 | Cent (One hundred) |
| 200 | Deux cents (Two hundred) |
| 201 | Deux cent un (Two hundred and one) |
| 1 000 | Mille (Thousand) |
| 2 000 | Deux mille (Two thousand) |
| 1 000 000 | Un million (One million) |
| 2 000 000 | Deux millions (Two million) |
| 1 000 000 000 | Un milliard (One billion) |
| 2 000 000 000 | Deux milliards (Two billion) |
Exercise 1: Chiffres cardinaux, nombres cardinaux: "Cent, Mille, Million"
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
millions, cent, cent un, mille, million
1.
101:
Je veux ... euros.
(I want one hundred and one euros.)
2.
1 000:
Je dois écrire tous les nombres jusqu'à ....
(I have to write all the numbers up to a thousand.)
3.
100:
Il doit compter jusqu'à ....
(He has to count up to one hundred.)
4.
1 000:
Nous avons besoin de ... Français.
(We need a thousand French people.)
5.
10 000:
Ils vivent dans une ville de dix ... habitants.
(They live in a town of ten thousand inhabitants.)
6.
100:
Il y a ... habitants dans la ville.
(There are one hundred inhabitants in the town.)
7.
1 000 000:
Nous avons ... d'euros.
(We have a million euros.)
8.
4 000 000:
Elle a quatre ... d'euros par an.
(She has four million euros per year.)
Exercise 2: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. J'ai compté ____ pommes dans le panier.
(I counted ____ apples in the basket.)2. Il y a ____ élèves dans cette classe.
(There are ____ students in this class.)3. Nous avons ____ euros pour acheter les matériaux.
(We have ____ euros to buy the materials.)4. Elle a gagné ____ d'euros à la loterie.
(She won ____ euros in the lottery.)5. ____ personnes ont répondu à l'invitation.
(____ people responded to the invitation.)6. Il y a ____ étudiants dans cette université.
(There are ____ students in this university.)
