Paris and Nice: adjective placement
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Why this why now
In this unit, pupils embed and secure knowledge of common irregular verbs. They refresh their knowledge of adjectival agreement and learn irregular feminine forms of some high frequency adjectives. Word order variations are introduced with the pre-nominal position of certain common adjectives. Revisiting high frequency vocabulary, high-frequency irregular verbs, two verb structures and sound-symbol correspondences, this unit anchors core knowledge, providing practice in listening, speaking, reading, translation and writing as pupils develop comprehension skills and communicative competence.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know that many adjectives come after the noun.
- Pupils know that many adjectives can be made feminine by adding an 'e'.
- Pupils know how to use regular -er verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to use some common irregular -ir and -re verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils can use irregular verbs avoir, être, faire and aller in the present tense.
- Pupils can use ne...pas to negate a sentence.
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Why this why now
In this unit, pupils embed and secure knowledge of common irregular verbs. They refresh their knowledge of adjectival agreement and learn irregular feminine forms of some high frequency adjectives. Word order variations are introduced with the pre-nominal position of certain common adjectives. Revisiting high frequency vocabulary, high-frequency irregular verbs, two verb structures and sound-symbol correspondences, this unit anchors core knowledge, providing practice in listening, speaking, reading, translation and writing as pupils develop comprehension skills and communicative competence.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know that many adjectives come after the noun.
- Pupils know that many adjectives can be made feminine by adding an 'e'.
- Pupils know how to use regular -er verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils know how to use some common irregular -ir and -re verbs in the present tense.
- Pupils can use irregular verbs avoir, être, faire and aller in the present tense.
- Pupils can use ne...pas to negate a sentence.
Paris and Nice: adjective placement
In this unit, pupils learn and practise the position of certain common adjectives before the noun. They practise irregular feminine forms of some high frequency adjectives. Pupils also revisit ç and soft c and a range of other SSCs as they revisit high frequency vocabulary in describing places.
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