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What I and others have: 'j'ai' and 'il, elle a'
I can use 'j'ai' and 'il, elle a' with nouns to say what I have or he, she has.
Lesson 4 of 10
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- Year 3
What I and others have: 'j'ai' and 'il, elle a'
I can use 'j'ai' and 'il, elle a' with nouns to say what I have or he, she has.
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Key learning points
- Revise the days of the week by listening to a song.
- Use intonation to ask and answer what day of the week it is with 'aujourd'hui' and c'est'.
- The verb 'avoir' means 'to have'. 'J'ai' means I have, 'il a' means he has and 'elle a' means 'she has'.
- These verbs are used with nouns and their indefinite articles to say what I and someone else has.
Keywords
Avoir - French verb meaning to have
J'ai - French verb meaning I have
Il a - French verb meaning he has
Elle a - French verb meaning she has
Common misconception
I can use 'avoir' as it is with any pronoun to mean 'have' or 'has' in French.
You have to use the different forms of 'avoir' depending on who you are talking about. For I have it is 'j'ai', for he has it is 'il a' for she has it is 'elle a'.
Singing songs is an excellent way to revise vocabulary in a foreign language and it's fun!
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words are verbs?
Which of these words are verbs?
bouteille
chien
cheval
Q2.Which of these words are nouns?
Which of these words are nouns?
écouter
répèter
parler
Q3.True or false? French days of the week do not start with a capital letter unless they are at the beginning of a sentence.
True or false? French days of the week do not start with a capital letter unless they are at the beginning of a sentence.
false
Q4.Match the French singular pronouns to the French.
Match the French singular pronouns to the French.
Q5.Match the English to the French.
Match the English to the French.
Q6.What is intonation?
What is intonation?
When you use a question word like 'quoi'.
When you pronounce the silent final consonant.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is the correct order of the days of the week in French?
What is the correct order of the days of the week in French?
mardi, lundi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche.
lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, dimanche, samedi.
lundi, mercredi, samedi, jeudi, mardi, dimanche, vendredi.
lundi, mardi, mercredi, vendredi, jeudi, samedi, dimanche.
Q2.C'est mardi ?
C'est mardi ?
Oui, aujourd'hui c'est mardi.
Non, aujourd'hui c'est vendredi.
Non, aujourd'hui c'est lundi.
Non, aujourd'hui c'est jeudi.
Q3.What does 'avoir' mean in English?
What does 'avoir' mean in English?
to be
to listen
to write
Q4.Match the English to the French.
Match the English to the French.
Q5.Match the English to the French.
Match the English to the French.
Q6.'Il a un stylo', 'elle a un sac'. What is the verb in these two sentences?
'Il a un stylo', 'elle a un sac'. What is the verb in these two sentences?
il/elle
un
stylo/sac
