How people do things: comparative adjectives and adverbs
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use adjectives to compare people and things and adverbs to compare how people do things.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Before a consonant or at the end of a word the SSCs [um/un] sound the same; they are both nasal sounds.
- When ‘um’ or ‘un’ come before a vowel the ‘m’ and ‘n’ are pronounced and the two oral sounds are like [u] + 'm' or 'n'.
- The three ways to compare two nouns using a comparative adjective are 'plus...que', 'moins...que' and 'aussi ... que'.
- The adjective goes in the middle of the comparative phrase, e.g. 'le village est plus grand que la ville'.
- In this way, we can compare how people do things using adverbs in the middle, e.g. 'Léa travaille plus vite qu'Amir'.
Keywords
[u] - sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as the [u] in 'tu'
[um/un] - sound-symbol correspondence pronounced as the [um/un] in 'parfum'; it is a nasal sound
Adjective - word that gives information about a noun
Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective
Common misconception
I only use adjectives with comparative structures like 'plus ... que'.
Adjectives help us to compare two nouns with comparative structures such as 'plus ... que'. For example, 'Emily est plus petite que Lucy'. We can use adverbs in the same way to compare how people do things. For example, 'Emily va plus vite que Lucy'.
Teacher tip
Forming 'human sentences' is one way for pupils to practise correct word order. You put English sentences on the board and hand out A4 sheets. Pupils write one French word in the sentence on each. You then give them 10 seconds to arrange themselves at the front in the right order.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the parts of the verb 'jouer' - to play.
joue
joues
jouons
jouez
jouent
Q2.Fill in the missing word. Je joue guitare
Q3.Put the words in the correct order to make the following sentence; we play football on Wednesdays. Start with 'we'.
Q4.Put the words in the correct order to translate the sentence, 'The boy is smaller than the girl'.
Q5.What is the feminine form of the word 'facile'?
Q6.Which is the odd one out?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which is the odd one out in terms of how the word sounds?
Q2.Which sentence means, 'The village is as big as the town'?
Q3.Match the prepositions.
(on the) left
(on the) right
far (from)
near to
next to
Q4.Translate using the English words to help you. 'Antoine dort moins souvent que Sulyman'.
Q5.Translate; 'plus lentement que'
Q6.Add the missing word. Noura works as fast as Samir. Noura travaille aussi que Samir.
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