Cousins: 'vous êtes' and plural adjective agreement
Learning outcomes
I can write sentences describing what 'you are' (pl) like, using 'vous êtes' and plural adjective agreement.
I can recognise, pronounce and contrast the SSCs [ou] and [u].
- Year 5
Cousins: 'vous êtes' and plural adjective agreement
Learning outcomes
I can write sentences describing what 'you are' (pl) like, using 'vous êtes' and plural adjective agreement.
I can recognise, pronounce and contrast the SSCs [ou] and [u].
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- The SSCs [u] and [ou] make a different sound. [u] is pronounced as in 'tu' and [ou] is pronounced as in 'nous'.
- There are two different ways of saying 'you' in French: 'tu' and 'vous'.
- 'Tu es' means 'you are' when talking to one person. 'vous êtes' means 'you are' when talking to more than one person.
- 'Rarement', 'maintenant', 'souvent' and 'toujours' are adverbs meaning 'rarely', 'now', 'often' and 'always'.
- Adjectives change spelling based on the gender and number of the noun they describe. This is called adjective agreement.
Keywords
[ou] - SSC (sound-symbol correspondence) pronounced as in 'vous'
[u] - SSC (sound-symbol correspondence) pronounced as in 'tu'
Être - French verb meaning 'to be'
Vous êtes - French verb meaning 'you are' (pl)
Adjective agreement - an adjective matching the noun it describes in gender and number
Common misconception
There is one way of saying 'you' in French.
There are in fact two ways of saying 'you' in French: 'tu' and 'vous'. We use 'tu' when talking to one person and 'vous' when talking to more than one person.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the words in order to ask the date of a birthday.
Q2.Which month is missing from this sequence? avril, mai, juin, juillet, septembre, octobre.
Q3.Put the days of the week in order starting with Sunday.
Q4.Match the adjectives.
Q5.Translate ' Il est absent'?
Q6.You are wise / well-behaved.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the parts of the verb 'être' (to be)
