People's lives: prepositions 'à', 'en', 'chez', 'de'
Learning outcomes
I can recognise a variety of -er verbs with different prepositions to understand descriptions of people's lives.
I can recognise and pronounce [on].
- Year 7
People's lives: prepositions 'à', 'en', 'chez', 'de'
Learning outcomes
I can recognise a variety of -er verbs with different prepositions to understand descriptions of people's lives.
I can recognise and pronounce [on].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The SSC [on] sounds like the 'on' in 'non', meaning 'no' in French.
- To express going 'to' a place in French, we use 'à' for a town/city, 'en' for feminine countries and 'chez' for homes.
- These prepositions can also mean 'in' or 'at' when used with the verbs 'arriver', to arrive, and 'habiter' to live.
- Preposition 'de' means ‘of’ and also replaces the English ‘s for possession, e.g. Lea’s cousin is ‘le cousin de Léa’.
- When completing an extended listening task, taking notes and/or using a support grid can help understanding.
Keywords
[on] - the sound-symbol correspondence which sounds like the 'on' in 'non', which means 'no' in English.
De - preposition meaning 'of, from' in English.
Common misconception
We translate 'de' into English with 'of'.
Sometimes we don't actually need to translate the 'de' in a French sentence into English. For example, there is no possessive apostrophe in French so to express 'Sophie's sister' we have to say 'the sister of Sophie' - 'la sœur de Sophie'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the English with the French.
Q2.Which of the following are verbs in their infinitive form?
Q3.Match the correct preposition for 'to, at' used with the following places.
Q4.Match the French question words to the English.
Q5.Which of the following -er verbs are in their 'je' form?
Q6.Match the English to the French.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following words have the nasal sound [on] in them?
Q2.Match the French -er verbs to the English.
Q3.Match the French question words to the English.
Q4.Complete the sentence. To say 'of' in French, we use the preposition .
Q5.Match the siblings or cousins to the correct people.
Chloé est la sœur de Fleur.
Inès est la sœur de Freddie.
Julien est le frère de Fleur.
Sarah est la cousine de Freddie.
Q6.Match up the correct halves of sentences to translate the following into French:
The world changes everyday.
I love politics.
I like my country.
I wear yellow clothes.
