Clean up: -re verbs, adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use adjectives and a range of -re verbs in French in the context of cleaning up and looking after the environment.
I can recognise and pronounce a range of familiar sound-symbol correspondences (SSCs).
- Year 8
Clean up: -re verbs, adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use adjectives and a range of -re verbs in French in the context of cleaning up and looking after the environment.
I can recognise and pronounce a range of familiar sound-symbol correspondences (SSCs).
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- Regular practice of sound-symbol correspondences is important to ensure good pronunciation.
- The ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number. This is called adjective agreement.
- There are various ways to make an adjective plural, including adding an -s, an -x or changing -al to -aux.
- Adjectives usually come after the noun, except those that refer to beauty, rank, age, goodness or size (B-R-A-G-S).
- In French, -re verbs can be divided into groups according to their conjugation patterns.
Keywords
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
B-R-A-G-S - short for beauty, rank, age, goodness and size, indicating adjectives that go before the noun in French
Conjugation - when a verb is changed to match a subject and tense
Common misconception
To make an adjective plural in French we add an -s like in English.
In French there are various ways to make an adjective plural, including adding an -s, an -x or changing -al to -aux.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French and English.
Q2.Match the French and English.
Q3.Match the French and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'the girls have a problem and the son has an idea'.
Q5.Write in English: 'l'équipe était dans la rue'.
Q6.Write in French: 'I tell the truth'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the sounds with the French words.
