part of the verb that appears in all forms

Explanation - La politique t’intéresse beaucoup, papa, n’est-ce pas ? Ah oui ...

Explanation - Le système politique joue un rôle central ...

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

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

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

Un portrait coloré : extended speaking

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

Match the sound with the correct French word.

French nouns ending in -ion and -ation are ...

Order the words to say: 'There is a protest so I am going to protest'.

Which word is not a cognate or near-cognate in French?

Order the words to say: 'the day is calm and the city is empty'.

Write in French: 'the book interests me a lot'.

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

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