How people do things: comparative adverbs
Learning outcomes
I can use adverbs to compare how things happen and know the difference between key adjectives and their adverbial forms.
I can recognise [um/un] as identical nasal sounds before a consonant and different oral sounds before a vowel.
- Year 8
How people do things: comparative adverbs
Learning outcomes
I can use adverbs to compare how things happen and know the difference between key adjectives and their adverbial forms.
I can recognise [um/un] as identical nasal sounds before a consonant and different oral sounds before a vowel.
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Key learning points
- Before a consonant or at the end of a word the SSCs [um/un] are identical nasal sounds.
- When ‘um’ and ‘un’ come before a vowel the ‘m’ and ‘n’ are pronounced as two different oral sounds.
- Adverbs describe verbs, whereas adjectives describe nouns.
- 'Plus' or 'moins' go before adverbs to compare how things happen, e.g. Inès arrive plus vite: Inès arrives more quickly.
- 'Better' is both adjective and adverb in English. In French, the adjective is 'meilleur(e)' and the adverb is 'mieux'.
Keywords
[um/un] - sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as the nasal sound in ‘parfum’
Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Common misconception
There is only one word for 'better' in French: 'meilleur'.
The adjective 'meilleur(e)' means 'better' in French and describes a noun, e.g.'il a un meilleur ordinateur' ('he has a better computer'). To describe an action as 'better' we use the adverb 'mieux', e.g. 'il chante mieux' ('he sings better').
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the festivals in chronological order, starting with New Year's Eve.
Q2.Find the odd one out.
Q3.Match the French and English.
Q4.Match the French and English.
