Messages from Barcelona: singular -re verbs like 'écrire'
Learning outcomes
I can use verbs like ‘écrire’ in the present tense to describe an exchange to Barcelona.
I can confidently pronounce several sound-symbol correspondences with the SSC [i].
- Year 8
Messages from Barcelona: singular -re verbs like 'écrire'
Learning outcomes
I can use verbs like ‘écrire’ in the present tense to describe an exchange to Barcelona.
I can confidently pronounce several sound-symbol correspondences with the SSC [i].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The SSCs [tion], [ill/ille] and [ien] all contain [i] and are pronounced as in ‘attention’, ‘fille’, ‘bien’ and ‘midi’.
- Translate 'tout' as ‘the whole’ in English in the singular form (uncountable) and ‘all’ in the plural form (countable).
- The endings for verbs like 'écrire' are ‘s’, ‘s’ and ‘t’, the same as for verbs like ‘lire’.
- Endings are different in the plural form, so it is better to think of them as different types of -re verb.
Keywords
Sound-symbol correspondence - relationship between letters and their sounds
Écrire - to write, writing
Common misconception
Verbs like 'ecrire' are formed the same way as verbs like 'lire'.
Although verbs like 'écrire' do have the same endings in the singular persons ('je', 'tu' and 'il'/'elle'), they are different in the plural form, so it is better to think of them as different types of -re verb.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does 'lait' mean in English?
Q2.Match the French words to their English meanings.
