Who likes doing what? 'jouer' with 'à' and 'de'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can say what I play using the prepositions 'à' and 'de'.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [s] sounds like maison. Use the hard 's' sound when it appears between two vowels and the soft 's' elsewhere.
- 'De' changes before the definite article to 'du', 'de la', 'de l'' and 'des' before plural nouns.
- 'Jouer', the verb to play is followed by the preposition 'à' before sports/games and 'de' before musical instruments.
Keywords
[s] - pronounced as in 'maison'
Preposition - a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to another word
Common misconception
'Des' always means 'some'.
'Des' is the word for 'some' but is also a form of the preposition 'de' before plural nouns.
Teacher tip
Activity D2 leads nicely to an independent speaking activity, where students ask a partner about what sports/games/instruments they play. Then they could write about it in the 1st and 3rd persons singular. Students might want to use reference material to look up more sports/instruments.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick any examples of the perfect tense.
Q2.What is the verb 'to play, playing' in French?
Q3.Match the French and English prepositions.
Q4.Match the verbs in French and English.
Q5.Which word follows the prepositions 'near' and 'far' and takes different forms depending on the gender of the noun that follows?
Q6.Put the sentence 'Last summer, I visited London' in the correct order in French.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Tick any words with the hard [s] sound
Q2.Match the English and French words.
Q3.What's the French word for winter?
Q4.Translate the sentence 'il y a un homme près des banques'.
Q5.Put the sentence 'I'm playing the guitar but he's playing football' into French.
Q6.What does 'du' mean in the sentence 'Tu joues du piano pendant ton temps libre ?'
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