a word that describes and usually agrees in number and gender with a noun or pronoun

an example of a common group of -ir verbs, meaning ‘to choose’

an example of a common group of -ir verbs, meaning ‘to leave’

B1 - 1 Elles partent en vacances à Paris chaque été.

B1 - 2 Il sort très tôt de l’hôtel pour visiter l’église.

B1 - 3 Ils choisissent de rester près du centre de Paris.

B1 - 4 Elle réussit à acheter des billets pour le voyage sur la rivière.

B1 - 5 Il réfléchit à l'histoire de Paris.

B1 - 6 Elles nourrissent les animaux au parc.

B1 - 7 Il dort toute la journée après le voyage.

C2 conversation - Quel endroit touristique choisis-tu ?

C2 conversation - Je choisis le pont Valentré à Cahors.

C2 conversation - Pourquoi ?

C2 conversation - Parce que j’aime les ponts ! Je réfléchis à l’histoire ...

C2 conversation - Tu voyages comment pour arriver au pont ?

C2 conversation - Je pars de l’hôtel à pied à huit heures du matin. 

On part pour la France : -ir verbs like 'choisir' and 'partir', adjectives

French

Des endroits touristiques : -ir verbs like 'venir', position of adjectives

Au château de Versailles : -ir verbs like 'ouvrir' (singular)

Une visite scolaire : -ir verbs like 'ouvrir' (plural)

Des monuments historiques : 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas'

Des monuments commémoratifs : contraction of definite article after 'à'

Un nouvel élève : yes/no questions with inversion, intonation and 'est-ce que'

Une nouvelle vie en France : liaison, questions, jouer à/de, negation

Une nouvelle vie en France : negation

On organise des visites : reflexive pronouns, direct object pronouns

Ça ne vous intéresse pas ? Direct object pronouns, negation

On va à un concert : direct object pronouns, reflexive pronouns and negation

In this unit, pupils re-examine verbs like choisir, partir and venir in the present, and add to this verbs like ouvrir. They revisit questions, pre-nominal adjectives, contraction of articles after à and de, and expand knowledge of negation. A further focus is the use of direct object pronouns.

Communication and the world around us: 'La France est belle !'

Match these adjectives to their English translations.  

What is added to the adjectives 'beau' and 'nouveau' to make their masculine plural form?

Match the verb endings for verbs like 'choisir' to the correct pronouns. 

In which of the following verbs do we hear the [s] or [ss] sound?

For verbs like 'partir', which letters do we remove to form the stem for the 'je', 'tu' and 'il/elle/on' forms?

Fill in the gaps in the following sentence: 'Je __________ (choose) le théâtre parce que j’aime les bâtiments qui sont __________ (beautiful) et __________ (old).'

Match these places in a town to their English translations. 

Which letter is normally added to an adjective to make it feminine?

In which of the words below is the [s] or [ss] a soft sound?

Match these adjectives to their gender and number description. 

Match these verbs to their English translations. 

Make the noun, verb and adjective in the following sentence plural: 'Le magasin est petit.' (The shop is small.)

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

On part pour la France : -ir verbs like 'choisir' and 'partir', adjectives

Lesson outcome

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.