Sports: 'faire' singular persons with sports
Learning outcomes
I can use singular ‘faire’ to express which sports and activities I and others do or make.
I can pronounce the SSC [tion] accurately.
Sports: 'faire' singular persons with sports
Learning outcomes
I can use singular ‘faire’ to express which sports and activities I and others do or make.
I can pronounce the SSC [tion] accurately.
Lesson details
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Key learning points
- The SSC [tion] is pronounced as in 'attention'. It is an 's' sound, different to the 'sh' sound of 'tion' in English.
- The verb 'il fait' usually means 'he does, makes', but it is used with weather in French to mean 'it is'.
- To say 'do' with sports use 'faire' + 'de', e.g. 'je fais du sport' ('I do sport').
- Remember to use 'faire' + 'un/une' with other nouns, e.g. 'je fais un gâteau' ('I am making a cake').
- Remember, to say 'play' with sports use 'jouer' + 'à', e.g. 'je joue au tennis' ('I play tennis').
Keywords
Faire - French verb meaning 'to do, doing' and 'to make, making'
Jouer - French verb meaning 'to play, playing'
Common misconception
To say 'I do sport' in French, I use 'je fais sport'.
When using the verb 'faire' with sports we use the preposition 'de' afterwards, e.g. 'I do sport' is 'je fais du sport'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'now'?
Q2.Match the French and English.
autumn
child
summer
winter
spring
street
Q3.Match the French and English.
to hide, hiding
to do, make
to play, playing
to win, winning
to represent, representing
to participate, participating