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Year 8

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

12 lessons

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  • The past
  • The present
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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.

In this unit, pupils reactivate and embed a significant amount of known grammar and vocabulary. The key present tense patterns of regular and frequent irregular verbs help cement this core knowledge. Plentiful practice of the preposition 'de' with verbs, as partitive article and in negatives builds pupils' understanding, accuracy and communicative competence as they ask and answer questions about regular activities, daily routine and shopping. Both present and past tenses are revisited in extended spoken and written production as pupils' competence with different time frames improves.

  1. Where is that? prepositions with 'de'
  2. Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de'
  3. Food shopping: partitive articles 'du, de la, de l', des'
  4. Shopping and other activities: 'faire' and 'de', questions with 'quels, quelles'
  5. Food and drink: 'boire' singular, write about own eating routines
  6. Food and drink: definite and partitive articles
  7. When, where and how? Singular verbs like 'sortir', 'venir', adverb placement
  8. What is it like? Singular verbs like 'dire' and 'prendre', adjectives
  9. A typical day: perfect tense, 'jouer', 'faire', jobs
  10. A typical day: partitive, liaison, perfect tense questions
  11. A typical week: writing a longer text
  12. A typical week: conversation

  • Pupils know the definite articles le, la, les and l'.
  • Pupils know that the preposition 'à' followed by 'le' and 'les' becomes 'au' and 'aux'.
  • Pupils know that some verbs such as 'jouer' are followed by à plus a definite article and noun.
  • Pupils can form questions using intonation, inversion and est-ce que...
  • Pupils know the question words où, comment, quoi, quand and pourquoi.
  • Pupils know that feminine adjectives must agree with the nouns they are describing.
  • Pupils know that many adjectives come after the noun but some adjectivess precede the noun.
  • Pupils can form the perfect tense of -er verbs in the je, tu, il and elle forms.
  • Pupils can distinguish between present and perfect tenses in singular persons of the verb.
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