Activities at home: 'tu fais'
Learning outcomes
I can use singular forms of 'faire' with a range of nouns to describe who does what at home.
I can recognise and pronounce the soft 'c' sound.
- Year 6
Activities at home: 'tu fais'
Learning outcomes
I can use singular forms of 'faire' with a range of nouns to describe who does what at home.
I can recognise and pronounce the soft 'c' sound.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- In French the letter 'c' is naturally soft before the letters 'e' or 'i' and hard before the letters 'a', 'o' or 'u'.
- The SSC [ç/c] is pronounced as in 'centre' and 'français'. The cedilla 'ç' softens the hard 'c' before 'a', 'o' or 'u'.
- The verb 'faire' means both 'to do' and 'to make'.
- 'I do/make' is 'je fais'. 'You do/make' is 'tu fais'. 'He does/makes' is 'il fait'. 'She does/makes' is 'elle fait'.
- 'Faire' can be used with a range of nouns to express different activities, e.g. 'faire la cuisine' (to do the cooking).
Keywords
Faire - French verb meaning 'to do, doing' and 'to make, making'
Tu fais - French verb meaning 'you do, are doing' or 'you make, are making'
Common misconception
The letter 'c' is always soft (like the 's' in English) in French.
The letter 'c' is naturally soft before 'e' and 'i' e.g. 'c'est', but hard before 'a', 'o' and 'u' e.g. 'carte'. The cedilla 'ç' is used to soften it before 'a', 'o' and 'u', e.g. 'français'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French words to their English meanings.
Q2.What is the best English meaning for the verb 'faire'?
Q3.What does 'elle fait' mean?
Q4.Match the sentence in French to the correct English meaning.
Q5.Complete the sentence with the correct missing word to mean 'I do the cooking'. Je fais la
Q6.Which sentence means 'He is making the cake'?
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Which of these French words contains a soft 'c' sound?
Q2.What is the form of 'faire' that we use with 'je' and 'tu'?
Q3.Match each French activity with its correct meaning in English.
