Activities at home: 'tu fais'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use singular forms of 'faire' with a range of nouns to describe who does what at home.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- In French the letter 'c' is naturally soft before the letters 'e' or 'i' and hard before the letters 'a', 'o' or 'u'.
- The SSC [ç/c] is pronounced as in 'centre' and 'français'. The cedilla 'ç' softens the hard 'c' before 'a', 'o' or 'u'.
- The verb 'faire' means both 'to do' and 'to make'.
- 'I do/make' is 'je fais'. 'You do/make' is 'tu fais'. 'He does/makes' is 'il fait'. 'She does/makes' is 'elle fait'.
- 'Faire' can be used with a range of nouns to express different activities, e.g. 'faire la cuisine' (to do the cooking).
Keywords
Faire - French verb meaning 'to do, doing' and 'to make, making'
Tu fais - French verb meaning 'you do, are doing' or 'you make, are making'
Common misconception
The letter 'c' is always soft (like the 's' in English) in French.
The letter 'c' is naturally soft before 'e' and 'i' e.g. 'c'est', but hard before 'a', 'o' and 'u' e.g. 'carte'. The cedilla 'ç' is used to soften it before 'a', 'o' and 'u', e.g. 'français'.
Teacher tip
This lesson lends itself well to a simple charades plenary. You (or some confident students) act out who is doing the action and what the action is, then the other students write down the correct form of 'faire' as well as the activity in French.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French words to their English meanings.
present
card (menu)
cake
list
Q2.What is the best English meaning for the verb 'faire'?
Q3.What does 'elle fait' mean?
Q4.Match the sentence in French to the correct English meaning.
I make the bed.
He makes the cake.
You make the card.
She makes the list.
Q5.Complete the sentence with the correct missing word to mean 'I do the cooking'. Je fais la
Q6.Which sentence means 'He is making the cake'?
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Which of these French words contains a soft 'c' sound?
Q2.What is the form of 'faire' that we use with 'je' and 'tu'?
Q3.Match each French activity with its correct meaning in English.
to make the card
to make the cake
to do the cooking
to do the housework
to have a party
to do the shopping
Q4.Translate into French: He does the shopping.
Q5.In French, the letter 'c' is always soft, like an 's' sound in English. Answer with 'true' of 'false'.
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