Des endroits touristiques : -ir verbs like 'venir', position of adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use adjectives before and after nouns with -ir verbs like venir to describe and justify visiting places in France.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [ien], [e] and [ê/è].
- Year 10
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Des endroits touristiques : -ir verbs like 'venir', position of adjectives
Learning outcomes
I can use adjectives before and after nouns with -ir verbs like venir to describe and justify visiting places in France.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [ien], [e] and [ê/è].
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- Many adjectives come after the noun in French.
- Adjectives that come before the noun fit into five categories: BRAGS (Beauty, Rank, Age, Good/Bad and Size/quantity).
- Some -ir verbs in the present follow the pattern of venir. The stem is vien(n) in all but the nous and vous forms.
- [ien] is pronounced like 'bien'. [e] can be lengthened to sound like [ê/è] in the ils/elles forms of verbs like venir.
- Pour + infinitive can be used to give reasons.
Keywords
Adjective positioning - the placement of adjectives within a sentence before or after the noun
Venir - an example of a common group of -ir verbs, and meaning ‘to come’
Pour + infinitive - to, in order to; often used to give reasons
Common misconception
French adjectives always come after the noun they are describing.
There are five categories of adjectives which come before the noun: beauty, rank, age, good/bad, size/quantity. Practise using these before the noun alongside other adjectives which come after the noun.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Where in the sentence do the majority of French adjectives come?
Q2.Match the forms of the adjective to their gender and number description.
Q3.Which of the following are possible translations of 'pour' ?
Q4.Match the nouns to their English meanings.
Q5.Match the verbs to their English meanings.
Q6.In which of these words does the [e] sound more like [ê/è] in 'tête' than [e] in 'je'?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following adjectives come before the noun?
Q2.Choose the correct translation of 'a beautiful, famous river.'
Q3.Match the -ir verbs to their English meaning.
