Year 5

Saying the month your birthday is in

In this lesson, we will learn how to say when your birthday is using the verb être.

Year 5

Saying the month your birthday is in

In this lesson, we will learn how to say when your birthday is using the verb être.

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. saying the month your birthday is in
  2. être (c'est)

Licence

This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

Loading...

Some of our videos, including non-English language videos, do not have captions.

Prior knowledge starter quiz

Download quiz pdf
Share with pupils

5 Questions

Q1.
Months in French need a capital letter.

Correct answer: False
True

Q2.
How do you say 'juin' in English?

April
February
Correct answer: June

Q3.
How do you say 'August' in French?

Correct answer: août
novembre
octobre

Q4.
Which month has the phonic sound é/er?

août
avril
Correct answer: février

Q5.
Which month has a 'silent final t'?

Correct answer: juillet
mai
mars

5 Questions

Q1.
How do you say 'My birthday' in French?

J'ai dix ans
Je m'appelle Florence
Correct answer: Mon anniversaire

Q2.
How do you say 'My birthday is in September' in French?

J'ai douze ans
Je m'appelle Madame Dugdale
Correct answer: Mon anniversaire c'est en septembre

Q3.
How do you say ' Mon anniversaire c'est en juillet' in English?

My birthday is in December
My birthday is in February
Correct answer: My birthday is in July

Q4.
How do you say 'My birthday is in March' in French?

J'ai mars ans
Je m'appelle mars
Correct answer: Mon anniversaire c'est en mars

Q5.
How do you say 'Mon anniversaire c'est en août' in English?

I am 8 years old
Correct answer: My birthday is in August
My name is août