What you are like: singular regular adjective agreement
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use 'être' with adjectives to make simple statements about myself and questions about others.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [an/en] can be contrasted for practice with [a], [e] and [ain].
- Adjectives often add -e to describe a female person; adjectives already ending in -e do not change.
- 'Je suis', 'tu es' and 'elle, il est' are all parts of the verb 'être' to be, being.
Keywords
[an/en] - pronounced as in 'enfant'
Être - verb meaning 'to be', being
Tu es - meaning 'you are' for one person
Adjective agreement - a change in adjective ending, for example, adding an -e to describe a woman or a girl
Common misconception
French adjectives never change form.
French adjectives do change; this is called adjective agreement. One change is to match the gender of the person described.
Teacher tip
On the interactive speaking activity, you could hide Pierre behind other squares and play the game as a whole class, asking pupils to share sentences one at a time.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What SSCs are there in the word 'enfant'?
Q2.Which word matches this picture?
Q3.Match the French and the English.
tall
pleased
English
French
sad
Q4.How do you say: You are tall.
Q5.Which of the following means 'I am'?
Q6.Which of the following sentences is written about a girl?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which names have the [an/en] sound?
Q2.Pierre is talking about himself, true or false? Tu es français.
Q3.Where is Haiti?
Q4.Who is Pierre talking to? 'Tu es contente.'
Q5.Which of the following adjectives does not change in the feminine form?
Q6.Translate: She is English
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