Activities at home: negation
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can form positive and negative sentences with singular forms of 'faire' to describe what I and others do, and don't do, at home.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Numbers 1-31 in French are tricky to remember and so they must be practised regularly.
- The verb 'faire' means both 'to do, doing' and 'to make, making'.
- 'I do, make' is 'je fais', 'he does, makes' is 'il fait' and 'she does, makes' is 'elle fait'.
- Negative sentences in English have 'don't' before the verb. In French we 'sandwich' the verb between 'ne' and 'pas'.
- For example: 'je fais le lit' (positive) and 'je ne fais pas le lit' (negative).
Keywords
Negative - expresses negative meaning, showing that something is not true, does not happen or does not exist
Ne ... pas - used around a verb to make the sentence negative: je ne fais pas l’activité
Common misconception
To make sentences negative in French, you need to put the equivalent of 'don't' before the main verb.
To make sentences negative in French, you 'sandwich' the main verb between 'ne' and 'pas'. There are two elements which need to be in place. For example: 'je fais le ménage' (positive) 'je ne fais pas le ménage' (negative).
Teacher tip
If you have time, this lesson lends itself well to a survey-style 'sondage' activity where students have to find someone in the class who does and doesn't do the six main home activities mentioned in the lesson, as in exercise C3.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match up the numbers.
1
3
5
9
7
8
Q2.Which of the following is the correct French for the number twelve?
Q3.'Faire' means 'to do'. What is its other meaning?
Q4.Put the following French numbers in the correct ascending order. (Start with the smallest.)
Q5.Which sentence means 'He makes the bed'?
Q6.Complete the sentence by filling in the missing verb to say 'I do the cooking'. Je la cuisine.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match up the numbers.
2
5
6
3
7
4
Q2.What does the French verb 'faire' mean?
Q3.Put these French numbers in the correct ascending order. (Start with the smallest.)
Q4.Write in French: 'she does the shopping'.
Q5.Order the words to say: 'I don't do the housework'.
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