relationship between letters and their sounds, also known by the acronym SSC

body of words used in a particular language; mon vocabulaire (my vocabulary) is the body of words I know in French

verb used most frequently in a language and therefore the most useful, e.g. 'être', 'avoir', 'faire', and -er verbs, e.g. 'parler', 'penser', 'regarder'

B1 - 1 bleu, jaune, rouge

B1 - 2 la, les, le

B1 - 3 le médecin, la professeure, le chanteur

B1 - 4 et, mais, ou

B1 - 5 le ménage, la cuisine, les devoirs

B1 - 6 l’ordinateur, le tableau, la règle

B1 - 7 onze, neuf, cinq

B1 - 8 lire, écrire, étudier

Family: extended practice

French

What people do: 'faire' 1st and 2nd persons plural

What people do: 'faire' 3rd persons singular and plural

Belongings: possessive adjectives 'mon', 'ma', 'mes' and 'ton', 'ta', 'tes'

In this unit, pupils expand their core verb lexicon with plural forms of 'faire'. With existing and new high frequency vocabulary, they apply this to say what people do in everyday situations. They learn some possessive adjectives and revisit intonation questions. Several SSC are revisited.

Everyday situations: plural 'faire'

Tick any sound-spelling correspondences in the sentence 'Il fait les devoirs dans le jardin.'

pronouncing a usually silent consonant when it is followed by a vowel

Choose the correct definition for 'mon vocabulaire'.

Put the phrases in order in French 'there is, a house, when, okay, difficult, for, a present'.

Match the subjects with the high frequency verbs.

Tick any of the sound-symbol correspondences that appear in the sentence, 'Mon ordinateur est rapide mais cher.'

Tick any examples of the indefinite article.

Order the translation, I like going shopping and every week I do the food shopping.

Exit Quiz

Tick any sound-spelling correspondences in the sentence 'Il fait les devoirs dans le jardin.'