Year 7

Talking about making and doing things (Part 1/2)

Year 7

Talking about making and doing things (Part 1/2)

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will talk about making and doing things using faire ('je' and 'il/elle') for English equivalents 'do' and 'make' when following 'le/la/l'/les'. We also learn to use intonation to form questions with question words.

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Adult supervision recommended

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10 Questions

Q1.
l'anglais

Correct answer: English
French
Spanish

Q2.
la phrase

paragraph
Correct answer: sentence
words

Q3.
la fille

boy
Correct answer: girl
woman

Q4.
le médecin

female doctor
Correct answer: male doctor
medicine

Q5.
en

Correct answer: in
on
over

Q6.
l'actrice

Correct answer: female actor
female doctor
male actor

Q7.
la personne

man
Correct answer: person
woman

Q8.
le mot

Correct answer: word
work
world

Q9.
le garçon

Correct answer: boy
girl
woman

Q10.
le

the (f)
Correct answer: the (m)
the (plural)

10 Questions

Q1.
FAIRE means...

Correct answer: to do OR make / doing OR making
to have / having
to like / liking

Q2.
'les courses' means

lessons
meals
Correct answer: shopping

Q3.
The translation of 'les devoirs' is...

the division
Correct answer: the homework
the time

Q4.
How would you translate 'la cuisine'?

Correct answer: cleaning
Correct answer: cooking
tidying

Q5.
'le lit' in English would mean...

Correct answer: the bed
the library
the literature

Q6.
'le ménage' means...

Correct answer: the housework
the management
the model

Q7.
'il fait' translates in English as...

Correct answer: he makes OR does / he is making OR doing
I make OR do / I am making OR doing
she makes OR does / she is making OR doing

Q8.
How do you translate 'l'activité'?

the action
the activation
Correct answer: the activity

Q9.
What does 'je fais' mean?

he does OR makes / he is doing OR making
Correct answer: I do OR make / I am doing OR making
she does OR makes / she is doing OR making

Q10.
What is the best translation for the word 'quoi'?

Correct answer: what?
when?
who?
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