a word that goes before a noun to show ownership or belonging

replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb, e.g. me, you, it, them

replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is to me, for you, to them

used to emphasise the subject of a sentence, in comparisons, and after 'c'est'

Je m’assois en silence, le regard fasciné, toi, tu t’assois à côté, sans ...

Décris-moi une visite récente à un musée.

Quel est ton artiste préféré et pourquoi ?

Quelle peinture voudrais-tu voir et pourquoi ?

Un portrait coloré : extended speaking

French

Allons-y ! The imperative

Montréal, une ville francophone : the imperative

Une visite en ville : role-play

La diversité culturelle : regular present tense

Au Maroc : regular present tense verbs, present participle with 'en'

Au Maroc : read and respond to texts

Une équipe francophone : adjective agreement, making comparisons

Une équipe accomplie : present participle adjectives, comparatives, superlatives

Une sportive qui m'intéresse : extended writing

Une démocratie : creating nouns by adding -ion or -ation to the verb stem

Pourquoi voter ? Creating nouns by adding -teur or -ateur to the verb stem

Le conseil de la vie scolaire : extended speaking

Qu'en penses-tu ? Possessive adjectives, direct & indirect object pronouns

Un portrait francophone : possessive adjectives, emphatic pronouns

This cultural unit consolidates present tense regular verb patterns, adjectives and adverbs, possessive adjectives and a range of pronouns. In addition it further develops the imperative, including the nous form for 'let's + verb', and teaches the two uses of present participles.

Popular culture/Communication and the world around us: la culture francophone

Which elements should you include when describing a picture in French?

Match the French words to their English meanings.

Put the words in the correct order to make a grammatically accurate sentence using a direct object pronoun.

Which sentence is grammatically correct in French when using the verb donner?

Which of the following uses a direct object pronoun correctly?

Match the French colour to its English meaning.

What is the correct French word for “being”?

Translate this sentence into English: Assieds-toi sur la chaise.

Which of the following is an example of an emphatic pronoun used correctly?

Put the sentence parts in the correct order.

Match each French word to its correct English meaning.

Un portrait coloré : extended speaking

Lesson outcome