What isn't done: negation before a noun with 'avoir', 'être', 'faire'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use negation with 'ne … pas' before nouns with a variety of present tense verbs to say what I don’t have, don’t do and am not.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- To say you don’t have something, use ‘ne … pas’ around the verb ‘avoir’ and change indefinite articles to 'de'/d''.
- Other verbs such as ‘faire’ work in the same way as 'avoir'.
- ‘Être’ is an exception, use the indefinite article after ‘être’ to give more information about the subject.
- To say you don’t have ‘the’ noun, the definite article stays the same.
Keywords
Definite article - the words 'le', 'la', 'les' and 'l’' meaning 'the'
Indefinite article - the words 'un' and 'une', meaning 'a', 'an'
Negation - two elements, e.g. 'ne … pas', around the main verb expressing negative meaning
Common misconception
When negating, change any articles to 'de/d''.
Change indefinite articles to 'de/d'' when negating but keep the definite articles the same and keep the indefinite articles when using 'être'.
Teacher tip
Although the purpose of D3 is to practise writing, if time permits it would make a great speaking activity too. Students could even invent and read aloud their own text messages with examples of negation.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French question words to the English ones.
Q2.Match the prepositions in French and English.
Q3.Order the key nouns with their correct articles, 'a street, an airport and the hotel'.
Q4.What does 'malade' mean in English?
Q5.To say what you don't have in French, use 'il n'y a pas' and change any articles to or d'.
Q6.Fill in the missing word in the sentence 'She doesn't have a uniform.' Elle n'a pas uniforme.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the French to the definition.
Q2.To say what you don't have, negate 'avoir' with ne ... pas followed by .
Q3.Order the sentence 'She isn't finding any solutions' in French.
Q4.Fill in the blank, 'Tu n'as pas portables ?' 'Don't you have the phones?'
Q5.Order the sentence 'Today he's not a pleased boy' in French.
Q6.Fill in the missing word, 'Ce n'est pas maison bleue'
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