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Sports: 'jouer' singular persons

I can say which sport I and others play, and link two clauses with 'quand' to create longer sentences.

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Year 6

Sports: 'jouer' singular persons

I can say which sport I and others play, and link two clauses with 'quand' to create longer sentences.

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Key learning points

  1. Many sports in French are cognates but their pronunciation is quite different and therefore needs practice.
  2. Use 'aimer' + 'le, la' to say which sport you like e.g. 'j'aime le football'.
  3. Use 'jouer' + 'à + le, la' to say which sport you play e.g. 'je joue au football'.
  4. You can join two clauses together to form longer sentences e.g. 1) 'Quand il fait beau ...' 2) '... je joue au tennis'.

Keywords

  • Jouer - French verb meaning 'to play playing'

  • Quand - French conjunction/adverb meaning 'when'

Common misconception

To express 'I play tennis' I say 'je joue le tennis'.

To express 'I play' with any singular sport, you use 'à + le, la' after the verb e.g. 'je joue au tennis', 'je joue à la pétanque'.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is a job?

cuisine
ménage
classe
courses
Correct answer: professeur

Q2.
Which sentence means 'it is bad weather'?

Il fait chaud.
Il fait froid.
Correct answer: Il fait mauvais.
Il fait beau.

Q3.
Which sentence means 'he does homework'?

Il fait mauvais.
Correct answer: Il fait les devoirs.
Il fait du sport.
Il fait chaud.
Il fait le ménage.

Q4.
Match the parts of the verbs 'aller' and 'faire'.

Correct Answer:je vais,I go

I go

Correct Answer:je fais,I do

I do

Correct Answer:il fait,he does

he does

Correct Answer:il va,he goes

he goes

Correct Answer:tu vas,you go

you go

Q5.
Order the words to describe the weather. Start with 'il'.

1 - il
2 - fait
3 - chaud
4 - à
5 - Nice
6 - dans
7 - le sud

Q6.
Write in French: 'it is nice weather'.

Correct Answer: Il fait beau

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6 Questions

Q1.
La pétanque est ...

Correct answer: un sport
le cricket
une corde
un jeu de foot
Correct answer: un jeu de boules

Q2.
Which of these words means 'to close'?

jouer
aimer
aller
Correct answer: fermer
avoir

Q3.
'Elle joue __________ corde.' Chose the correct missing word(s).

au
la
Correct answer: à la
à l'
à

Q4.
What is the French for 'when'?

Correct Answer: quand

Q5.
Order the words to say: 'I play cricket but she plays bowls'.

1 - je joue
2 - au
3 - cricket
4 - mais
5 - elle joue
6 - à la
7 - pétanque

Q6.
Order the words to say: 'When it is nice weather I play tennis'.

1 - quand
2 - il
3 - fait
4 - beau
5 - je joue
6 - au
7 - tennis

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