Shopping and other activities: 'faire' and 'de', questions with 'quels, quelles'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe what I do and buy, using the partitive article and ask/answer questions using 'quel/quelle/quels/quelles'.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The word for 'some' changes depending on the gender/number/spelling of the noun it describes.
- Use the partitive article for parts of food and drink and sports activities with faire e.g. je fais du sport.
- 'Which' (quel/quelle/quels/quelles) in French changes for the gender/number of the noun it is describing.
Keywords
Faire - to do, doing
Partitive article - refer to parts of things; often mean 'some' in English
Quel - question word 'which'; it changes to match the noun gender and number - quel, quelle, quels, quelles
Common misconception
After faire, use the definite article in French.
Many activities such as doing homework or cooking are followed by the definite article, but sports activities with faire are followed by the partitive article e.g. 'je fais du vélo'.
Teacher tip
If time permits, in activity C1, encourage students to go beyond the examples and vocabulary they already know and use reference material to look up new sports, recording them in their repertoire with the correct gender so they know which articles to use.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick any words that mean 'some' in French.
Q2.Match the verbs in French and English.
Q3.Which is the French word for 'careful?
Q4.What does the word 'dehors' mean in English?
Q5.Put the sentence 'Today, he is doing the cooking at home.' into the correct order in French.
Q6.What is the past participle of the verb 'dire'?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick any of the countries
Q2.Match the French verbs to the English.
Q3.what does 'emporter' mean?
Q4.Match up the different forms of 'which'.
Q5.Put the sentence 'I'm doing the cooking and I'm doing (some) exercise' into the correct order in French.
Q6.Fill in the gap in the sentence 'Aujourd'hui, je fais vélo.
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