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How do you say that? Articles, 'il y a' and 'il n'y a pas'

How do you spell that? Alphabet, 'ils', 'elles' meaning 'they', 'mon, ma, mes'

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

Jobs: singular 'avoir' or 'être', questions with 'est-ce que'

Jobs: plural 'avoir' or 'être', article use with professions

Jobs: feminine nouns

Jobs: feminine adjectives

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

Celebrations: numbers 13-31

Celebrations: information questions with question word + 'est-ce que'

When people celebrate: dates

How people celebrate: 'on' for people in general

How people celebrate: 'son, sa, ses' meaning 'his', 'her', 'your (in general)'

Special occasions: 'notre' and 'nos'

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

Weekday routine: -er verbs singular and plural

Weekday routine: inversion questions, negation

Today and yesterday: perfect tense with 'faire' and 'dire'

Today and yesterday: perfect tense with 1st person -er verbs + avoir

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

Brussels: perfect tense -er verbs 1st and 2nd persons singular

Brussels: perfect tense intonation questions

Switzerland: perfect tense singular -er verbs

Geneva: 'il y a' and 'il y avait'

Geneva: perfect tense intonation and 'est-ce' que questions

Switzerland: perfect tense negation

Astronauts and French cuisine: extended reading

Astronauts and French cuisine: writing an article

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

Where is that? prepositions with 'de'

Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de'

Food shopping: partitive articles 'du, de la, de l', des'

Shopping and other activities: 'faire' and 'de', questions with 'quels, quelles'

Food and drink: 'boire' singular, write about own eating routines

Food and drink: definite and partitive articles

When, where and how? Singular verbs like 'sortir', 'venir', adverb placement

What is it like? Singular verbs like 'dire' and 'prendre', adjectives

A typical day: perfect tense, 'jouer', 'faire', jobs

A typical day: partitive, liaison, perfect tense questions

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

A school exchange: plural verbs like 'sortir' and 'venir', 'sans' + infinitive

A school exchange: more practice with plural -IR verbs

A school exchange: formal 'you' and informal plural 'vous'

A school exchange: 'on' meaning 'we'

School life: singular verbs like 'choisir', questions with 'qui'

School life in France

Every week and this weekend: present tense with future meaning, 'choisir' verbs

Every week and this weekend: more practice with plural verbs like 'choisir'

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'

A day in the life of a journalist: plural masculine nouns '-x' and '-aux'

Fire at the zoo! Plural adjectives

In the headlines: pre- and postnominal adjectives

Descriptions with multiple adjectives

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

New places: 'aller' + infinitive

In Paris: 'vouloir' and 'devoir'

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

Good and bad experiences: feminine adjective agreement

Comparisons: 'plus…que', moins…que', 'aussi…que'

How people do things: comparative adverbs

How people do things: comparative adjectives and adverbs

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

Language learning: -re verbs like 'prendre' 1st and 2nd persons plural

Language learning: -re verbs like 'prendre' 3rd person plural

A new friend: singular -re verbs like 'entendre'

Communications: singular -re verbs like 'entendre'

A new language: singular -re verbs like 'lire'

Messages from Barcelona: singular -re verbs like 'écrire'

A school trip: -re verbs like 'entendre' 1st and 2nd persons plural

A school trip: -re verbs like 'entendre' 3rd person plural, intonation questions

Challenges with a new language: plural -re verbs like 'lire'

Interviews: plural -re 'écrire' verbs, intonation and inversion questions

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.

Language learning: plural -RE verbs in the present

Clean up: -re verbs, adjectives

Eco-friendly options: -ir verbs, comparatives

This unit consolidates previous learning of -re and -ir verbs with a wide range of known vocabulary. Pupils also reviste comparative adjectives and adverbs, and adjective positioning.

The environment: -RE verbs in the present, adjectives

What people did: plural -er verbs in the perfect tense

School reporter: past inversion questions

School is out! Adverb placement and translation of the perfect tense

Illness and accidents: irregular past participles, perfect tense questions

Having breakfast: perfect tense 'prendre' verbs, 'déjà' and 'ne…pas encore'

In this unit, pupils extend their knowledge of the perfect tense as they practise asking intonation, inversion and est-ce que questions in the perfect tense. They learn irregular past participles, practise the two English translations (I did, I have done) for the French perfect tense

Past events: the perfect tense, questions

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