Age: 'avoir' meaning 'be'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use 'avoir' and numbers 1-12 to ask and answer questions about age.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Some numbers are exceptions to the SFC rule and do not have silent final consonants, e.g. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- When numbers 2, 3, 6, 10 are followed by a noun beginning with a vowel, the -s and -x are pronounced; this is liaison.
- Avoir means 'to have, having'; it can also be translated into English as ‘to be, being’ with certain expressions.
- Avoir is also used for age, e.g. ‘j’ai quatre ans’, I am four years old.
Keywords
SFC - silent final consonant, silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word
Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant when followed by a vowel, e.g. dix ans
Avoir - French verb meaning ‘avoir’ which can also be translated as 'to be' with certain set expressions (e.g. 'j'ai neuf ans' - I am nine years old)
Common misconception
You use the verb 'être' in French to say your age, as you use the verb 'to be' in English.
In French you 'are' not an age, you 'have' an age. Use the verb 'avoir': j'ai neuf ans.
Teacher tip
Sing the age chant again at the end of the lesson and at the start of the next lesson for further practice of asking and saying your age in French.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French and the English.
Q2.Which of the following expressions are not translated as 'to have' in English?
Q3.Choose the correct expression to match the picture.
Q4.Complete the sentence. J'ai ans.
Q5.Translate: She is hungry.
Q6.Translate: He is ten years old.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which numbers end in a SFC?
Q2.Which of the following have a liaison?
Q3.In which of the following are the verbs not translated as 'to have'?
Q4.Which of the following expressions best matches the picture?
Q5.Which of the following questions means 'how old are you'?
Q6.Translate: He is five years old.
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