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'

A3 partner A: L’impressionnisme est un mouvement artistique important. Son ...

A3 partner B: Mon professeur m’a expliqué l’importance du mouvement ...

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

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

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 sentences to the correct meaning of 'nous' used.

Which of these sentences require liaison?

Order the words to say: 'The photos of the celebration, I like them.'

Order the words to say: 'His parents explain the works to us.'

'Je ressemble __________ ma mère.'. Choose the correct missing word.

Order the words to say: 'a white chair and a white bed'.

Write in English: 'The festival will be exciting.'

Write in French: 'The firework display was beautiful.'

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

Lesson outcome