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What someone has: avoir 1st and 3rd persons singular

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I can say what I have and someone else has using 'avoir'.

I can recognise and pronounce [au].

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What someone has: avoir 1st and 3rd persons singular

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I can say what I have and someone else has using 'avoir'.

I can recognise and pronounce [au].

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Key learning points

  1. [au/eau] sounds like 'gauche'.
  2. Avoir means 'to have, having', j'ai means 'I have', il a means 'he has' and elle a means 'she has'.
  3. The pronoun je becomes j' before a vowel.
  4. To say what someone has we can use part of the verb 'avoir' followed by un/une and a noun.

Keywords

  • [au] - pronounced as in 'gauche'

  • Avoir - to have, having

  • Indefinite article - the words 'un' and 'une' meaning 'a/an'

Common misconception

'Avoir' only means 'to have' in English.

'Avoir' can be translated both as 'to have' or 'having'.


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It is a good idea to emphasise the difference in pronunciation between 'un' and 'une' by (over)exaggerating facial movements, as these two indefinite articles come up constantly.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which sound-symbol correspondance appears in all four words 'cela', 'cheval', 'second' and 'petit'?
Correct Answer: [e], e
Q2.
Complete the sentence: this is a bedroom. 'C'est chambre.'
Correct Answer: une, Une, UNE
Q3.
Match up the parts of the verb 'être'.
Correct Answer:je suis,I am

I am

Correct Answer:tu es,you are

you are

Correct Answer:il est,he is

he is

Correct Answer:elle est,she is

she is

Q4.
What word is used to describe the pronunciation of a final consonant when the following word is a vowel?
Correct Answer: liaison, Liaison, LIAISON
Q5.
There are two words for 'a/an' in French because all French nouns have a gender.
Correct Answer: grammatical, Grammatical
Q6.
Write 'It's a horse.' in French.
Correct Answer: C'est un cheval., c'est un cheval, c'est un cheval., C'est un cheval, c'estuncheval

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6 Questions

Q1.
Translate 'c'est qui ?'
What is it?
Correct answer: Who is it?
Where is it?
Q2.
Match the parts of the verb 'to have'.
Correct Answer:avoir,to have, having

to have, having

Correct Answer:j'ai,I have

I have

Correct Answer:il a,he has

he has

Correct Answer:elle a,she has

she has

Q3.
Translate 'elle a une chambre' into English.
Correct answer: she has a bedroom
she has a horse
she has a ruler
Q4.
Which sound does the word 'gauche' help us remember?
Correct Answer: [au], AU, au, the au sound, au sound
Q5.
What are the two meanings of 'avoir' in English?
Correct Answer: to have, having, to have,having, having, to have, have, having
Q6.
Translate into French 'He has a mobile phone'.
Correct Answer: Il a un portable., Il a un portable, il a un portable, IL A UN PORTABLE

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