Cousins: 'vous êtes' and plural adjective agreement
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write sentences describing what 'you are' (pl) like, using 'vous êtes' and plural adjective agreement.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The SSCs [u] and [ou] make a different sound. [u] is pronounced as in 'tu' and [ou] is pronounced as in 'nous'.
- There are two different ways of saying 'you' in French: 'tu' and 'vous'.
- 'Tu es' means 'you are' when talking to one person. 'vous êtes' means 'you are' when talking to more than one person.
- 'Rarement', 'maintenant', 'souvent' and 'toujours' are adverbs meaning 'rarely', 'now', 'often' and 'always'.
- Adjectives change spelling based on the gender and number of the noun they describe. This is called adjective agreement.
Keywords
[ou] - SSC (sound-symbol correspondence) pronounced as in 'vous'
[u] - SSC (sound-symbol correspondence) pronounced as in 'tu'
Être - French verb meaning 'to be'
Vous êtes - French verb meaning 'you are' (pl)
Adjective agreement - an adjective matching the noun it describes in gender and number
Common misconception
There is one way of saying 'you' in French.
There are in fact two ways of saying 'you' in French: 'tu' and 'vous'. We use 'tu' when talking to one person and 'vous' when talking to more than one person.
Teacher tip
Ask pupils to make sentences and address classmates with either 'tu es' or 'vous êtes' and with a correct adjective agreement.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the words in order to ask the date of a birthday.
Q2.Which month is missing from this sequence? avril, mai, juin, juillet, septembre, octobre.
Q3.Put the days of the week in order starting with Sunday.
Q4.Match the adjectives.
amusing
strong
tall
young
calm
mean, naughty
Q5.Translate ' Il est absent'?
Q6.You are wise / well-behaved.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the parts of the verb 'être' (to be)
suis
es
est
sommes
êtes
Q2.Which of these phrases means 'you are'?
Q3. es anglais? Which word for you should you use here?
Q4.What is 'souvent' in English?
Q5.Elle est . Which is the correct word?
Q6.How would you say, I am worried, in French?
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