Jobs: feminine nouns
Learning outcomes
I can make person nouns feminine to talk about different jobs.
I can apply the silent [h] rule when I pronounce French words, including cognates.
- Year 8
Jobs: feminine nouns
Learning outcomes
I can make person nouns feminine to talk about different jobs.
I can apply the silent [h] rule when I pronounce French words, including cognates.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- [h] is silent in French, as in the word 'heure'.
- Most French person nouns for jobs become feminine by adding -e, e.g. une avocate.
- Person nouns already ending in -e stay the same, but the article changes, e.g. le → la secrétaire.
- Masculine person nouns ending in -eur typically change to -rice in the feminine form.
- The rules around job nouns are still changing and there are exceptions to the rules.
Keywords
[h] - pronounced as in 'heure'
Person noun - a noun used for a person e.g. un professeur
Common misconception
Add an -e to all person nouns to make them feminine.
The most common way to make a person noun feminine is to add an -e to the masculine version. If nouns already end in -e, person nouns usually stay the same but the article changes. Jobs ending in 'eur' usually change to 'rice' in the feminine form.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French words below to the correct English translation,
Q2.Which is the best translation for 'je veux' ?
Q3.Nouns in French are either masculine or ...
Q4.Match the French words below to the correct English translations.
Q5.What is the word for the rise and fall of the voice when speaking?
Q6.What letter do feminine adjectives often end in?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which sound-symbol correspondences are contained in the word 'hélicoptère'?
Q2.Match the French and English.
