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Year 5

La Chandeleur: negation, -er singular verbs

Learning outcomes

I can form negative sentences in French using 'ne ... pas'.

I can recognise, compare and pronounce the [è/ê] and [é] [er] [et] [ez] sounds

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Year 5

La Chandeleur: negation, -er singular verbs

Learning outcomes

I can form negative sentences in French using 'ne ... pas'.

I can recognise, compare and pronounce the [è/ê] and [é] [er] [et] [ez] sounds

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Key learning points

  1. Accents can change the pronunciation of a letter. This is an acute accent: é, grave accent: è, a circumflex accent: ê.
  2. La Chandeleur is a popular 'fête' in France, it is a similar celebration to 'Shrove Tuesday'.
  3. A negative sentence states something that is not true or is not happening.
  4. In English, we add 'don’t' before the verb. In French we use 'ne' and 'pas' around the verb: je ne chante pas.
  5. Before a vowel 'ne' changes to: n' (je n'aime pas les chiens).

Keywords

  • [è/ê] - pronounced as in 'fête'

  • [é] [er] [et] [ez] - pronounced as in 'bébé'

  • Negative - a statement which denies or expresses negative meaning, e.g. ‘je ne chante pas’; in French this includes two elements, e.g. ‘ne … pas’, around the main verb

  • Ne ... pas - used around a verb to make it negative: je ne chante pas

Common misconception

An accent does not change the pronunciation of a letter, [e], [é] and [è] sound the same.

An accent can change the pronunciation of a letter. [e], [é] and [è] make different sounds in French.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which is the French word for 'here'?

chat
Correct answer: ici
devant
puis

Q2.
Write in English: 'puis'.

Correct Answer: then

Q3.
Which of these sentences is a question? (There is no punctuation included.)

Je suis grand
Il est petit
J'aime manger les croissants
Correct answer: Est-ce qu'elle est grande
Je voudrais aller en ville

Q4.
'Tu aimes les chats'. How could this statement be made into a question?

Put 'les chats' first, e.g. 'Les chats tu aimes ?'.
Correct answer: Use intonation, e.g. 'Tu aimes les chats ?'.
Correct answer: Put 'est-ce que' at the start, e.g. 'Est-ce que tu aimes les chats ?'.
Change the subject, e.g. 'Je n'aime pas les chats ?'.

Q5.
Match the prepositions.

Correct Answer:in,dans

dans

Correct Answer:behind,derrière

derrière

Correct Answer:in front of,devant

devant

Correct Answer:between,entre

entre

Correct Answer:under,sous

sous

Correct Answer:on,sur

sur

Q6.
'Où est le chat ?'. What does this question mean?

Correct Answer: where is the cat, where's the cat

Assessment exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which English celebration is similar to La Chandeleur?

Correct Answer: Shrove Tuesday

Q2.
What sort of accents are these?

Correct Answer:é,an acute accent

an acute accent

Correct Answer:è,a grave accent

a grave accent

Correct Answer:ê,a circumflex accent

a circumflex accent

Q3.
Which word has a different sound at the end?

Correct answer: fête
bébé
et
nez
manger

Q4.
Which of these sentences is negative?

Correct answer: Je ne mange pas de bonbons.
J'aime les bonbons.
Je mange des bonbons.
Je regarde les bonbons.
Je préfère les bonbons.

Q5.
Which sentence is the correct translation of 'I don't like dogs.'?

Je ne aime pas les chats.
Je ne mange pas de chiens.
Je ne aime pas les chiens.
Correct answer: Je n'aime pas les chiens.
Je n'aime pas les chats.

Q6.
Write in French: 'she does not watch'.

Correct Answer: elle ne regarde pas

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