refers to parts of things; often means 'some' in English

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B - 1 J'achète du fromage, du pain et du poisson

B - 2 Mon sport préféré est la natation.

B - 3 Le fromage coûte 4€.

B - 4 Je fais du travail le week-end

B - 5 Il pèse le poisson.

C - 1 À la fromagerie, il achète du fromage.

C - 2 À la poissonnerie, il achète du poisson.

C - 3 À la boulangerie, il achète un pain.

C - 4 À la pizzeria, il achète une pizza.

C - 5 Au marché, il achète un fruit.

C - 6 Au café-glacier, il achète de la glace.

C - 7 À la pâtisserie, il achète un gâteau.

C - 8 À la chocolaterie, il achète du chocolat.

Food shopping: partitive articles 'du, de la, de l', des'

French

Where is that? prepositions with 'de'

Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de'

Shopping and other activities: 'faire' and 'de', questions with 'quels, quelles'

Food and drink: 'boire' singular, write about own eating routines

Food and drink: definite and partitive articles

When, where and how? Singular verbs like 'sortir', 'venir', adverb placement

What is it like? Singular verbs like 'dire' and 'prendre', adjectives

A typical day: perfect tense, 'jouer', 'faire', jobs

A typical day: partitive, liaison, perfect tense questions

A typical week: writing a longer text

A typical week: conversation

Pupils embed irregular -ir and -re verbs. They distinguish between jouer à, jouer de and faire de, and practise 'de' as a partitive article (du, de la, des, de l'). They use de, d in negatives, expressions of quantity and learn adverb positioning. SSCs -s-, th, -ill-, -ille, -aill-, -ail are taught.

Everyday activities: preposition 'de', partitive, frequent -IR and -RE verbs

Put the sentence 'There's (some) pizza on the table' into the correct order in French.

Which drink in French helps us remember the [th] sound?

Match the partitive articles with the nouns.

Translate 'he's buying (some) cake' into French.

Put the numbers in ascending order (smallest to biggest).

Put the sentence 'I am Swiss, I live in Switzerland' in the correct order in French.

What is the feminine form of 'hard working' in French?

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