How are you today? 'Avoir' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can understand 'avoir' with nouns to mean how people are feeling.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sounds [j] and soft [g].
- Year 4
How are you today? 'Avoir' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can understand 'avoir' with nouns to mean how people are feeling.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sounds [j] and soft [g].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences [j] and soft [g] sound the same, as in 'aujourd'hui' (today) and 'courageux' (brave).
- 'Ça va' can be both a question: 'Is it going OK?' or 'how’s it going'? and an answer: 'it's going OK' or 'I'm OK'.
- 'Avoir' means 'to have'. It can be translated as 'to be, being' with certain expressions, e.g. 'j'ai chaud' (I am hot).
Keywords
[j/soft g] - sound-symbol-correspondence (SSC) pronounced as in 'jour'
Avoir - French verb meaning 'to have, having' which can also be translated as 'to be, being' with certain set expressions, e.g. 'avoir froid' - to be cold
Common misconception
Expressions such as 'I am cold' must use the verb 'être' (to be) when translated into French, as in English. The verb 'avoir' can only be translated as 'to have'.
Set expressions that use 'to be' in English, such as 'I am cold', use the verb 'avoir' in French, e.g. 'j'ai froid'. 'Avoir' means 'to have' but it can also be translated as 'to be' with set expressions.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French and the English.
Q2.Match the French and the English.
Q3.Which questions means 'how are you?' in French?
Q4.How is Clémentine feeling?
Q5.Which of the following statements can be translated as 'I am'?
Q6.Translate: He is thirsty.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following words make a soft [g] sound?
Q2.Which letters follow the soft [g] sound?
Q3.How is Pierre feeling?
Q4.Match the French and English nouns.
