In class activities: -er infinitive verbs
Learning outcomes
I can understand -er verbs for activities in the classroom.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [é/er].
In class activities: -er infinitive verbs
Learning outcomes
I can understand -er verbs for activities in the classroom.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [é/er].
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Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [é] and [er] sounds like the 'é' and 'er' in 'répéter', to repeat, repeating.
- The infinitive form of a verb gives its general meaning, e.g. to listen, listening.
- French infinitives often end in -er, e.g., écouter.
- When the infinitive starts the sentence, it is translated -ing, e.g., listening.
Keywords
[é] [er] - pronounced [é/er] as in 'répéter'.
Infinitive - form of the verb giving its general meaning
Common misconception
[er] in French sounds the same as in English; as in the word 'colder', for example.
[é] and [er] have the same sound in French.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a pencil
a rubber
a book
hello
every day
a day
Exit quiz
5 Questions
to listen, listening
to speak, speaking
to have, having
to repeat, repeating
to write, writing
to use, using