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Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de'
Learning outcomes
I can say what I play using the prepositions 'à' and 'de'.
I can confidently pronounce [s] and distinguish between the hard and soft 's' sounds.
Lesson 2 of 10
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- Year 8
Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de'
Learning outcomes
I can say what I play using the prepositions 'à' and 'de'.
I can confidently pronounce [s] and distinguish between the hard and soft 's' sounds.
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [s] sounds like maison. Use the hard 's' sound when it appears between two vowels and the soft 's' elsewhere.
- 'De' changes before the definite article to 'du', 'de la', 'de l'' and 'des' before plural nouns.
- 'Jouer', the verb to play is followed by the preposition 'à' before sports/games and 'de' before musical instruments.
Keywords
[s] - pronounced as in 'maison'
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Common misconception
'Des' always means 'some'.
'Des' is the word for 'some' but is also a form of the preposition 'de' before plural nouns.
Activity D2 leads nicely to an independent speaking activity, where students ask a partner about what sports/games/instruments they play. Then they could write about it in the 1st and 3rd persons singular. Students might want to use reference material to look up more sports/instruments.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick any examples of the perfect tense.
Tick any examples of the perfect tense.
je dis
on peut
je dois
Q2.What is the verb 'to play, playing' in French?
What is the verb 'to play, playing' in French?
donner
gagner
marcher
montrer
Q3.Match the French and English prepositions.
Match the French and English prepositions.
Q4.Match the verbs in French and English.
Match the verbs in French and English.
Q5.Which word follows the prepositions 'near' and 'far' and takes different forms depending on the gender of the noun that follows?
Which word follows the prepositions 'near' and 'far' and takes different forms depending on the gender of the noun that follows?
Q6.Put the sentence 'Last summer, I visited London' in the correct order in French.
Put the sentence 'Last summer, I visited London' in the correct order in French.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick any words with the hard [s] sound
Tick any words with the hard [s] sound
poisson
ils sont
fils
Q2.Match the English and French words.
Match the English and French words.
Q3.What's the French word for winter?
What's the French word for winter?
été
automne
printemps
saison
Q4.Translate the sentence 'il y a un homme près des banques'.
Translate the sentence 'il y a un homme près des banques'.
there is a woman near some banks
there is a man near some shops
there is a man near (to) the banks
Q5.Put the sentence 'I'm playing the guitar but he's playing football' into French.
Put the sentence 'I'm playing the guitar but he's playing football' into French.
Q6.What does 'du' mean in the sentence 'Tu joues du piano pendant ton temps libre ?'
What does 'du' mean in the sentence 'Tu joues du piano pendant ton temps libre ?'
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