Food shopping: partitive articles 'du, de la, de l', des'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe what I buy and eat using the partitive and indefinite articles.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [th] sounds like 'thé'.
- The verbs 'acheter' and 'peser' have a spelling change in the present tense from 'e' to 'è' affecting pronounciation.
- Un/une/des is for whole items; the partitive article du/de la/de l' is for parts. It must not be missed out in French.
- De + definite article means, e.g. 'of the', 'from the'. The partitive looks identical but its meaning is 'some'.
- The word for 'some' changes depending on the gender/number/spelling of the noun it describes.
Keywords
[th] - pronounced as in 'thé'
Partitive article - refers to parts of things; often means 'some' in English
Common misconception
'Some' can be left out in French just like it can in English.
Always use an article before food nouns in French, if it is a whole item, use the indefinite article and if it's uncountable or part of an item, use the partitive article du, de la or de l'.
Teacher tip
If students would benefit from an independent writing activity, C3 could be easily adapted to be a writing task with the grid as a scaffold and students could use reference material to add food nouns to their repertoire.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Put the numbers in ascending order (smallest to biggest).
Q2.How do you say 'quite' in French?
Q3.Match the verbs in English and French.
Q4.Put the sentence 'I am Swiss, I live in Switzerland' in the correct order in French.
Q5.What is the feminine form of 'hard working' in French?
Q6.What kind of article is the word 'a/an'?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What's the French word for bread?
Q2.Match the verbs in French and English.
Q3.Put the sentence 'There's (some) pizza on the table' into the correct order in French.
Q4.Which drink in French helps us remember the [th] sound?
Q5.Match the partitive articles with the nouns.
Q6.Translate 'he's buying (some) cake' into French.
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