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In this unit, pupils revisit and consolidate prior grammar learning, known vocabulary and sounds of the language. They specifically revisit articles, gender and number, possessive adjectives, il y a, il n'y a pas de and the French alphabet.

Say and write new words in French: gender, nouns, alphabet

In this unit, pupils revisit 'être', 'avoir', intonation and inversion questions. The question structure 'est-ce que' is introduced. Feminine adjective agreement and feminine noun formation rules are extended. Liaison with 'h' and stress syllabification are introduced, and s-liaison revisited.

Jobs: 'avoir' and 'être', feminine nouns

Pupils revisit -er verbs and question words with 'est-ce que in contrast to intonation and inversion questions. They learn numbers 13-31, use the pronoun 'on' meaning 'people, you, one'. Possessive adjectives now include son,sa,ses and notre,nos. The SSCs em,am, aim,im and om are practised.

Celebrations and festivals: numbers, dates, 'on' in present tense

In this unit, knowledge of -er verbs in the present tense is embedded, and intonation and inversion questions with and without question words are revisited. Pupils contrast present and perfect tenses with 'avoir' for -er verbs, faire and dire. The SSCs um,un and -gn- are taught.

Everyday life: -ER verbs in the present and past

The perfect tense with 'avoir' for -er verbs, faire and dire is extended for all singular forms. Intonation and 'est-ce que' questions and negation in the present and perfect tenses are practised, and  'il y a' is contrasted with 'il y avait'. Open eu,oeu, open o and closed o,ô  are taught.

Past experiences: -ER verbs in the present and past

Pupils embed irregular -ir and -re verbs. They distinguish between jouer à, jouer de and faire de, and practise 'de' as a partitive article (du, de la, des, de l'). They use de, d in negatives, expressions of quantity and learn adverb positioning. SSCs -s-, th, -ill-, -ille, -aill-, -ail are taught.

Everyday activities: preposition 'de', partitive, frequent -IR and -RE verbs

Here pupils extend their knowledge of -ir verbs like sortir and venir and add verbs like choisir in all forms. The formal 'vous' and 'on' and the present tense with future meaning give pupils more options to talk with others about activities and routines. Liaison, elision with h is taught.

School life: -IR verbs in the present, uses of 'vous' and 'on'

In this unit, pupils extend their knowledge of plural formation for nouns and adjectives. They refresh their knowledge on adjectives before and after the nouns. The positioning of multiple adjectives is practised as is the use of very frequent adjectives, même, autre and plusieurs.

In the news: plural adjectives

In this unit, pupils consolidate their knowledge of modal verbs devoir, vouloir, pouvoir and savoir in the present tense singular forms. They also revisit aller with infinitive to express future intention and revisit question formation and negation in two-verb structures.

New places: modal verbs, aller + infinitive, negation

In this unit, pupils extend their knowledge of feminine adjective agreement before then learning the comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs and exploring these in comparative structures 'plus...que', 'moins...que' and 'aussi...que. Pupils learn the SSCs om,on and um,un before a vowel.

Friends and family: comparison with adjectives and adverbs

In this unit, pupils consolidate and extend their knowledge of -re verbs, examining verbs like entendre, lire and écrire in the present tense. Verbs with à or de before a noun are also revisited together with intonation and inversion question formation with and without question words.

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