Is it going OK? 'Ça va ?'
Learning outcomes
I can ask and answer the question 'Ça va ?'.
I can spot rhymes even when word-final spelling is different.
- Year 3
Is it going OK? 'Ça va ?'
Learning outcomes
I can ask and answer the question 'Ça va ?'.
I can spot rhymes even when word-final spelling is different.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Silent final consonants -s and -t can be practised by listening and matching speech to written words.
- Ça va can be the question ‘Is it going ok? or ‘how’s it going’? and the answer ‘it’s OK’.
- Different word-final spellings can have the same final sound, e.g., the -yn in Jocelyn and -en in bien.
Keywords
SFC (Silent Final Consonant) - Silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word.
Intonation - The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
Bien - Adverb meaning 'well'.
Mal - Adverb meaning 'bad'.
Common misconception
'Ça va ?' means 'How are you?' - it can only be a question.
‘Ça va ?’ with raised intonation at the end of the sentence is a question and means ‘is it going OK?' or ‘how’s it going’?. ‘Ça va’ without intonation is a statement and means ‘it’s going OK’.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following letters can you pronounce at the end of a word?
Q2.True or false? You must leave a space before a ? or a ! in French.
Q3.To ask a question in French you your voice at the end of the sentence.
Q4.How would you greet a woman you do not know well?
Q5.How would you greet a man you do not know well?
Q6.Match the French and the English
