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Interviews: plural -re 'écrire' verbs, intonation and inversion questions

Learning outcomes

I can use verbs like 'écrire' in the present tense, including within questions in the context of an interview.

I can confidently pronounce the sound-symbol correspondences [y] and [oy].

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Year 8

Interviews: plural -re 'écrire' verbs, intonation and inversion questions

Learning outcomes

I can use verbs like 'écrire' in the present tense, including within questions in the context of an interview.

I can confidently pronounce the sound-symbol correspondences [y] and [oy].

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Key learning points

  1. [y] is pronounced as the ‘y’ in ‘il y a’ and [oy] is pronounced as in 'envoyer'.
  2. Verbs like 'écrire' add -v to the stem in plural forms; the endings are the same as regular -er verbs.
  3. Ask questions in French by using intonation, using the questioning device 'est-ce que' and using inversion.

Keywords

  • [y] - pronounced as the 'y' in 'il y a'

  • [oy] - pronounced as in 'envoyer'

  • Inversion - when the subject pronoun and the verb switch place to form a question

Common misconception

If you use inversion or 'est-ce que' as a questioning device, you don't need to change your intonation.

Even if you are changing the word order to use inversion, or adding 'est-ce que', you still need to make your voice go up at the end of a sentence to show that you are asking a question.


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The listening task C2 could be differentiated by providing pupils with some of the missing information, leaving them to supply the missing pronoun and verb. Equally with task C3b, teachers could provide pupils with multiple choice options.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What is the French word for 'hot'?
Correct Answer: chaud
Q2.
Which of the following is 'a place'?
scolaire
Correct answer: lieu
interdire
dites
Q3.
Order the words to form a simple instruction.
1 - vous
2 - ne
3 - dites
4 - pas
Q4.
Which of the following words means 'to write down'?
dites
arbre
froid
Correct answer: inscrire
Q5.
Which of these words is a noun?
chaud
interdire
dites
Correct answer: neige
Q6.
Order the words to give a negative instruction about trees.
1 - ne
2 - touchez
3 - pas
4 - l'
5 - arbre
6 - dans
7 - le parc

4 Questions

Q1.
What is the French word for 'cold'?
chaud
lieu
Correct answer: froid
neige
Q2.
Which of the following verbs means 'to forbid'?
inscrire
dites
Correct answer: interdire
arbre
Q3.
Which of these words is most likely to be found in a school?
neige
autobus
Correct answer: scolaire
froid
Q4.
Order the words to give a negative instruction about touching the snow.
1 - ne
2 - touchez
3 - pas
4 - la

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